Acts and Laws
This act, signed by Lincoln in 1862, encouraged westward settlement by offering 160 acres of land.
Homestead Act
This person would go on to use the Bessemer process to fuel his industrial empire and wealth through the creation of steel products.
Andrew Carnegie
Which came first: Kansas-Nebraska Act or Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism is...
Loyalty to the interests of one’s own region or section of a country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Lincoln said he was only sending food to Fort Sumter, but the Confederates felt forced to...
Fire and start the war
This act established the Interstate Commerce Commission to try to regulate railroad rates, but it was not enough for the farmers.
Interstate Commerce Act
Created and pushed for the Indian Removal Act of 1830
President Andrew Jackson
Name the Reconstruction Amendments in the right order.
13th, 14th, 15th
Secession is...
The formal, unilateral withdrawal of a state, region, or group from a larger political entity, union, or organization
Deflation, high debt, railroad rates, and increasing cost of productions led Farmers to...
Advocate for bimetallism, government control of railroads, and more fairness
This set of laws would thrive in the South as Reconstruction weakened and eventually ended -- laws that sought to legally segregate based on race.
Jim Crow Laws
Who made the famous "Cross of Gold" speech?
William Jennings Bryan
Which happened LAST? Battle of Gettysburg, Appomattox Court House, Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman's March
Appomattox Court House
Business practice used by Standard Oil that involves joining together as many firms from the same industry as possible
Horizontal Integration
The government wanted to force assimilation on the Native population -- specifically their youth -- leading to...
Indian Boarding Schools
The Kansas-Nebraska Act did what 2 main things?
Slavery to be decided on popular vote and repealed the Missouri Compromise
One of the first African Americans to serve in Congress
Hiram Revels
Which came first? The Civil War, The Dawes Act, or Reservation Systems
Reservations systems -- began early through the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Bimetallism is...
The concept of making the money supply based off silver and gold.
Americans increasingly wanted a _________ during westward expansion, leading the Government to pass the Pacific Railway Act in 1862 and fund companies like the Union Pacific Railway Company.
Transcontinental railroad
This clause, in Article IV, section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, makes it so that every form of government under the Federal Government must have a republican system.
The Guarantee Clause
A social and educational organization that brought farmers together and gave them political voice -- worked to regulate the prices of railroads through state laws.
National Grange
The __________ began around 1870 and was centered on electricity, steel, oil, and mass production. The __________ occurred primarily during the 1830s and 1840s and was centered on steam power, coal, railroads, iron, and textile production.
Second Industrial Revolution; First Industrial Revolution
Deflation is...
A sustained drop in the general price level of goods and services, which increases the purchasing power of money
________ finally gave Lincoln the room to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without appearing weak.
Battle of Antietam