Civil War and Reconstruction
Who won the Civil War?
The Union/The North
What is Manifest Destiny?
The white man's God-given right to expand from coast to coast
What invention allowed for work and social life to continue throughout the night
Lightbulb
Who did the United States Newspapers blame for the explosion on the USS Maine?
Spain
Which United States President served for 4 consecutive terms?
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What are two reasons people moved West?
Fur Trade, Manifest Destiny, Religious Freedom, Gold Rush, Land (Homestead Act), Build Railroads, New Technology, To become Cowboys, Bring Law and Order to the West, Build Cities
Which group was paid 1/10th of the salary of other workers?
Children
Which countries did the United States gain control of after the Spanish-American War?
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What is the 18th Amendment
Prohibiting the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol
Who's Reconstruction Plan was the most lenient on the South?
Andrew Johnson's Plan
What is the name of the Reservation in Wyoming
Wind River
What is a monopoly?
When one company has the power to control the supply of a product or service and can raise prices or exclude competitors
What is the definition of Imperialism?
When a country extends its power and influence over other countries or territories using military force
What caused the Great Depression?
The stock market crash in 1929
What is the 15th Amendment?
Guarantees the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
What is one way Native Americans were assimilated into American culture?
Sent to boarding schools, forced to live on reservations, had to cut their hair, had to stop speaking their native language, had to stop hunting, had to change their name
Who was the owner of the U.S. Steel?
Andrew Carnegie
Who is one notable American citizen who was against the annexation of the Philippines?
Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland
Which countries made up the Axis Powers in World War II?
Germany, Italy, and Japn
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished Slavery
Where was Custer's last stand
Little Bighorn
Which company is an example of horizontal integration, U.S. Steel or Standard Oil Company
Stand Oil Company
Who was the President during the Spanish-American War?
William McKinley
What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954?
Separating kids in schools based on race was unconstitutional
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Declared that enslaved people in the rebellious states of the Confederacy were free
What is the Dawes Act?
A law that allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands and distribute them to Native American individuals
What is Vertical Integration?
One company owning every step of their process/business
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This was in addition to the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors and did not violate the rights of the United States or invite “foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations.”
Russia and the Soviet Union are the same country
False