Civil War
Name three Causes of the Civil War
minetowns that quickly grew to large populations of mine prospectors
boomtowns
When did the Civil War begin?
1861
Name the immigration station on the East Coast
Ellis Island
When did the US join WWI?
1917
Name the three northern advantages
large population, industrialized/factory, strong central government
What does "manifest destiny" mean?
The idea that Americans had the god given right to expand west.
Who was the first and only President of the CSA?
Jefferson Davis
What is horizontal integration?
Buying up all of your competitors/creating a monopoly
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Europe could not colonize or interfere in North or South America
3 Part Union strategy to win: Blockade southern ports, Control of the Mississippi, Capture Richmond
Anaconda Plan
Law grant land to settlers; led to farmers moving west and settling in the great plains.
Homestead Act
First state to secede
South Carolina
What was the temperance movement advocating for?
Not drinking alcohol
Which President began the building of the Panama Canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
bloodiest single battle day of the Civil War resulting in the Emancipation Proclamation
What did the Native Americans survive off of for food and shelter?
Bison/ Buffalo
How many military districts were created in the south?
5
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act outlaw?
Creation of monopolies
What slowed the construction of the Panama Canal?
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Challenges faced by 19th Century westward settlers
Lack of water, dry soil, lack of lumber (relied on sod and buffalo chips, irrigation needs, travel risks
Which reconstruction plan was the most lenient?
President Johnsons Reconstruction Plan
Name two captains of industry and their industry
Rockefeller - Oil
Carnegie - Steel
Name three islands the US gained after the Spanish-American War?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines