It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
100
This was created by Congress to provide clothing, medical care, and education to freedmen and white refugees.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
100
This "forgettable president" won through the "Bloody Shirt" and his presidency was known for scandals, such as The Credit Mobilier Scandal.
Who is President Grant?
100
This man created the telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
This woman established Hull House, the most well-known American settlement house, designed to help immigrants new to America.
Who is Jane Addams?
200
The Confederate General, "Stonewall" Jackson was able to hold his line of soldiers, resulting in a Confederate victory at this battle.
What is The Battle of Bull Run?
200
This act, passed in 1867, divided the South into 5 military districts.
What is the Reconstruction Act?
200
This "forgettable president" was murdered by Charles Guiteau at a railroad station soon after his election.
Who is President Garfield?
200
This is the theory that the wealthy are just by God to have so much wealth.
What is The Gospel of Wealth?
200
The act, passed in 1882, which banned the Chinese from immigrating to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
This general was the first to be given command of The Army of the Potomac in 1861.
Who is General McClellan?
300
A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after the Civil War.
What is a scalawag?
300
This "forgettable president" supported the reform of the spoils system, with the Pendleton Act of 1883 and the Civil Service Commission both taking place during his presidency.
Who is President Arthur?
300
This tycoon was called the steel king and this tycoon, the bankers' banker.
Who are Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan?
300
This African American taught at the Tuskegee Institute and became an internationally famous agricultural chemist.
Who is George Washington Carver?
400
These are the two generals most closely associated with the Second Battle of Bull Run
Who are General Lee and General Pope?
400
The Secretary of State who signed a treaty with Russia that gave Alaska to the United States.
Who is William Seward?
400
This "forgettable president" replaced thousands of federal employees with Democrats and fought for a lower tarriff, which hurt the nation's economy and lost him much of his support.
Who is President Cleveland?
400
This tactic, used famously by Rockefeller, entailed allying with competitors to gain a monopoly over a market.
What is "horizontal integration"?
400
This woman helped to form the National Association of Colored Women in 1896.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
500
General Grant planned to capture the main junction of the railroads in the Mississippi Valley at Corinth, but these plans were foiled when he was defeated at this battle in 1862.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
500
Congress passed this act in 1867, which required the president to get consent from the Senate before he could remove his cabinet members, when this man was president.
What is the Tenure of Office Act and who is President Johnson?
500
These are the six "forgettable presidents.
Who are Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, and Cleveland?
500
In 1887, Congress passed this act, which prohibited rebates and pools, as well as other railroad regulations, and created the ICC.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
500
This act was passed after the Southern states had seceded and provided for public land grants for support of education.