Which group did President Lincoln belong to?
Democrats, Moderate Republicans, or Radical Republicans
Moderate Republicans
100
What was the name of the hate group that formed in the South during Reconstruction for the purpose of frightening African Americans so they would not fight for equality?
Ku Klux Klan
100
Some states required some people to pay money to vote. What is this referred to as?
a poll tax
100
What group of immigrants faced a lot of nativism in the U.S. in the early to mid 1800s?
the Irish (people from Ireland)
100
Many people mistakenly believe that the Civil War was between the North and the South. Who was the Civil War really between?
the U.S. Government vs. some rebelling states (also correct: the U.S./Union vs. the Confederacy)
200
Which group wanted former slaves and African Americans to be given voting rights after the Civil War?
Democrats, Moderate Republicans, or Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
200
Who did Andrew Jackson beat/defeat in order to become President?
John Quincy Adams (must have stated the full name)
200
What were the laws called that prevented African Americans from voting in most of the Southern states for reasons other than race?
Black Codes
200
Name the book that was written in the mid-1800s that caused a lot of Northerners to become abolitionists.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
Many of the members of which church went to the Utah Territory in order to escape the bad treatment in the U.S. (give the full name of the church)?
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
300
Which group wanted former slaves and African Americans to move to Africa after the Civil War?
Democrats, Moderate Republicans, or Radical Republicans
Moderate Republicans
300
Beside losing their free slave labor and having much of their property ruined, why else were many Southerners financially broke after the Civil War?
because they had traded their U.S. money in for Confederate money at the beginning of the Civil War, which became worthless after the war
300
What were the laws called that segregated the races in most of the South after the Civil War?
Jim Crow Laws
300
Name the U.S. President who achieved Manifest Destiny.
James Polk
300
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederates were winning. What marked the change in the war? In other words, before this event the Confederates were winning, after this event the U.S. was winning. What was the event?
Battle of Gettysburg
400
Which group wanted former slaves to get "forty acres and a mule" after the Civil War?
Democrats, Moderate Republicans, or Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
400
What term refers to the time period in the South before the Civil War began (what life was like in the South before the Civil War)?
Antebellum South
400
Explain in detail how the U.S. got the land that would become Nevada.
the U.S. won the Mexican-American War and as a result, took over the land called the Mexican Cession (which Nevada was part of)
400
Name two powers that U.S. states have that U.S. territories do not have.
U.S. states can vote for President and have members vote for their state in Congress. Territories do not have these powers
400
Most Southerners didn't call the Civil War, the "Civil War." What did they call it?
the War for Southern Independence (the War of Northern Aggression is also correct)
500
By the end of Reconstruction, which group got more of what it wanted than the other groups?
Democrats, Moderate Republicans, or Radical Republicans
Democrats
500
Name three impacts that the cotton gin had (that we learned about in class).
the cotton gin made growing cotton more profitable (so more people became cotton farmers), it increased the demand for slavery (so farmers wanted more slaves), and it cause many Americans to move Westward to look for more land to grow cotton on (which negatively impacted Native Americans and Mexico)
500
What ended slavery in the Border States?
the 13th Amendment
500
What crime was President Andrew Johnson impeach for and why wasn't he removed from office?
he was accused of abusing his power; he was not removed because he was found not guilty
500
List the eleven states that were part of the Confederacy.
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana,Texas