Review 1
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Which Constitutional Amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote?
15th
What is a tenement?
old run down apartment building
Why was it acceptable for children to work in the factories in the late 1800s?
families needed money
What's the powerhouse of the cell?
mitochondria
How did southern state governments restrict the rights of former slaves after the Civil War?
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?
Take rights away from AA
What did city political machines provide for immigrants
jobs
Plessy v. Ferguson established what ‘doctrine?’
Separate but equal
Which US state is famous for its potatoes?
Idaho
This is the time period from 1870 to 1900 where there was a layer of prosperity covering major issues:
Gilded Age
What political party did Teddy Roosevelt start?
Bull Moose
What did Jacob Riis’ book expose to readers?
How the Other Half Lives
Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How long is a marathon?
26.2 miles
Which beliefs did the Progressives all have in common?
Use govt for reform
What were the PULL factors for westward expansion?
Free Land, gold, jobs
What industry was changed by the Bessemer process?
Steel
How did the pattern of European immigration shift in 1890?
most coming from southern/eastern Europe
The Amazon river flows through which country?
Brazil
Author of the jungle
Upton Sinclair
Suffrage leader arrested for trying to vote
Susan B Anthony
Prince of Steel
Carnegie
Rough Riding Trust Buster
Teddy Roosevelt
This country runs through 11 time zones
Russia