Presidents and Their Policies
Which president is known for his "Big Stick" diplomacy, which asserted the U.S. role in Latin America and encouraged American intervention?
Theodore Roosevelt
This industrialist is best known for building a steel empire in the late 1800s and later donating much of his fortune to educational and cultural institutions.
Andrew Carnegie
Who was the Union general that Robert E. Lee surrendered to at the end of the Civil War, and who later became president?
Ulysses S. Grant
This President, who succeeded Lincoln, had policies that clashed with the Radical Republicans, who wanted stricter conditions for the South's reintegration into the Union.
Andrew Johnson
This colony, located in what is now modern-day Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, founded in 1607.
Jamestown
In his inaugural speech of 1861, this president repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed.
Abraham Lincoln
As industrialization and cities grew, streets became crowded. What system was developed to relieve congestion on city streets?
Subway System
This fort was attacked by Confederate forces, starting the Civil War in 1861.
Fort Sumter
What was the name given to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War and were often seen as traitors by other Southerners?
Scalawags
After defeating France in this war (1754-1763), Great Britain faced significant challenges, including mounting debt and the need to manage a vast new territory. This led to the introduction of taxes on the American colonies and tensions that would spark future conflicts.
The French and Indian War
Which president was accused of winning the presidency through a “corrupt bargain” in which he allegedly gave Henry Clay a cabinet post in return for his support?
John Quincy Adams
This major infrastructure development, completed in 1869, in Utah, connected the East and West coasts of the United States, stimulating economic growth and trade.
Transcontinental Railroad
President Abraham Lincoln issued this in 1863, declaring freedom for all enslaved people in the states at war with the Union.
Emancipation Proclamation
To receive a pardon under this president's Reconstruction plan, Southerners had to take an oath of loyalty to the United States and accept proclamations concerning slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
This political group, led by figures such as Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and James Madison, supported a strong central government and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Federalists
The presence of Union troops in the South allowed African Americans to vote in the 1868 election, and this person became president?
Ulysses S. Grant
This inventor perfected the telegraph in 1832, greatly advancing long-distance communication and has a code named after him.
Samuel F.B. Morse
After the fall and burning of Atlanta, Union General Sherman led his troops from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroying military supplies, infrastructure, and civilian property along the way to break the South's will to fight. What is this event called?
March to the Sea
This system of agriculture, where landowners provided land and tools to workers in exchange for a share of the crops, was common in the South during Reconstruction but often left workers in debt.
Sharecropping
This document, ratified in 1791, guaranteed fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, assembly, and religion in the United States. It originally included 10 amendments.
Bill of Rights
This president's "Dollar Diplomacy" placed less emphasis on military force and more on helping Latin American industry.
William Howard Taft
This inventor popularized the use of interchangeable parts, revolutionizing manufacturing with standardized components.
Eli Whitney
What was the name of the battle where the Union suffered heavy losses, leading some newspapers to demand that President Lincoln fire General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?
Battle of Shiloh
This amendment, ratified in 1870, granted voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race.
15th Amendment
This law, passed in 1765, required American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
The Quartering Act