War
This country became the US’ first ally during the American Revolution:
France (1778)
Why are labor unions forming during the Gilded Age?
Low wages
Poor working conditions
Accumulation of wealth by corporate elite
Government refusing to regulate big business
This “hands-off” style of allowing the economy to run unregulated is also known as:
Laissez-faire
The most famous abolitionist and editor of the The Liberator was named:
William Lloyd Garrison
Identify 1 positive aspect of the Columbian Exchange for Native Americans
Horses, guns, iron, livestock
The territory gained from the Mexican-American War was also referred to as:
Mexican Cession (1848)
This rally turned into a riot when a bomb was thrown into the crowd on 5/4/1886
Haymarket Affair
Define the concept:
"An era free of political conflict after the decline of the Federalist Party following the War of 1812"
Era of Good Feelings (1815-1825)
This reformer delivered the famous “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech
Sojourner Truth
This farming style of growing corns, beans and squash near each other was also called:
The Three Sisters
“Status quo antebellum” is a phrase associated with which war?
War of 1812
What industry did the Mill Girls work in? Who were they replaced by?
Textiles
immigrant laborers
This school of art focused on landscape paintings and a sense of wonder at the mystery of nature:
Hudson River School
After his execution in 1859 for raiding a federal armory, this man’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave:
John Brown
Identify 1 of the two reasons why Native Americans were not effective laborers in the Spanish Empire
Knew terrain well,
no immunity to diseases
Describe William T. Sherman’s strategy for ending the Civil War asap
Destroy anything in the South of economic value
(BONUS: Name the term used for his plan for slaves
This 1676 revolt in Virginia led to the end of the indentured servant system:
Bacon's Rebellion
Name the concept:
“Trying to undo the political and social gains of freedmen in the South by any means necessary”
Mississippi Plan (1875)
Under the Auburn System, prisons began referring to themselves by a new name:
Penitentiaries
Name one of the “Five Civilized Tribes”
(BONUS: Name a second tribe)
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole
How many US Presidents
(Units 1-6) were famous war heroes first?
5
(Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Grant)
Identify 2 differences between the Knights of Labor and the AFL
Knights of Labor:
Skilled & unskilled labor, all included (except Chinese), varied/disorganized goals
AFL:
Skilled labor only, more selective membership, collective bargaining only
Name one of Alexis de Tocqueville's criticisms of the US during the Age of Jackson
too nationalistic
too individualistic
no social defernce
This group took power in the South and began arguing the “Lost Cause” interpretation of the Civil War
Redeemers
(Dunning School)
Name one native leader/event where coalitions of multiple tribes united around a “Pan-Indian identity”
1. Chief Pope (Pueblo Revolt)
2. Pontiac (Pontiac's Rebellion)
3. Little Turtle (Battle of Fallen Timbers)
4. Tecumseh & The Prophet
(Tecumseh Confederacy)
5. Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse
(Battle of Little Bighorn)
6. Ghost Dance Movement