Civil War
Reconstruction
Westward
Expansion
Expansion
Industry
Labor
Cities
Imperialism
Progressive
Era
Era
WWI
Roaring 20s
Great
Depression
Depression
100
What was the main reason for the opposition of the South to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
Lincoln’s opposition to the expansion of slavery into new territories
100
what amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?
14th amendment
100
Which entrepreneur is not correctly paired with his field?
a. John Rockefeller -> telecommunications
b. Andrew Carnegie -> Steel
c. Gustavus Swift -> meatpacking
d. J. P Morgan -> finance
a. John Rockefeller -> telecommunications
100
What tactic was used by management to resist the demands of labor?
lockout
100
Two early labor unions that threatened big business
Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor
100
Which group most favored the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a. imperialists in Congress
b. nativists on the west coast
c. progressives from the Midwest
d. Anarchists from Europe
b. nativists on the West Coast
100
The statement below was made by an American businessman in 1897.
"The United States needs new markets for its manufactured products. American manufacturers also need access to raw materials found overseas."
Which historical argument is supported by this statement?
a. American imperialism was mainly economically motivated.
b. American imperialists feared foreign control of major sea-lanes.
c. Indigenous peoples in the Pacific and Caribbean welcomed American investment.
d. Most Americans opposed imperialism because they thought it was anti-democratic.
a. American imperialism was mainly economically motivated.
100
Types of Reforms
1. Political reforms like initiative and referendum
2. social reforms that provided relief to urban poor
3. municipal reforms that elected legislators to that promoted reform at the state level
4. economic reforms to deal with the abuses of industrialization
100
What are the 4 long term causes of WWI in Europe?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance System
100
What did African American artists hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?
to demonstrate that African Americans could produce great works of art and literature
100
Four main causes of the Great
overproduction, speculation, high tariffs, and crash of 1929
200
What title would best describe this diagram?
Causes of the civil war
200
What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?
They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.
200
What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy of the late 1880s for American Indians?
What was this policy called?
Indians saw their culture be threatened.
The dawes Act
200
Which entrepreneur is not correctly paired with his field?
a. John Rockefeller -> telecommunications
b. Andrew Carnegie -> Steel
c. Gustavus Swift -> meatpacking
d. J. P Morgan -> finance
a. John Rockefeller -> telecommunications
200
Why did government leaders sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century
Why did government leaders sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century
200
What was the purpose of the Grange movement?
to break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests
200
Which phrase completes the diagram?
a. Reasons for building the Panama Canal
b. Obstacles to building the Panama Canal
c. Consequences of building the Panama Canal
d. Controversy over building the Panama Canal
Obstacles to building the Panama Canal
200
Impact of muckraking activities in the early 1900s
Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization
200
What sentence best describes the impact of WWI on Florida?
Military training centers were located in Florida, the state's farmers sold more crops, and a thousand Floridians gave their lives.
200
Why did demobilization after World War I lead to a temporary economic downturn?
War production ended while millions of soldiers returned looking for jobs.
200
What day did the stock market crash?
Black Tuesday
300
The following statements reflect varying points of view during the Reconstruction Era.
Speaker A: “Secession caused this war, and all those who supported it must now be punished.”
Speaker B: “The nation will heal most quickly if we forgive the Southerners and welcome them back into the Union.”
Speaker C: “The freedmen must be given economic assistance and guaranteed constitutional rights in order to protect themselves.”
Speaker D: “The war may have ended, but the fight must continue to preserve the system of white supremacy in the South.”
Which of the following pair of speakers best represents the views and attitudes of the Radical Republicans who controlled Congress during Reconstruction?
Speakers A & C
300
How did Southern states limit the impact of Reconstruction on African Americans?
By passing Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes
300
Which would be a pull factor that contributed to settling the west?
a. the amount of farmland available for sale was limited.
b. after the depression, many craftsmen could not find work in the North.
c. the children of large farming families in Germany and Scandinavia did not have enough of their own land.
d. Only a decade after the Gold Rush, new discoveries of gold and silver were made.
d. Only a decade after the Gold Rush, new discoveries of gold and silver were made.
300
What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot
decline of the Knights of Labor
300
How were the Homestead and Pullman Strike similar?
Both ended in important defeats for organized labor
300
Consequences of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s
rapid growth of tenements and ghettos, traffic, vast differences in wealth
300
Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the view that Americans went to war with Spain in 1898 for humanitarian purposes?
- Anti imperialists feared colonies would eventually become a source of cheap labor
- Mark Twain said, "We do not intend to free but to subjugate the people of the Philippines."
- President Cleveland had previously refused to annex Hawaii when US landowners had overthrown Queen Liliokalani by force.
- Congress pass the Teller Amendment promising that the US would not annex Cuba, even if it won the war.
- Congress pass the Teller Amendment promising that the US would not annex Cuba, even if it won the war.
- Congress pass the Teller Amendment promising that the US would not annex Cuba, even if it won the war.
300
What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve System?
to regulate banks and create a more elastic currency
300
How did President Wilson make up for the loss of revenues by the reduction in tariffs?
introducing a new federal income tax
300
Which group of adult males, ages 21 to 30, was NOT required to serve in the US military during WWI?`
Conscientious objectors
300
How did the plans of Hoover compare to FDR for dealing with the Great depression?
Roosevelt proposed that the federal government provide direct aid while Hoover relied on local government and private charities
400
What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
the end of slavery and the strengthening of the federal government
400
What is a scalawag?
southern whites who supported reconstruction
400
How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial revolution?
railroads created timezones, growth of cities, and a national market
400
Consequences of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act and Federal Trade Commission Act
Clayton prohibited some unfair business practices and protected unions from antitrust laws being used against them. Federal Trade Commission was a regulatory agency to investigate corporate activities and could force a corporation to discontinue business until the investigation was over.
