Manifest Destiny
Which law signed by Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans east of the Mississippi onto reservations in present-day Oklahoma?
Indian Removal Act
Which crop became more than half of the United States' total exports by 1857?
Cotton
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Who was President during the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Which animal attracted Russian fur traders to Alaska?
Sea otters
Which state did the Jesuits hold most of their slaves before 1838?
Maryland
Which former Union general ran against Abraham Lincoln during the Election of 1864?
George McClellan
This group often perpetrated violence against African Americans in the South
Ku Klux Klan
The United States bought these islands from Denmark in 1917.
The U.S. Virgin Islands
Which southern state at one point was an independent republic?
Texas
Kansas
What was the name of those in the Democratic Party who opposed the Civil War and wanted peace with the Confederacy?
Copperheads
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
Gave voting rights to African American men
King Kamehameha successfully united which island chain?
Why did the US want the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico?
To construct a transcontinental railroad in the South
Which abolitionist was hung after his attempted raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
Identify the border states during the Civil War.
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Tennessee (and West Virginia after 1863)
How many electoral votes did Rutherford B. Hayes win by in the Election of 1876?
One vote
Hayes: 185
Tilden: 184
World War I ended on which day?
November 11th, 1918
What did the Cherokee tribe do to try and prevent the Trail of Tears?
They brought their case to the Supreme Court
What does "nullification" refer to?
the belief that states could “nullify” (legally ignore) federal legislation
Which day was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
January 1st, 1863
What was the Mississippi Plan implemented by Democrats in the southern states?
Use of violence to suppress Republican voters (specifically former enslaved men)
Martin Luther King Jr. was present for the signing of this landmark piece of legislation in 1964.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964