Unit 1 Civil War & Reconstruction
The secession of South Carolina from the union in 1860 was prompted by this historical event.
What is the...election of Abraham Lincoln as president
The Populist Party was widely supported and accepted by this group of people.
What is... farmers.
The Bessemer Process was an innovation that made this material cheaper and stronger to produce.
What is... Steel.
This territory was annexed by the U.S. after overthrowing it's monarchy.
What is... Hawaii.
The event known as the "spark" that started the First World War in Europe.
The Dred Scott Supreme Court decision can best be described as this clear distinction.
What is... a slave is not a citizen; they are considered property of an owner.
"Populist presidential candidate", "Cross of Gold Speech", and the "Scopes Monkey Trial prosecutor", these terms all described this historical figure.
What is William Jennings Bryan.
The reason John D. Rockefeller was able to succeed in the oil industry.
What is... his ability to combine vertical and horizontal integration
This book is associated with the Muckrakers.
What is... The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were both significant limitations to which freedom Americans enjoy?
What is... The right to free speech.
Confederate soldiers during the Civil War enjoyed a geographic advantage over Union soldiers because most of the civil war battles happened here.
What is... most of the battles took place in the Confederate states.
The Dawes Act of 1887 is best described as...
What is... the law that created the reservation system and began to forcefully assimilate them into American society.
The term that best describes the US government's policies towards business in the late 19th century.
What is... Laissez Faire.
Jane Addam's "Hull House" of the late 19th century was created to help this group of people.
What is... immigrants
The document associated with the U.S. joining World War I.
What is... The Zimmerman Telegram.
The name of the labor system that developed throughout the South after the Civil War kept poor Blacks and white working in agriculture.
What is... sharecropping
This group of immigrants arrived in large numbers to work on the Transcontinental railroad in the late 19th century.
What is the Chinese.
What is... China.
As a result of the Spanish-American War the U.S. gained control of these four countries.
What is... Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines.
The only provision from President Wilson's 14 Points that was actually used was this.
What is... The League of Nations.
The three groups that benefited the MOST from Reconstruction.
What is... scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen.
The financial policy a poor, rural, southern farmer would have most likely supported in the late 1800s.
What is the Free Silver Movement (silver standard)
The infamous leader of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars from the New York State treasury.
What is... William Tweed (Boss Tweed)
The Roosevelt Corollary was a revision to this earlier statement of U.S. foreign policy.
What is... The Monroe Doctrine.
This postwar agreement attempted to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy across all nations.
What is... the Kellogg-Briand Pact.