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Which political party of the 3rd party system believed in nativism?
The Know-Nothing Party
100
In the mid-19th century, what was the main pull factor to California?
Gold
100
During the 19th century, what form of transportation eventually became more popular than roads and canals?
Railroads
100
What movement of the early 19th century inspired many of the reform movements of the 19th century?
The 2nd Great Awakening
100
During Reconstruction, what system did landowners use to keep former slaves tied to their land?
Sharecropping
200
What was the main issue that Whigs and Democrats argued about and who thought what?
The American System. Whigs liked it, Democracts didn't.
200
Why did immigrants from Europe NOT immigrate to the South?
They could not compete with slaves for jobs, since slave labor was free.
200
What was the first industry to industrialize in the United States?
The textile industry
200
What is a utopia?
A perfect society
200
What was Lincoln's main motivation for going to war with the South?
To preserve the Union
300
What was the main issue that Democrats and Republicans argued about and who thought what?
Slavery. Republicans were anti-slavery and Democrats were pro-slavery.
300
Name both the legislation and the President who signed it that was the main push factor for Indians along the Trail of Tears.
The Indian Removal Act, signed by Andrew Jackson
300
By the mid-19th century, which region of the US was the most industrialized?
The North
300
What event in 1848 was a major milestone in the women's rights movement in the US?
The Seneca Falls Convention
300
In which battle did the North gain complete control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg / Vicki'sburg
400
In what decade was the Republican party formed?
1850s
400
In the mid 19th century, name the group and its founder that migrated west due to religious persecution.
Mormons, Joseph Smith
400
What was the name of Henry Clay's economic system, and what were the three parts to his system?
The American System 1. The 2nd BUS 2. Improved transportation (roads and canals) 3. A protective tariff
400
What was the name of the reform movement that tried to prohibit the drinking of alcohol?
The temperance movement
400
What was the name of the North's plan during the Civil War, and what were its 3 parts?
The Anaconda Plan 1. Blockade Southern ports 2. Take control of the Mississippi River to split the South in 2 3. Capture the Southern capital at Richmond, Virginia
500
Looking at an electoral map, the most accurate predictor of how someone would have voted in Presidential election of 1860 was...
Where they lived. Northerns voted Republican, Southerners voted Democrat.
500
Name both a push and pull factor for Southern FARMERS to migrate west during the 19th century.
Push: Overcultivation Pull: Cheap land
500
Name an important invention of the Industrial Revolution as well as the name of its inventor.
Many possible answers!
500
What was the name of the most prominent white abolitionist who owned his own paper called "The Liberator"?
William Lloyd Garrison
500
Which amendment guaranteed black men the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment