Civil War
before 1865
before 1865
What was the final straw that caused the 7 South states to secede and leave the US?
The election of 1860 - Abraham Lincoln being elected
What was the main purpose of Reconstruction?
Reunite the nation and integrating former slaves
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 do?
Gave land for cheap to encourage Western Settlement
What was the name of the event that led to an increase in technology, immigration, and industry
2nd Industrial Revolution
What formed from the workers to fight for rights?
Unions
What were the 4 advantages of the North?
1. more industry (weapons, ammo, ships)
2. more railroads
3. more troops
4. more money
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments do?
Hints:
13 - what the war was fought over
14 - Status
15 - Basic Right
13 - Banned Slavery
14 - Citizenship
15 - Voting rights
What is the name of our God given right to expand?
Manifest Destiny
Who was the of leader of Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
What was the name of the person who tried to expose monopolies and corruption?
Muckrakers
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation and did it work?
Free the slaves and no
What was the name of the term for the legal slavery after the civil war?
Sharecropping
Who were the 49ers?
The people who moved to Cali during the gold rush in 1849
What did the Pendleton Civil Service Act do?
Hired Government jobs based off Merit
What was the 17th amendment? Also, who was the lady who went into bars to smash them?
Banned alcohol. Carrie Nation
What were the names of the turning point battles of the war?
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
What was the name of the group who tried to help the former slaves integrate into society? And what are the 3 things they helped them with?
Freedmen's Bureau
1. Work
2. Education
3. Food/Clothing
What was the name of the place Indians were placed during expansion? Also, where did they put the children to Americanize them?
Reservations and Assimilation Schools.
What were the three types of illegal businesses ?
Monopoly, Cartel, Holding company
What president was the progressive president? What were the 4 parts of his square deal?
TR
Consumer protection, business regulation, conservation, and labor reform
What was the two strategies used by the North to win the War?
Anaconda Plan and Total/Hard War
What were the names of the 2 different sides of the Government during the Reconstruction era?
Radical Republicans - North
Redeemer Government - South
What was the name of the railroad spanning the entire US? What was the two sides that connected to form it?
Transcontinental Railroad
Central and Union Pacific
What were the two types of Monopolies and what is the definition of them?
Vertical integration - control all phases
Horizontal - control 1 phase
What was the 19th amendment? What two groups fought for the rights?
Womens suffrage
NAWSA and NWP