Government
A government tax on imports or exports.
What is a tariff?
These two countries did not experience revolutions like the rest of Europe, both for very different reasons.
What are Great Britain (or England) and Russia?
This group of American workers suffered from industrialization and were heavily in debt because of buying new machinery.
Who were farmers?
Congress created an Act in 1854 involving these two territories, creating much controversy and eventually leading to civil war.
What are Kansas and Nebraska?
Confederate forces opened fire on this location, officially starting the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
The _______________ Exclusion Act stopped the immigration of this group of people for 10 years.
Who are the Chinese?
There were many negative effects of the Scramble for Africa by European nations. Name two positive effects.
Any two of the following: The Gospel was spread, the development of written language, medical advancement from foreign doctors & nurses, infrastructure improved, discouragement of harmful customs
This is the name of the formation of a new movement, leading to the creation of an unsuccessful third political party of the same name in 1891.
Who are the Populists?
This book written about black slave families became a best seller, and added fuel to the fire of the division over slavery.
These two famous generals for the North and the South effectively ended the Civil War with one surrendering to the other.
Who are Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?
Grover Cleveland's presidency saw the passage of the Presidential Succession Act.
Today, upon death or resignation of the president and vice president, this government position is next in line of succession.
Who is Speaker of the House?
A system of government where supreme, unlimited power is concentrated in the hands of one person a small group, with little to no legal or legislative checks on their authority. (Don't answer too quickly...think about this!)
What is Autocracy?
The Populists campaigned for many reforms, and were unhappy with the gold standard for currency. They wanted to adopt this standard of currency instead.
What is silver or bimetallic standard (gold + silver)?
In response to the second Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, a network of people who helped slaves escape began and was given this name.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Abraham Lincoln gave this short speech as a cemetery dedication, and a rally to unite as a country.
According to the Constitution, if no candidate for president gets a majority of electoral votes, who decides?
Congress or House of Representatives (either is acceptable)
Of these three Russian rulers - Nicolas I, his son Alexander II, and grandson Alexander III, this ruler died in a bomb attack because of his reforms to the country and trying to set up local self-governments.
Who is Alexander the II?
In 1896, William Jennings Bryan, a Populist leader who ran as a Democrat, lost to William McKinley because he made this his platform.
What is silver?
John Brown led a raid on the federal armory in this town.
What is Harper's Ferry?
This is the name given to the harsh tactics of Union armies used against civilians in the South near the end of the war. It included burning land and seizing property.
What is "Total War?"
This permanently freed the slaves after Lincoln's death.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
One reason Russia's industrial revolution was much slower and later in developing compared to Europe and the U.S. was because of this.
Industrialization was funded by state tax money instead of private enterprise (Industrial businessmen and companies).
This happened in 1896, settling the debate about the standard of currency.
What is discovery of gold or gold rush (in the Yukon Wilderness)?
This black American went to court to seek his freedom. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court and became a famous and controversial ruling.
Who is Dred Scott?
As the Civil War was at its end, it was said that this incident was "the greatest possible calamity for the South and for the rebuilding of the Union."
What was the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
or Lincoln's Death