Civil War
True or False. Disease killed twice as many soldiers as any other cause of death in the Civil War.
True
The most notorious and widespread of the white supremacist Southern vigilante groups was the ________________.
The Ku Klux Klan
What was the belief that it was America's mission to expand from ocean to ocean spreading democracy and freedom?
Manifest Destiny
Who was the industrial mogul who created a steel company that by 1899 produced more steel than Great Britain?
Andrew Carnegie
What president created a national park system and worked to preserve America's natural resources?
"Teddy" Roosevelt
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
The ___________________ states that no one can be kept from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
15th Amendment
Who largely built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese and Irish immigrants
What major event occurred in New York City in 1911 which prompted many safety changes in buildings and laws that better protected workers?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The case of Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in what decision?
Segregation is legal as long as it is "separate but equal"
A very famous American general, who would go on to be elected president. Served for the Union army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Why could one argue that the sharecropping was "slavery?"
It kept African Americans in a cycle of poverty, laboring on farms for generations
White Americans believed that Native Americans should adopt white culture and in order to do so used what practice?
Assimilation
What were the writers and photo-journalists called that uncovered and exposed the injustice and corruption within society hoping to gain the support of the public for reform?
Muckrackers
What did the 17th Amendment do?
Created the process of directly electing 2 senators per state by the people
Who was one of the most famous generals in American History and served for the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
What officially ended the Reconstruction Period?
The election of 1876, in which Hayes made a secret deal...
Allow Hayes to be president and pull ALL Union troops out of the South.
Which government Act outlined the land that the Native Americans were guaranteed? (also called Reserves)
Dawes Act
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to…
Stop the immigration of Chinese immigrants to the United States
What law banned harmful medical products, contaminated food products, and false medical claims on all product labeling and marketing?
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
This battle during the Civil War was the "single bloodiest DAY" in American war history!
Congress drafted the ________________________, which prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any U.S. citizen, now defined as “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”
14th Amendment
What Act promised American citizens public land (160 acres) for a small fee if they moved into the West?
Homestead Act of 1862
What was the act that made it illegal to form a monopoly?
OR
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
What was the practice used by labor unions that allowed workers to talk to their employers about benefits and wages?
Collective Bargaining