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On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged for murder and treason after being captured in Harpers Ferry. What did the majority of Northerners think of his raid?
The majority did not support his methods.
Name 3 new products created by Standard Oil.
Gasoline, petroleum jelly (Vaseline), paraffin wax, machine lubricants, and asphalt
Which Amendment abolished Slavery and indentured servitude?
13th Amendment
Definition: The Southerners were bitter towards Republicans and the North after the devastation of the Civil War and Reconstruction, so they voted strictly for white Democrats for the next 100 years.
Solid South
The Confederacy believed that now is the time to attack fort Sumter because President Lincoln did what?
Sent a supply ship with food to resupply the fort
The Mujaheddin fighters we supported eventually becomes what in Afghanistan after their victory over the USSR?
Taliban
This Act in 1850 would return run-away slaves back to their masters and allowed the U.S. Marshals to force citizens to enforce the law, even if they morally opposed slavery
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Why did John Brown and his men raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
To steal weapons to start a slave rebellion in the Shenandoah Valley
Who helped form the American National Red Cross in 1881 after seeing a Civil War battlefield and dedicated herself to helping wounded servicemen on both sides?
Clara Barton
During the Pullman Strike of 1894, who did the workers appeal to for help after strikers removed worker's credit from the company store?
Eugene Debbs
Why was the battle between the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) and USS Monitor such a notable battle despite it ending in a draw?
First battle between iron warships and spelled the end of wooden ships.
A major economic issue the CSA faced with both the military and civilians was
Hyperinflation
What were the railroads companies doing that led to Congress writing the Interstate Commerce Act that regulated its industry and created the first regulatory agency?
Rates set on the presence or absence of competitors
What was the deciding factor of why the SC, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX seceded?
Abraham Lincoln elected president in 1860
As word spread throughout the Union ranks of Gen Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Union forces began celebrating their victory. Who ordered them to stop celebrating, saying: "The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen again."
Gen Ulysses S. Grant
What president was assassinated 4 months into his term, but was known as a very honorable man and was working hard to dismantling government corruption and reforming civil service.
James Garfield
What was the biggest ramification of the Persian Gulf War that will lead to future terror group, al-Qaeda, to attack the US?
Saudi king invites US military to operate bases in his country for mutual defense. This was an issues because Osama Bin Laden views this as a violation to ave infidels in the country with of the most holiest sites in Islam.
Gen Sherman's total war strategy of March to the Sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, had two purposes:
1: To destroy or capture food, animals, homes, factories, or anything else that would support the Confederate army.
2. ?
Destroy Confederates will to fight
What compromise ended Reconstruction and what did it do?
Compromise of 1877: Southern Democrats would vote for Hayes (R) to be president in the Electoral College, if he vowed to remove the soldiers occupying the last three Southern states (S.C., LA, & FL)
What issue led to the election dispute in 2000?
Bush and Gore were short on winning the Electoral College, Florida 25 electors were in dispute, where the vote was so close that it triggered an automatic machine recount. Gap between the two closed. Gore wanted a hand recount in specific Democrat heavy counties.
What two things did President Lincoln do to ensure Maryland stays in the Union despite their deep ties to the South and slavery?
Declared martial law and suspended habeas corpus
What Confederate city along the Mississippi River was the key to moving supplies and troops from the western regions (like Texas) to the East?
Vicksburg, MS
(The Confederates surrendered to Grant when they ran out of food/water and civilians hiding in tunnels)
Why was the Election of 1876 so contentious?
Voter fraud and intimidation was so rampant in LA, FL, and SC, that it was near impossible to determine who won those state's Electors. The Committee formed to settle the issue then voted along party lines for who would be president, leading Hayes (R) to win.
The Union strategy was the Anaconda Plan, which was to slowly eliminate the South's ability to wage war. What was the Confederate strategy to win the war?
1) Defensive to outlast the Union's will to fight
2) Gain recognition from UK and France
Explain the impeachment and removal process of political office
1) Allegedly, individual commits a crime of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
2) HOR begins impeachment process as an indictment (formal bringing of charges). HOR acts as the grand jury, if there is sufficient evidence, official is impeached.
3) Impeached person's "trial" starts in the Senate. If found "guilty" by minimum of 2/3, the official is only removed from office. If acquitted, continues to serve.