Slavery
This system of trading goods and slaves between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is called __________?
The Triangle Trade
Which US territory more than doubled the size of the US during westward expansion?
The Louisiana Purchase
This escaped slave became an outspoken critic of slavery through his speeches and writing, believing it should be combatted with peaceful tactics.
Frederick Douglass
This terrorist group targeted racial minorities and immigrants through intimidation and violence after forming in 1865.
This famous processing station is where most European immigrants passed through to move to the US.
Ellis Island
True or False? Slaves in the United States were treated kindly by those they served, often living as part of the family.
FALSE!!!
What was the guiding philosophy to justify westward expansion?
Manifest Destiny; US expansion was justified and inevitable
This escaped slave became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, helping bring slave to freedom in the North.
Harriet Tubman
Following the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's assassination, who became the 17th president of the US?
Andrew Johnson
This processing station off the coast of San Francisco is where most Chinese and Japanese immigrants passed through to move to the US.
Angel Island
What cash crop from the South did the Northern textile industry depend on?
Cotton
Why did Americans revolt against Mexico before the annexation of Texas?
Mexico would not allow Americans to have slaves on Mexican land.
This white abolitionist, who believed violence was the way to end slavery, led a small group of men to attack the federal arsenal.
John Brown
This organization provided emergency food rations, clothes, shelter, education, and employment to newly freed slaves after the Civil War.
The Freedmen's Bureau
___________ is favoritism toward native-born Americans during mass immigration.
Nativism
3/5ths Compromise
This historic event took place after the Cherokee nation refused to leave their land to head west, leaving more than 4,000 people dead.
Trail of Tears
This landmark court case deemed slaves as property, therefor excluding them from having citizen rights.
Scott v. Sandford
What is a poll tax?
A fee charged to be able to vote.
This act banned entry to all Chinese people, except for students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Name two of the four factors we discussed in class that stimulated the slave trade.
Abundance of Land, Shortage of indentured servants, lack of effective means to enslave Native Americans, Demand for Colonial goods.
Name 2 of the 5 "civilized" tribes.
Creeks, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole.
Which state was entered as a free state, according to the Compromise of 1850?
California
This landmark court case established that facilities can be "separate but equal," essentially legalizing segregation in the South.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This settlement between Japan and President Roosevelt led to Japan limiting emigration in exchange for the repeal of San Francisco segregation in schools.
Gentlemen's Agreement