400
The significance of the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act
They established the principle that Congress could regulate business in certain circumstances
400
Difference between the experience of European Immigrants and Asian immigrants
Asian immigrants couldn't become naturalized citizens, the Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost immigrants from China, and The Gentlemen's Agreement Act cut off immigration from Japan
400
How did the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan encourage United States imperialism?
His books demonstrated the importance of obtaining colonies for naval bases and increasing overseas trade.
400
19th amendment
women's suffrage
400
What caused African - American demographic patterns in the US to shift during WWI?
more job opportunities in Northern cities (also known as the Great Migration)
400
Why did nativists support immigration reform in the 1920s?
They believed the recent immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe were unable to assimilate into American society
400
Which New Deal agency constructed a series of dams that produced hydroelectricity?
Tennessee Valley Authority
500
Which view was held by most southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
a. Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified
b. since the union was created by states, they could leave at anytime.
c. the union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
d. Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.
b. since the union was created by states, they could leave at anytime.
500
What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?
300 extra points if your team defines sharecropping and debt peonage.
Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.
500
In the late 19th century, American farmers supported which of the following?
a. The protective tariff against free trade
b. The Granger Movement against the railroads
c. The Republican Party against the Populist Party
d. The gold standard against the free coinage of silver
b. The Granger Movement against the railroads
500
the difference between vertical and horizontal integration
Horizontal involves owning one level of the production process, while vertical includes owning all stages of producing a material
500
Which was not a problem for most American factory workers?
A. boring and repetitive tasks
b. periodic unemployment
c. long hours and low wages
d. demanding hiring requirements
d. demanding hiring requirements
500
difference between New Immigrants and Old Immigrants
New Immigrants spoke little English, were very poor, and were usually Catholic, Jewish, and Orthodox Christian. Old Immigrants were looking for job opportunities, spoke English, and were mostly Protestant.
500
What was the difference between the Platt Amendment and Teller Amendment?
Cuba became an American protectorate with the teller amendment, but the Platt Amendment allowed the US to form a military base in Cuba and the right to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time. It preserved Cuban independence, but allowed US to interfere at any time.
500
What do these these five reforms give to citizens: initiative, referendum, recall, direct primary, and 17th amendment?
they gave citizens a greater voice in government
500
What was the impact of the use of machine guns and barbed wire during World War I?
Soldiers lived in trenches when they could not advance without heavy casualties.
500
How did the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1927 promote international peace?
Fifteen nations agreed to give up war as an instrument of policy.
500
What was an effect of the dust storms across the Great Plains in the 1930s? What was this called?
migration of many to California and other states during the Dust Bowl
600
How did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to the later outbreak of the Civil War?
a. It allowed enslaved persons in Kansas to buy their freedom.
b.It encouraged abolitionists by halting the spread of slavery into Kansas and New Mexico.
c. It emancipated all slaves living in Kansas and Nebraska, causing resentment in the South.
d. It reopened the question of whether slavery would be permitted in some Western territories.
It emancipated all slaves living in Kansas and Nebraska, causing resentment in the South.
600
What two groups helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction era the most?
a. radical republicans and carpet baggers
b. northern democrats and the KKK
c. Southern democrats and supporters of Black codes
d. Confederate veterans and supports of Andrew Johnson
a. radical republicans and carpet baggers
600
The excerpt below is from a law enacted by Congress in 1887.
"That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property; under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance"
Why did Congress pass this law?
a. Only Congress had the right to regulate economic activities, even within a single state.
b. Congress wanted to save natural resources by discouraging shipments over long distances.
c. The Supreme Court had overruled state laws prohibiting unjust practices by interstate railroads.
d. Political machines influenced Congress to pass legislation favoring some companies over others.
c. The Supreme Court had overruled state laws prohibiting unjust practices by interstate railroads.
600
These steps are all performed by a single company.
Hog farms -> preparing pork -> transporting pork to a national market via refrigerated railroad cars.
What type of company is this?
vertically integrated
600
What were the primary goals of labor unions?
to obtain better conditions for workers
600
What was the primary purpose of Ellis island
processing immigrants who came from Southern and Eastern Europe
600
Which phrase completes the sequence of events regarding the US involvement in the Philippines during the early 1900s.
Spain leaves Philippines
under the treaty of Paris ---->
----->
US Establishes colonial Government in the Philippines
Choices:
- US senate refuses to annex the Philippines
- Filipino Leaders invite the US to annex the Philippines
- American businessmen overthrow the local ruler of the Philippines
- US forces fight a three year war against Filipino rebels seeking independence.
- US forces fight a three year war against Filipino rebels seeking independence.
- US forces fight a three year war against Filipino rebels seeking independence.
600
Who was the trust buster?
Theodore Roosevelt
600
The message below was sent in secret code by the Minister of Germany to the German ambassador in Mexico. It was decoded by the British government.
"We will make a proposal of alliance to Mexico on understanding that Mexico is to regain the lost territory in Texas, Mexico, and Arizona... Please call the attention of the President to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England to make peace"
What was the Impact of the publication of this letter?
American public opinion was outraged against Germany
600
Which problem was demonstrated by Rosewood in 1923?
the prevalence of racism in inland Southern Towns
600
Which of these was not a long term result of the new deal?
a. creation of a safety net to help American families
b. expanded political participation by farmers, workers , and the poor.
c. a shift in national voting patterns in favor of the democratic party
d. state ownership of basic industries such as steelworks and railroads
d. state ownership of basic industries such as steelworks and railroads