The Civil War
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, fought at a South Carolina fort in 1861.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This innovation connected the east and west coast, using immigrant labor, and revolutionized transportation.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
What is the transcontinental railroad?
This landmark Supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal."
This document issued by Lincoln in 1863 declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This agency provided education and assistance to former slaves and poor whites after the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This entrepreneur dominated the oil industry with his Standard Oil Company, forming one of the first major trusts.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
The Homestead Act and advancements in farming equipment led to increased tensions with this group of people in the West.
Who are the Plains Indians?
These journalists exposed societal issues like corruption and poor working conditions, earning this nickname.
Who are muckrakers?
This general's "March to the Sea" devastated Georgia and contributed to the Confederacy's surrender.
Who is William T. Sherman?
These laws in the South restricted the rights of freed African Americans during Reconstruction.
What are Black Codes?
This communication device invented by Alexander Graham Bell transformed how people connected over long distances.
What is the telephone?
This battle was a significant example of Native American resistance, where the Lakota defeated General Custer's forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This organization, co-founded by WEB Du Bois, aimed to fight racial discrimination and advocate for civil rights.
What is the NAACP?
This turning point battle in 1863 ended with a Union victory and was followed by Lincoln's famous address.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This agreement resolved the contested 1876 election and marked the end of Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
These islands served as processing stations for immigrants, one on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast.
What are Ellis Island and Angel Island?
The Dawes Act aimed to assimilate this group by dividing tribal lands into individual plots.
Who are Native Americans?
Who is Jane Addams?
This Confederate general is remembered for his leadership but ultimately surrendered at Appomattox Court House in 1865.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This organization used violence and intimidation to resist racial equality and Reconstruction efforts in the South.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on improving working conditions and wages through collective bargaining.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This leader of the Nez Perce resisted US relocation efforts but famously said, "I will fight no more forever."
Who is Chief Joseph?
This law, passed in 1906, improved food safety by regulating the meatpacking industry after Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?