Early America
This was built during the late 1800s and contributed to rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West. Settlements often developed along these lines as people and goods moved faster.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This was the 7th President of the US known for the Spoils System and Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
The Civil War was fought between the ____________and the _______________.
Union and Confederacy
This Presidents Reconstruction plan made Southern States pledge an oath to rejoin the Union.
Abraham Lincoln's
President of the United States during WWI. Advocated that America stay neutral in foreign affairs.
a. Theodore Roosevelet
b. Andrew Jackson
c. Woodrow Wilson
c. Woodrow Wilson
This was a religious revival that swept across the United States where preachers emphasized that people could improve their own lives AND their communities.
The Second Great Awakening
This system involved giving friends government jobs rather than giving jobs based on qualifications.
The Spoils System
This word means to divide items or individuals so they are not mixed together. (such as dividing Black people from white people)
Segregate
The ______ Amendment: Passed during Reconstruction that abolished slavery.
13th
This amednment was passed in 1919 and granted women the right to vote.
19th
A trade system that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas. (Hint: It formed a certain shape)
Triangular Trade
The Native American group that suffered most during the Trail of Tears.
a. The Navajo
b. The Cherokee
c. The Apache
b. The Cherokee
This was a law that required the return of runaway slaves to their owners if caught.
a. The Fugitive Slave Act
b. The Runaway Slave Act
c. The Returning Law
a. The Fugitive Slave Act
The ______ amendment was passed during Reconstruction that allowed all men to vote. Including Black American men.
15th
During WWI, Germany tried to form a secret alliance with this nation that was within close proximity to the United States.
Mexico
A law that split Native American reservation land into smaller plots for individual families. The goal was to make NAs adopt white American ways of life (called assimilation)
a. Triangluar Trade
b. Indian Removal Act
c. The Dawes Act
c. The Dawes Act
Critics accused Jackson of acting like this type of ruler because of his frequent vetoes.
This word means to combine items or individuals so they are mixed together. (such as mixing together Black people and white people)
Integrate
The ______ Amendment passed during Reconstruction and gave citizenship to all Americans regardless of race.
14th
Why did the United States imperialize during the 1900s? (try to gain control over other territories, lands, or people)
a. US was producing lots of goods and needed new markets abroad.
b. US wanted to increase its population
c. US wanted to make more alliances
a. US was producing lots of goods and needed new markets abroad.
This was a long route use by thousands of settlers in the 1800s to travel west from the eastern US to the oregon territory in search of land and new opportunities.
The Oregon Trail
Jackson ignored this branch of government when he refused to enforce Worcester v. Georgia and removed the Native Americans from their lands.
The Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
A document created by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War that freed slaves in Confederate states only. NOT in border states or areas controlled by the Union.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Black Americans had to use separate water fountains as white people was an example of which laws?
Jim Crow Laws
The policy of a country extending its power by gaining control over other territories, lands, or people for economic, political, or military reasons.
a. Imperialism
b. Progressivism
c. Conquorism
a. Imperialism