Famous People
The Civil War
Reconstruction
Amendments
WWI&WWII
100

Who invented the sewing machine?

Elias Howe

100

 What was the bloodiest single day's fighting during the Civil War?

Antietam

100

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

100

What is the 13th Amendment

abolished slavery

100

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

200

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangable parts?

Eli Whitney

200

 What was the turning point of the Civil War in the east?

Gettysburg

200

What act limited the number of Chinese immigrants into the United States for 10 years?

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

200

What is the 14th Amendment

defined citizenship to include African Americans

200

When did WWI end? (date and time)

November 11, 1918 @ 11:00 a.m.

300

Who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

300

Which battle paved the way for the North to take the Mississippi River during the Civil War?

Shiloh

300

What is the focus of a country on gaining new territories and establishing a world empire?

Imperialism

300

What is the 15th Amendment

gave African American men the right to vote

300

What guaranteed bank deposits up to $2500

FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

400

Who was the "Moses of Her People" as she helped many escape the south by using the underground railroad system?

Harriet Tubman

400

What was the turning point of the Civil War in the west

Vicksburg

400

What is the focus of a country on its own problems and its desire to stay out of international conflicts?

Isolationism

400

What is the 18th Amendment

prohibition: made the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol illegal

400

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

500

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

500

What plan was the war of attrition: laying siege to the South and squeezing the South into submission

The Anaconda Plan

500

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

500

What is the 19th Amendment

 women's suffrage: gave women the right to vote

500

What administration did government sponsored farm/housing loans to keep farmers from losing their farms/houses?

FCA - Farm Credit Administration

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