How did California quickly gain statehood in the U.S. by 1850?
What is the Gold Rush brought thousands of people to CA looking for instant wealth.
100
South Carolina seceeded from the Union after Fort ______ was captured by the Confederates.
What is Sumter?
100
____won the election of 1860, and brought SC to seceed from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The Bessemer process made _______ production cheaper and faster.
What is steel?
100
The first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution are called _________.
What is The Bill of Rights?
200
True or False: Texas was not an independent nation before it was admitted to the U.S.
What is FALSE...Texas had gained independence from Mexico before it was added to the U.S.
200
The _____ ______ led to the passage of the 13th Amendment to end slavery in the U.S.
What is Emancipation Proclamation?
200
Frederick _______ wrote a memoir about his life as a slave.
Who is Douglas?
200
New safety codes and worker's protections were enacted as a result of the _______ _______ fire in New York City.
What is Triangle Shirtwaist?
200
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What is the 3/5 Compromise helped determine how slave would be counted for representation in government.
300
The states of ______ & ______ were admitted to the nation before the states of ______ & ______ were.
(possible answers: Arizona, Ohio, Missouri, New Mexico)
What is Ohio & Missouri (before) Arizona & New Mexico?
300
Union General ___________ helped bring an end to the war with his "March to the Sea" campaign, destroying everything in his path until he reached Atlanta, Georgia.
Who is William T. Sherman?
300
President Andrew _______ was against the National Bank because it divided the power of the federal and state governments.
Who is Jackson?
300
The ______ _____ increased the production of cotton as a cash crop.
What is cotton gin?
300
To ratify a law means to ____ into law. To amend the law means to _____ the law.
What is vote & change?
400
Mexican President Santa Anna captured the Alamo because he wanted to ____________.
What is punish the Texas rebels and stop the fighting?
400
______ Republicans supported the removal of _______ from power during the Reconstruction Era.
(possible answers: Liberal, Radical, Confederates, Northerners)
What is Radical & Confederates?
400
Jacob Riis exposed the nation to the impoverished cities with his photographs entitled "How the Other _____ ______."
What is Half Lives?
400
______ journalists used emotion and propaganda to convince their readers.
What is Yellow?
400
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
What is acknowledge that we have natural rights that cannot be taken away?
500
Place these territories in the order that they were acquired by the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase, ________, Oregon Territory, ________
(choices are: California, Texas, Mexican Cession)
What is Texas & California (in this order)?
500
The _____ Amendment gave all male citizens in the U.S. the right to vote.
What is 15th?
500
______ were newspaper reporters who wrote about social reform during the late 1800s.
What is muckrakers?
500
True of False: Teddy Roosevelt believed that businesses should do everything they can to make a profit, regardless of how it affects worker's safety or wages.
What is FALSE? Teddy Roosevelt believed that businesses had a responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of their workers.
500
John Locke believed that governments should create a ______ and provide _______.
(possible answers: checks/balances, social contract, separation of powers, natural rights)
What is social contract & natural rights (in this order).