Terms
Important People
Religion and Reform/Reconstruction
Manifest Destiny
Civil War
Industrialization/ Progressivism
World War I/Imperialism
100
11 States that seceded from the Union
Confederate States
100
Former slave, helped free slaves through the underground railroad. Nicknamed “Moses”
Harriet Tubman
100
13th Amendment
Abolishes Slavery
100
People moving over to California to mine. Leads to massive increase in population
California Gold Rush
100
What advantages did the South have over the North during the Civil War? (NAME 2)
Homefield Advantage
More experienced generals
All people in the south wanted to fight and were passionate about the war
100
Individuals who attempted to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
100
War fought between Spain and America over Cuba. Started as a result of yellow journalism
Spanish American War
200
Speech where Lincoln, after a battle, he promises the nation a new birth of freedom.
Gettysburg Address
200
General of the confederacy
Robert E. Lee
200
What were the Black Codes?
Laws that discriminated against newly freed slaves
200
America is destined to and should own most or all of the land in North America
Manifest Destiny
200
What advantages did the North have over the South during the Civil War? (NAME 2)
Factories
More Money
Railroads
200
Grants women the right to vote
19th Amendment
200
Examples of US Imperialism (Name 3)
Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam, Panama Canal, Alaska
300
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s best seller that exposes the horrors of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
Former slave that becomes a prominent member and leader of the abolitionist movement
Frederick Douglass
300
What was the Abolitionist Movement?
Movement to end slavery
300
What issue became a major problem for the United States government after the Mexican War?
Whether or not to bring in slavery to the new states
300
What election resulted in the split of the Democratic Party, gave birth to the first Republican president and led to secession of the Southern States
Election of 1860
300
A person who became rich through ruthless and unethical business practices
Robber Baron
300
Note that states that Germany urged Mexico to fight the United States and in return they would give the back the land Mexico lost in the Mexican-American War.
Zimmerman Telegram
400
Slaves in Confederate States are free
Emancipation Proclamation
400
Reformer who wanted to make prisons/mental hospitals better
Dorothea Dix
400
Rebuilding the country (South) after Civil War
Reconstruction
400
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
What political party was formed in 1854 to oppose slavery?
Republican
400
Exposed the filth and horrors of the meat packing industry in the early 1900s
This book inspired Congress to pass the Pure Food & Drug Act, as well as the Meat Packing Act
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
400
Over 100 innocent Americans are killed when this ship is destroyed by a German U-Boat
Lusitania
500
Slaves from the North had to be turned back in to the South. Infuriated northern states
Fugitive Slave Act
500
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
500
Where were most public schools in the mid-1800’s?
Northeast
500
What attracted expansionists to New Mexico, Texas, and California?
Resources and Thinly Settled
500
it gave western territories popular sovereignty on slavery, ignoring the 36-30 line established by the Missouri Compromise.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
Square Deal (3 C’s)
Conservation of Natural Resources
Controlling Big Business
Consumer Protection
500
France, Britain, Russia, Greece, Portugal, Italy (Eventually USA)
Allied Powers
600
Treaty that officially ends WWI. Holds Germany responsible for the war and inflicts harsh penalties on them.
Treaty of Versailles
600
Missouri slave who sued and took case to supreme court to obtain his freedom
Dred Scott
600
14th Amendment
Grants Citizenship
600
WHAT IS C?
Annexation of Texas
600
To whom did Robert E. Lee surrender? Where?
To General Grant at Appomattox Court House
600
Argued for better wages, safer working conditions, and an 8 hour workday.
Labor Unions
600
Austria Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Central Powers
700
Sensationalizes information to help garner opinions. (Important in starting the Spanish American War)
Yellow Journalism
700
Republican winner in 1896 and 1900. Assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt takes over
William McKinley
700
15th Amendment
Grants voting rights
700
WHAT IS E?
Oregon Treaty
700
Explain the details of the assassination of President Lincoln.
Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth; April 14, 1865; Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC; Lincoln died the next morning across the street from the theater
700
What were “Push Factors” for people leaving their homelands? (Name 2)
Lack of land, political and religious persecution, poverty and hardships, revolution
700
MAIN-A Causes of the war?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Assassination