American Revolution
What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?
To protest British taxation without representation
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
A document that freed enslaved people in the Confederate States
What amendment abolished slavery
13th
Term coined my Mark Twain meaning ugly on the inside attractive exterior
Gilded Age
This term refers to the rapid expansion of factories and industries
Industrialization
What Document started the American Revolution
The Declaration of Independence
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg
Farming system centered on renting land for a share of the crops
Sharecropping
This mode of transport, revolutionized long-distance travel and commerce in the U.S.
The railroads / transcontinental railroad
American industrialists and financiers who made fortunes by monopolizing huge industries
Robber Baron
Who was the commander of the American military
George Washington
Name the compromise that slowed the spread of slavery to new states.
The Compromise of 1850
This secret organization, sought to undermine Reconstruction efforts and intimidate African Americans and their allies.
Ku Klux Klan
Wealthy individual who built a fortune with his company in Steel.
Andrew Carnegie
a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one.
Melting Pot
What document ended the American Revolution in 1783
The Treaty of Paris
What was significant about border states
They were slave holding states that remained loyal to the Union
Name ONE law or restriction created by Jim Crow Laws
- Poll Tax
- Literacy Test
- Grandfather Clause
- Restriction of availability of living
- Ability to work wherever
Expression/term used to justify wealth inequality
Social Darwinism
social ideology that prioritizes the interests of native-born or long-established residents over immigrants
Nativism
Why were the Articles of Confederations replaced
It established a weak central government
What year did the Civil War End
1865
What official Act ended the Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
Government act banning the immigration of a specific ethnic group in 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
This business practice, where one company controls an entire industry
Monopoly