Chapters 9, 11, 13
The United States bought Florida from what country?
Spain
True or false: The Civil War was the most destructive war in American history.
true
What codes placed black people in an inferior position to white people, and were in some ways another kind of slavery?
black codes
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and later the U.S. were on what side during World War I?
Allied powers
FDR went on the radio to give what personal chats to the American people, using simple words and phrases, and keeping the talks short?
fireside chats
Who owned Alaska during Monroe’s presidency?
Russia
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre?
John Wilkes Booth
What term involves a president being found guilty of the charges Congress brought against him, and possibly being removed from office?
impeachment
What were the German submarines called that could remain unseen while launching a surprise torpedo attack on enemy ships?
U-boats
What were men who tried to escape from their troubles or search for jobs elsewhere by jumping on freight trains to ride the rails?
hobos
During the Second Great Awakening, where did hundreds of people gather in a central location to pitch their tents for day or weeks?
camp meetings
What term means a group pardon?
amnesty
What was a secret organization formed by former Confederate soldiers, with many of them determined to place black people firmly under white control?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What treaty was Germany forced to sign after World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
During what event did dust storms in the Plains bring extreme poverty to farmers?
Dust Bowl
Who was abused by her master, escaped slavery in 1849, and led 300 blacks in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who were Northerners in the South, who the South viewed as corrupt opportunists who sought their own gain at the expense of the South?
carpetbaggers
What process involved farming small plots owned by planters and paying an annual rent for the use of the land?
sharecropping
What group did Wilson want to form, which was an organization of cooperating nations that could talk over problems and settle them peacefully, preventing future wars?
League of Nations
At what locations did owners or investors build workers’ housing, which was usually rows of identical houses, near factories or mills?
mill town
What system did slaves prefer, in which they were given tasks, and once these were completed, slaves could use their remaining time to do other things?
task system
Who was a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction?
scalawag
What amendment kept states from denying the vote to any citizen “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?”
15th amendment
What are payments for damages during a war?
reparations
What amendment made all Americans citizens of both U.S. and their residing states, and had a state’s representation in Congress based on its whole population?
14th amendment