Antebellum
What was the name of the canal that connected the Great Lakes to New York City?
What is: Erie Canal
Which president, elected in 1856, primarily ignored the rising threat of secession?
What is
James Buchanan
This was the federal agency that supported and gave aid to freedmen after the Civil War.
What is
Freedmen's Bureau
Chinese Immigrants, in the later half of the 19th century, were known for contributing to what major national infrastructure project?
What is
Transcontinental Railroad
Who was the person that said this: “The right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and . . . development of self government entrusted to us. It is [a] right such as that of the tree to the space of air and the earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth.”
What is
John O. Sullivan
Name of the treaty that purchased a small plot of land to connect a railroad from Texas to California. Part of Arizona and New Mexico today
What is
Gadsden Purchase
This Union general held back all attacks from the Confederates at Gettysburg, but did not pursue them in their retreat.
What is
General George Meade
The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 planned to enforce which amendment in the South?
What is:
15th Amendment -- The right to vote regardless of race
This politician ran a political machine in New York and used his power for embezzlement of millions of dollars.
What is
Boss Tweed
German U-Boat policy targeted what type of boats?
What is:
All of them
This question has 2 parts.
Who was the name of the abolitionist that carried out violent acts towards slavery supporters?
Where was his final attack and what did he do?
What is
John Brown
And
Harpers Ferry, Raiding a federal arsenal and conspiracy for treason
At this battle, both the Union and Confederate military leaders learned that the Civil War would be harder than they believed. New battle tactics would be needed.
What is:
Battle of Shiloh
These two states were the most represented by freedmen and African Americans.
What is
South Carolina and Louisiana
Policies of this party are: silver coinage, graduated income tax, government ownership of railroads
What is
Populist
Lincoln said what about God and Kentucky? You must state exactly what he said for full points.
What is
I Hope to Have God on My Side, But I Must Have Kentucky
What is
Border Ruffian
In 1864, this Union general was appointed the Commander of the Western Armies.
What is
William Tecumseh Sherman
This was the action of forcing homeless or beggars, often African American and not homeless, to apprenticeship schools where they were abused and signed labor contracts heavily in favor of the bosses
What is
Vagrancy
What was Pittsburgh Plus Pricing and who was it targeted to?
Tax breaks
Northerner Manufacturers
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment held their ground at what fort?
+50 pts if you get the full name of the Colonel who led them
What is
Fort Wagner, SC
Robert Gould Shaw
This question has three parts.
Where did the Donner Party spend their winter? (Do not say Donner Lake) (100)
Who led the Donner Party (200)
Who wrote the guide for the Donner Party? (300)
What is:
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range or Northern California
George Donner
Lansford Hastings
Name all three military/government roles/officials that John Booth and his team planned or attempted to assassinate
What is:
Secretary of State William Seward
Vice President Andrew Johnson
General Ulysses S. Grant
This person's bank was the primary investment backer for many Americans.
Who were they and what event did they cause?
What is:
Jay Cooke
Panic of 1873
Name of this union: The nationwide large group of laborers, skilled and unskilled, of all races and gender
What is
Knights of Labor
Describe the cause of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
What is:
Ottoman resentment and total war creating civil destabilization. The government needed someone to blame.