Sectional Tensions
in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published a famous anti-slavery novel called...
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What southern state the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated? (first and last name)
Andrew Johnson
Who invented the telephone? (full name)
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the leader of the railroad industry? (full name)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The ability to vote and decide on the legality of slavery in that territory.
popular sovereignty
What battle marked the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
The case where SCOTUS ruled that “separate but equal” public facilities could be used for racial segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson
Small and overcrowded apartment buildings where immigrants often lived were called _______
tenement buildings
The Great Migration
The anti-immigration party that was popular in some Mid-Atlantic and New England States.
American Party or Know Nothing Party
What law allowed for formerly enslaved people to fight for the North during the Civil War?
The Confiscation Acts
What organization was formed to provide aid to African Americans in the South after the Civil War?
Freedmen's Bureau
Which Act gave 160 acres of FREE land to any family that settled the land for five years
The Homestead Act
Asian immigrants arrived at: _____ Island
European immigrants arrived at: _____ Island
Asian immigrants: Angel Island
European immigrants: Ellis island
This man was an abolitionist that led a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He was ultimately captured and sentenced to death.
John Brown
Identify a war strategy used by the North in the second half of the Civil War.
scorched earth OR total war
State laws in the South that restricted the rights and movements of African Americans were called...
Black Codes
a place where all stores and housing are owned by one company. That one company is also everyone’s employer.
company towns
What economic principle allowed for monopolists to acquire large amounts of wealth and power during the Gilded Age?
Laissez faire capitalism
Identify the three failed compromises that preceded the Civil War in order.
Missouri Compromise (or Comp. of 1820)
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
What are the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
"Four score and seven years ago"
What is the name of the movie that initiated the second wave of the KKK. This movie was released in 1915 and was shown in the White House.
The Birth of a Nation
The purpose of a union is to give workers the power to negotiate for more favorable working conditions and other benefits. The name of this negotiation process is called ....?
Collective bargaining
Who was the leader of the American Railway Union? (full name)
Eugene Debs