Civil War
In what year was Abraham Lincoln first elected president and what party endorced him?
1860 Republican
Radical Republicans and President Lincoln disagreed on how to allow Southern States back into the Union. What was the position of President Lincoln?
Lincoln wanted to be lenient to the Southern states. 10% plan Lincoln's plan
This Act was enacted prior to the Civil War and eventually created transcontinental trade. What legislation send settlers to lhomestead land in the West?
The Homestead Act
What industry did Andrew Carnegie stoke by using the Bessemer Process?
The steel industry
Which amendment was radified after the Civil War to ensure African Americans the right to vote?
the 15th Amendment
Black men only
Which attack formally started the Civil War?
Ft. Sumter, SC
These laws prohibited freedmen from carrying firearms, walk at night, and barred freeman job opportunities. What were the name of these laws?
Black Codes
What communication device allowed people to talk long distance during the mid 1800's?
The telegraph
The Commodore moved from steamboats to what industry to become one of the richest man in the world?
Railroads
Farmers created these laws to regulate railroad practices
Granger Laws
What document served as President Lincoln’s first major step against slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Plessy v Ferguson was a landmark US Supreme Coust case. What phrase was used in a Supreme Court ruling that made segregation legal?
"Separate but Equal"
explain what Seperate but Equal means
This Act gave away Indian Lands and then gave it back to some Native Americans with the promise of citizenship.
The Dawes Act
John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil represented this type of corperate integration that lead to Standard Oil to become the largest monopolies in the world?
Horizontal integration
Explain horizontal integration_____________
Which union wanted skilled labor and was anti immigrant?
AFL
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What Supreme Court case made "separate but equal" the law of the land?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Explain what happend
Westward expansion in a growing United States threatened this 'peculiar institution' and it upset a balance between?
The balance between free states and slave states
What 3 things did workers want during the industrial era?
better pay, 8 hr work day and safer working conditions
President Abraham Lincoln 's had one main goal during the Civil War. What was this goal?
To hold the union together
What was the first set of restrictive laws that reduced the civil rights of African Americans in the 1860s?
Black Codes
What amendment gave all freemen the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
Railroads encouraged growth of cities and created a national marketplace. What did this accelerate?
If you can name them all I'll give you a buck 3 answers
consumerism
industrialization
population growth
Immigrants made up a large part of the workforce. What union embraced these unskilled workers?
Knights of Labor
What was one of the main downfalls of Reconstruction?
It did not secure voting rights for Freedmen