Civics
The United States has this type of Government
Constitutional Republic
The Civil War was about two core matters:
1. State's Rights
2. Abolishment of Slavery
Prior to Lincoln's assassination, this __% Plan set the framework for how Reconstruction of the Union would take place early on.
10
Buffalo.
The economic philosophy the U.S. Government had that allowed for the rapid expansion of the West, monopolies, and the Industrial Revolution.
Laissez-faire
This Amendment grants states and local governments authority and powers of anything not handled by the federal government
10th Amendment
This court case denied black people the right to citizenship, which was not overturned until the 14th Amendment, and repealed a certain compromise.
Scott V. Sandford -- Dred Scott Case
For his efforts trying to stall Reconstruction, this was the first President to be impeached.
President Andrew Johnson
This act sought to force Indigenous people to assimilate to Western culture and continued to push them out of their land.
Dawes Act
Head General for the Confederates.
Robert E. Lee
What were the ballots famously called during the crisis of the Bush v. Gore court case and Presidential election?
Hanging Chads
This plan from General Winfield Scott was considered to be ineffective and slow before it proved successful.
Anaconda Plan
This Amendment abolished slavery.
13th Amendment.
Three big economic opportunites led people westward.
Mining, cattle, and railroads.
These two early feminists were fed up with the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What does the FEC stand for and do?
Federal Election Commission -- independent government agency that enforces federal campaign finance laws. It oversees money raised and spent for U.S. House, Senate, and presidential campaigns.
This devastating method of warfare from Union General Sherman proved to be heavily effective.
Total War -- Scorched Earth
The end of enforcement of Reconstruction efforts was the _________, and the legal end of Reconstruction, which also codified Jim Crow, was the Supreme Court Case ______.
Compromise of 1877 & Plessy v. Ferguson.
This 1890s left-wing party formed, made up of frustrated farmers and workers, to fight against big business, banks, and railroads to help the common man.
The Populist Party
What is the study of how history is written, interpreted, and changed over time by scholars?
Historiography
What are superdelegates?
High-ranking party officials and political elites who can vote for any candidate they choose -- after 2018, they vote after the primary voter base.
Three core pieces of legislation that led to compromises, shifts, and eventual disdain between the North and South's debate over slavery:
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
After the Civil War, the South called poor farmers and other Southern who voted Republican _______, and immigrating Northerns ________.
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers.
This ritual, practiced by the Lakota Sioux, blended Christian and tribal ideals, caused tension with the U.S. government, and ultimately contributed to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The Ghost Dance
A system where an employer or lender forces a worker to pay off a loan or debt with manual labor. The worker cannot leave because the costs of food, tools, or housing are manipulated to keep the debt growing, creating a permanent cycle of unfree labor.
Debt Peonage.