Causes of the Civil War
A major economic difference between the North and South that increased tensions
What is industrial vs. agricultural economies
Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
The business leader known for oil refining and Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The device most teens use to communicate, do homework, and procrastinate.
What is a smartphone
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
The agency created to help formerly enslaved people with education and jobs.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The law passed in 1890 to break up monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
The railroad that connected the East and West coasts.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
The type of message that disappears after being viewed — unless someone screenshots it.
What is a Snap
This 1852 novel increased Northern opposition to slavery.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
The amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The term for journalists who exposed corruption and social problems.
What are muckrakers?
The forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeast to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The term for watching multiple episodes of a show in one sitting.
What is binge‑watching
The idea that states could choose whether to allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
The amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The 1906 book that exposed unsafe meatpacking conditions.
What is The Jungle?
The group of settlers who rushed to California in 1849.
Who were the Forty‑Niners
The type of video content that often goes viral and lasts under a minute.
What are short‑form videos (TikToks/Reels)
The 1860 event that pushed Southern states to secede.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
The 1877 political deal that ended Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
The inventor who revolutionized car production with the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford
The act that attempted to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands.
What is the Dawes Act
The thing teens say they want more than anything, but never seem to get enough of.
What is sleep