Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny
BONUS (WORTH 200!): What is Mr. A's favorite baseball team?
((BONUS 200) Mr A is a world renowned announcer for a highschool sport. What is it?
Flag Football
Which Civil War Amendment officially abolished slavery across the entire United States?
An economic policy characterized by a lack of government regulations on business practices is known as:
What two classes does Mr. A teach this year?
Ethnic Studies and U.S History
In the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory to the United States in exchange for how much money?
B. 15 Million
Which 1852 anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe dramatically shifted Northern public sentiment against slavery?
Which Reconstruction Amendment defined U.S. citizenship, granted equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S., and overturned the Dred Scott decision?
John D. Rockefeller gained control of 90% to 95% of the oil refining industry through Standard Oil by purchasing competing refineries in the same stage of production—a strategy known as:
Desert Hot Springs
Authorized by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862, the Transcontinental Railroad took four years to complete and relied heavily on approximately how many immigrant workers from China?
C. 10,000
The unofficial start of the American Civil War occurred in April 1861 when Southern forces bombarded and seized control of which military installation?
The landmark 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson legally upheld state-mandated racial segregation under which legal doctrine?
Most European immigrants arriving on the East Coast of the United States between 1892 and 1954 were processed through which famous facility in New York Harbor?
Which sports have I gone to so far? (just the name of the sports)
Flag Football, Football, Volleyball
In 1853, the United States paid $10 million to purchase land in southern Arizona and New Mexico to secure a southern transcontinental railroad route in an agreement known as the:
A. Gadsden Purchase
In the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling, the Supreme Court ruled 7–2 against Dred Scott, stating that African Americans:
B) Were not citizens and therefore had no Constitutional rights
According to historical unit notes, what was the key distinction in timing between Black Codes and Jim Crow laws?
A) Black Codes were passed during Reconstruction (1865–1877), while Jim Crow laws enforced separation after Reconstruction (1877–1965)
During the late 19th century, rapid urbanization led to working-class families living in overcrowded, dark, and poorly ventilated multi-family apartment buildings known as:
Name all sports Mr. A has participated in uring High school
Tennis, Track, Wrestling, (and barely football and soccer)
Under Article VIII of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexicans remaining in the newly acquired U.S. territories were given one year to declare their citizenship preference. If they made no declaration after one year, they were automatically considered to have elected to become:
President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people under which specific restriction?
What political agreement ended Reconstruction in 1877 by withdrawing federal troops from the South, leading to a sharp decline in Black elected officials and eventually a 27-year gap (1901–1928) with zero Black members serving in Congress?
Founded by Jane Addams in Chicago, Hull House was a famous community center providing English classes and medical assistance under the principles of which movement?
What is the name of Mr. A's partner?
Vanessa