The Civil War
This document freed enslaves people in the Confederate States, but not in the border states or Union.
The Emancipation Proclamation
___________ is the term to describe when the entire market is controlled by a single company.
Monopoly
President Andrew Jackson was responsible for the forced removal of Native Americans from their homes. What was the name of the Act he passed to do this?
The Indian Removal Act
___________ was a political movement that formed to fix the problems of the Gilded Age. They promoted Social Welfare, Moral Improvement, and Economic Reform. (Hint: Teddy Roosevelt was a prime candidate of this movement)
Progressivism
President Wilson’s words, what policy kept the United States out of WW1 for three years?
a. alliances
b. neutrality
c.nationalism
b. neutrality
The _____, _____, and _____ amendments were created during the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War in order to give ________ more rights.
13,14,15
African Americans
This innovation resulted in rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West, as towns developed near these lines were able to transport goods faster.
a. The Steamboat
b. Automobiles
c. The Transcontinental Railroad
C. The Transcontinental Railroad
This person was a political activist during the progressive movement who used his writing to expose the unsanitary meatpacking industry.
a. Susan B Anthony
b. Dred Scott
c. Upton Sinclair
c. Upton Sinclair
The book "The Jungle (1906)", by Upton Sinclair states: "There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it."
What problem is being exposed here?
a. Dangers faced by coal miners
b. corrupt businesses of the Oil companies
c. unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry
c. unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry
This was the belief that it was the God-given right of the US to own all of the land from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. (Hint: 2 words)
Manifest Destiny
Which example BEST describes sectionalism?
a. Tax on imports
b. A territory can vote over slavery
c. the 13th amendment can be violated
d. Putting a specific group of ideas above those of the nation
d. Putting a specific group of ideas above those of the nation
How did monopolies and trusts enable businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller to become among the richest and most powerful men in the world?
a. They restricted immigration
b. They eliminated competition and allowed businessmen to control entire businesses
c. They loaned businessmen lots of money to start their business
b. They eliminated competition and allowed businessmen to control entire businesses
This court decision confirmed that slaves were property and denied citizenship to African Americans.
a. Brown v Board of Education
b. Marbury v Madison Decision
c. Plessy v Ferguson Decision
d. The Dred Scott Decision
d. The Dred Scott Decision
The NAACP often argued in court and in speeches that "segregation and racial discrimination violated America’s promise of liberty."
What was their goal?
a. voting rights for women
b. equality among the races
c. regulation of the banking industry
b. equality among the races
What caused the U.S. push for imperialism?
a. America needed new places for its workers to take vacation
b. Americans wanted to take over foreign factories
c. Americans were producing lots of goods and needed new markets abroad
C. Americans were producing lots of goods and needed new markets abroad
Besides slavery, a major cause of the Civil War was the issue of ______________________________.
a. Establishing a national bank
b. taxation without representation
c. state powers versus federal powers
d. allowing immigrants into the US
c. state powers versus federal powers
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled on whether racial segregation was allowed under the Constitution. What did the Supreme Court’s decision Plessy v. Ferguson result in during the Jim Crow Era?
Segregation. Separate but equal facilities
What were the two negative effects of Manifest Destiny?
a. Reduction in buffalo population and increased conflicts with Native Americans
b. An increase in farmland for Americans and railroads
c. Increase in foreign trade and allies
a. Reduction in buffalo population and increased conflicts with Native Americans
The era after the Gilded Age. Led by Theodore Roosevelt to increase the power of the federal government Promote Social Welfare, Moral Improvement, economic Reform, and efficiency.
a. WWI Era
b. Progressivism Era
c. Reconstruction Era
Progressivism
Which of the following was NOT a reason for U.S. imperialism?
a. America wanted a new source of cheap labor
b. America wanted new markets
c. America wanted more military strength
a. America wanted a new source of cheap labor
What was the main purpose of Jim Crow laws?
To enforce racial segregation and keep African Americans inferior
Brown V Board of Education 1954 overturned Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 and made "Segregation" illegal and Schools would be required/forced to ______________ african americans and whites into the school district.
a. integrate
b. segregate
a. integrate
Under John Adams Presidency (The 2nd President), what freedoms did his Alien and Sedition Acts restrict?
a. Freedom of voting and the right to a jury
b. Freedom of assembly and to hold office
c. Freedom of speech and press
d. Freedom of religion and petitions
C. Freedom of speech and press
What do the 15th and 19th amendments have in common?
Increased the number of people allowed to vote
What were two things President Washington warned about in his farewell address?
1. Political parties would divide America
2. Stay neutral in foreign affairs (Don't form alliances)