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President of the C.S.A. during the civil war
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
People in a territory have the right to vote whether to allow slavery or not.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
100
Attempt by abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt. Failed miserably, and led to John Brown's capture and execution.
What is Harpes Ferry?
100
Banned slavery anywhere above the 36 30 degree line in the territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
100
Northerners who went south during Reconstruction; were normally corrupt.
What are Carpetbaggers?
200
One of the progressive presidents; followed "Dollar Diplomacy"; committed more trustbusting acts than his predecessor.
Who is William Howard Taft?
200
Belief that Americans were destined to expand across the country.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
Event in a state where gold was discovered; led to the rapid population growth of said state in a certain year.
What is California Gold Rush (1849).
200
Allowed for the Direct Election of Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
200
Capture Richmond, Blockade the Confederacy, Capture Mississippi River. Something the Union was trying to do during the civil war.
What is the Union's Goals?
300
One of the big monopolists of the Gilded Age. Head of the Steel Industry, until he sold his company in 1901.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
300
Wilson's diplomatic policy; involved helping other countries that are more like us (and to make them more like us).
What is Moral Diplomacy?
300
Major turning point in the U.S. Civil War; farthest point the Confederacy ever pushed into the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
Outlawed Trusts and Monopolies; recognized unions and strikes.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
300
Bad loans/credit, horrible banking system, overproduction in factories, tariffs, Stock Market crash, margin buying.
What are causes of the Great Depression?
400
Senator from South Carolina. Very pro-slave; was one of the first to suggest secession from the U.S.
Who is John Calhoun?
400
Doctrine that states that Europe should stay out of the Americas and its affairs.
What is Monroe Doctrine?
400
Event that started the Civil War; was caused by a refusal to give up this place, that was deemed to be a "foreign occupation" by the Confederacy.
What is Fort Sumter?
400
Provided jobs planting trees, building roads and bridges in rural areas. Introduced during the Great Depression.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
400
A company that owns not only the company that owns the product itself, but any company that relates to the production of the product, the distribution of the product, and anything that relates to the product. Very monopolistic exercise. Example is Carnegie owning the Steel industry itself, along with businesses relating to mining the iron ore and distributing the ore via train and ship.
What is Vertical Integration (or Vertical Monopoly).
500
Wrote the book "The influence of Sea Power Upon History"
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
500
Created by (Theodore) Roosevelt, it was a follow-up to a previous doctrine; stated that the U.S. would intervene between European and American (continent, not country) affairs in order to enforce said previous doctrine. An example of Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy.
What is Roosevelt Corollary?
500
Event that happened in a town in Kansas; was an attack of the free-soilers that lived there, and most of the town was burned down and destroyed. Was caused because of the opposition of the free-soilers in Kansas by pro-slave residents.
What is the Sack of Lawrence?
500
Separated the defeated Confederacy into five military districts; sent military troops to enforce constitution. Was an example of Radical Reconstruction.
What is the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
500
Nicknamed the "People's Party"; held many progressive ideas that ultimately got put in place by future presidents (even though the party itself never came into much power).
What is the Populist Party?