Civil War
What issue was the biggest cause of the Civil War?
Bonus point if you can remember the second main reason.
Slavery
States Rights for the second reason
Which amendment ended slavery in the United States?
13th amendment
What was rapidly growing IN THE NORTH during the Gilded Age?
Factories/Businesses
The Spanish-American War was a war between what two countries?
The U.S. and Spain
Name at least FOUR countries involved in World War I
- Great Britain
- France
- Russia
- The U.S.
- Austria
What was the name of the president of the Union during the Civil War?
President Abe Lincoln
Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
15th amendment
What is the type of worker organization that fights for better pay and working conditions?
Labor unions
What slogan appeared in newspapers after the USS Maine exploded?
“Remember the Maine!”
World War I started with the assassination of which Archduke of Austria?
Franz Ferdinand
What was the name for the Northern and Southern states during the Civil War?
Union and Confederacy
Which amendment granted citizenship to people born in the United States?
14 amendment
What practice did some big businesses use to eliminate competition and control an entire industry?
Monopolies/trusts
The Spanish-American War ended in the U.S. acquisition of what THREE territories?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
The reason for the U.S. wanting to stay out of WWI at the beginning of the war
Hint: One word, two options; "The U.S. wanted to stay N******/I*******"
Neutral or Isolated
What document declared that enslaved people in Confederate states were free?
The Emancipation Proclomation
What racist group formed in the South to intimidate Black citizens and prevent them from voting?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What was the name of the act that made monopolies illegal?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the name of the U.S. battleship that exploded which helped start the Spanis-American War?
U.S.S. Maine
President Wilson declared the U.S. was joining WWI to protect this form of government worldwide
Democracy
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
What laws passed in the South restricted the freedom and rights of Black Americans after the Civil War?
Black Codes
What term describes extremely wealthy business leaders like Rockefeller and Carnegie during the Gilded Age?
Robber barons (or captains of industry)
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the Spanish-American War in 1898?
Treaty of Paris (1898)
The expansion of the M.A.I.N. acronym to describe the four main causes of World War I
M: Militarism
A: Alliances
I: Imperialism
N: Nationalism