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100
The 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; he was assassinated by Booth.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
Often stereotyped as hard working, self-reliant, and intelligent. They emigrated because of potato blight, small landholdings, being displaced by the industrial revolution, and being political refugees.
Who were the German immigrants and why did they come to America?
100
What was the civil war?
A war over free states and slave states, prompted by conflicting national identity.
100
What was the largest export during this time period for America?
Cotton.
100
What is sharecropping?
A system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land.
200
A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the south during the Civil War.
Who were Copperheads?
200
Where did the Irish tend to settle VS. the Germans?
The Irish tended to settle in cities in the Northeast, while the Germans settled on the "frontier".
200
How did the Jim Crow Laws affect the demographics in the South?
Persecuted blacks, gave more power to whites, infringed on voting rights, segregation, maneuvered against equality, and enforced prejudice.
200
The idea of the Manifest Destiny asserted U.S. power in which hemisphere? What beliefs was it built on?
It asserted U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere and was built on a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority.
200
What kind of technologies became more spread during this time period? Name at least 2.
Oil, steel, railroads, and banking.
300
Name three events that prompted the Compromise of 1850.
(1) California admitted as free state, (2) Territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) Resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) Federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) Slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) New fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas.
300
What grand happening led 96,000 people from all around the world to migrate to the east coast (specifically California), during 1848 & 1849?
The Gold Rush.
300
What other group was prompted to begin action towards legal rights?
The Women’s Suffrage movement.
300
What other war was fought during this time period, and which President lead the charge? (50 pts. extra for the years it occurred).
Mexican-American War, James Polk. EC 1846-1848.
300
Enthusiasm for U.S. territorial expansion resulted in what?
War, the opening of new markets, acquisition of new territory, and increased ideological conflicts.
400
Order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Where were settlers able to move after the Mexican American War?
California, Texas, and New Mexico areas.
400
Name 3 causes of the Union split in regards to American identity? Explain.
Slavery VS. non-slavery, different social ladder(s), economic systems that relied on slavery, the election of Lincoln, and the uneven number of slave VS. free states.
400
Name 1 reason why the British and French governments did not directly intervene in the American Civil War.
(1) The North explicitly told them to stay out of it, (2) The European countries were still in debt because of the Revolutionary War, and they were engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, or (3) They wanted materials (such as cotton and tobacco) but did not want a reputation for supporting slavery.
400
Name at least 3 roles women played in the Civil War.
They were (1) spies, (2) nurses, (3) war relief workers, and (4) secret soldiers.
500
Laws or "codes" passed in the southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom of former slaves.
What are Black Codes?
500
A group of mostly Southerners who were extremely racist against African Americans, and disliked all other cultures and races. They originated in Tennessee in 1865. General Forrest was in charge of this group. The members of this group dominated the democratic party. They also released a campaign that terrified the republicans.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
500
Name the two post civil war groups: Southerners who supported Reconstruction and the Republican party and Northerners who came to exploit the South and supported the Republican Party.
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers.
500
The controversial debate over the morality and necessity for slavery led to what foreign negotiation? What did it do?
The Quintuple Treaty, which was signed by Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, who all agreed to suppress slave trade.
500
How long did the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War (The Reconstruction) last? Name the specific time frame.
It lasted from 1865 to 1877.