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The Civil War
Reconstruction
The Turn of the 20th Century
The 1900's
Famous Names
100
It was the first state to secede from The United States prior to the civil War.
What is South Carolina?
100
The start of Reconstruction required the assistance of the military and this entity, which helped build and staff hospitals and schools for newly freed African Americans.
What is The Freedman's Bureau?
100
One of the landmark accomplishments in the United States' growth was the creation of these in the late 1800's, which made it possible to travel 2/3 of the way across the country in only three days.
What are transcontinental railroads?
100
This decade was so prosperous in the United States that it is often referred to as "roaring."
What is the 1920's?
100
This was the name of the secret government project to build an atomic bomb during World War 2.
What is The Manhattan Project?
200
Most of the causes of the Civil War could be summarized by this word, meaning loyalty to a certain PART of the country, rather than to the country itself.
What is sectionalism?
200
The 13th Amendment declared that no African American (or other American) could be held as a slave, and then the 14th Amendment went one step further, granting this to all African Americans.
What is citizenship?
200
After the railroads were built and resources could easily be moved, life changed drastically for many Americans, who had to move from farms to these in order to find work in many cases.
What are cities?
200
Today, the unemployment rate in the United States is around 7-8%. During the height of the Great Depression, it was roughly this.
What is 25%
200
This was the name given to Americans who settled free land on the great plains under Abraham Lincoln's famous Act bearing the same name.
What are "homesteaders"?
300
One of the final straws before all out war began occurred in this "bleeding" territory, where people moved just to vote for or against slavery when it was founded.
What is Kansas?
300
As soon as Reconstruction requirements had been met, the Southern States quickly began enacting new measures to restrict African Americans, including poll taxes, grandfather clauses, share-cropping and this collection of laws segregating blacks and whites.
What are Jim Crow laws?
300
Railroad companies became America's first large corporations. In order to build trains powerful enough to carry heavy steel, these corporations began selling shares of ownership of the company, called this.
What is stock?
300
In the 1932 presidential election, the Great Depression was obviously the hot topic of debate. President Hoover, running for a 2nd term, thought the economy would eventually improve on its own, while this man, his challenger and the eventual winner, campaigned promising that the government needed to take action to help the economy rally.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
300
During the move to cities at the turn of the 20th century, many women had to work very low paying jobs in factories that were so cramped and hot, had this nickname.
What are "sweatshops"?
400
Over 50,000 combined soldiers died during this battle, which was so important to Union morale that President Lincoln personally paid a visit to deliver an address - one of the most famous speeches in the history of our country - at the mass funeral held afterwards.
What is Gettysburg?
400
Unlike laws, which require a majority vote to pass the House and Senate, amendments to the Constitution (like the 13th, 14th, and 15th) require this kind of vote, meaning 2/3 vote in support.
What is a supermajority?
400
This was the name for the movement of over 1 million black Americans from the South, where they faced inequality because of Jim Crow Laws, to the North during the turn of the century.
What is the Great Migration?
400
In many ways, the 1900's is remembered for its wars, including the World Wars, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and even this event, which despite its name, was not a war at all.
What is the Cold War?
400
This is the term given to the literal panic over communism during the Cold War Era in the United States.
What is the "Red Scare"?
500
The formal abolishing of slavery, sadly, did not come under Abraham Lincoln's presidency, but rather under this president who was in office when 13th Amendment went into effect 8 months after Lincoln's assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500
This is the term for laws protecting the rights of citizens, guaranteeing that any violation for any citizen will be investigated and handled equally.
What is due process?
500
Early in the 20th century, the 19th amendment was passed, granting this.
What is the right for women to vote in elections?
500
In June of 1944, the United States invaded this region of France by sea - the largest sea invasion in the history of the world - leading to the eventual Allied victory of the World War II European campaign.
What is Normandy?
500
During World War I, this caricature representing the government was created to recruit men to the military, and his "name" is still used to refer to the government casually today.
What is "Uncle Sam"?