Famous People
Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe
What was the bloodiest single day's fighting during the Civil War?
Antietam
What is the plan called that expected 10% of the population in the South to declare allegiance to the U.S.?
Lincoln's Plan/10% Plan
What is the 13th Amendment
abolished slavery
What is the German plan of attack during WWI- to defeat France quickly then to move its troops to the Russian border and defeat Russia?
Schlieffen Plan
Who invented the cotton gin and interchangable parts?
Eli Whitney
What was the turning point of the Civil War in the east?
Gettysburg
What act limited the number of Chinese immigrants into the United States for 10 years?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What is the 14th Amendment
defined citizenship to include African Americans
When did WWI end? (date and time)
November 11, 1918 @ 11:00 a.m.
Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which battle paved the way for the North to take the Mississippi River during the Civil War?
Shiloh
What is the focus of a country on gaining new territories and establishing a world empire?
Imperialism
What is the 15th Amendment
gave African American men the right to vote
What guaranteed bank deposits up to $2500
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Who was the "Moses of Her People" as she helped many escape the south by using the underground railroad system?
Harriet Tubman
What was the turning point of the Civil War in the west
Vicksburg
What is the focus of a country on its own problems and its desire to stay out of international conflicts?
Isolationism
What is the 18th Amendment
prohibition: made the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol illegal
What act encouraged farmers to reduce production to increase farm prices; farmers were asked not to farm some fields and to kill some of their animals?
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
Who was the editor of the North Star and a former slave who bought his freedom and was the editor of this abolition newspaper?
Fredrick Douglass
What plan was the war of attrition: laying siege to the South and squeezing the South into submission
The Anaconda Plan
Describe the Boom-bust in the wild, Wild West:
when a rich source of a precious mineral was discovered, such as gold or silver, people would flock to the mine to get rich! A town would form and grow until the mine ran out of the mineral. so, there were many times in the west when a town would experience a tremendous economic boom when people would leave the town and the result was "bust." it became a ghost town
What is the 19th Amendment
women's suffrage: gave women the right to vote
What administration did government sponsored farm/housing loans to keep farmers from losing their farms/houses?
FCA - Farm Credit Administration