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Fun with Mr. Miranda
100
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
100
What organization helped African Americans make transition to freedom?
Freedmen's Bureau
100
What was completed in 1869 linking east and west? It relied on Chinese labor to build it.
Transcontinental Railroad
100
What was the name given to journalists who exposed political corruption, child labor, slums, and other social issues which led to Progressive reform?
Muckrakers
100

How long did it take Mr. Miranda to write the musical, Hamilton?

Seven years

200
What mandated all slaves being held in the Confederate States would be freed but in reality didn't free anyone. It did change the focus of the Civil War to include ending slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
200
What was Lincoln's Plan to readmit southern states quickly but was opposed by Congress?
Presidential Reconstruction
200

What is it called when one company in an industry gains control of all the others to dominate the market in that industry?

Trust or monopoly

200

This author wrote a book called The Jungle which resulted in new laws in the meatpacking industry.

Upton Sinclair

200

In what part of the world was Alexander Hamilton born?

The Caribbean or St. Croix

300

This was the first fighting of the Civil War. The victory here gave the Confederate States confidence. 

Fort Sumter

300

President Lincoln proposed a plan that would allow Confederate states to rejoin the Union if ____ % of its citizens pledges allegiance to the United States. 

10%

300
Who was the founder of Standard Oil and came to own 90% of the oil industry?
J.D. Rockefeller
300
What was the social service agency created by Jane Addams to help recent immigrants with language, legal rights, medical care, and child care?
Hull House
300

Alexander Hamilton made an argument for the need for a strong central government in what important series of essays?

The Federalist Papers

400
Who was the Confederate General of all the Confederate Armies?
Robert E. Lee
400

Andrew Johnson was impeached (but not removed from office) in large part for violating this law (four words). 

Tenure of Office Act

400
Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor which used strikes to get better wages, work conditions, shorter work days, and more control for workers?
Samuel Gompers
400
Which organization sought social and economic equality for African Americans and was founded in the late 1800s?
NAACP... for what do those initials stand?
400

Name THREE of the songs from the musical which Mr. Miranda discussed during his master class last Friday.

The Schuyler Sisters, Helpless, Satisfied, History Has Its Eyes on You, The Room Where It Happens, The Reynolds Pamphlet, Burn

500
What battle led by U.S. Grant achieve the major Union goal of controlling the Mississippi River and splitting the Confederacy?
Siege of Vicksburg
500

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in ____________ becoming President but the end of _____________ .

Rutherford B. Hayes / Reconstruction

500

What was the railroad workers strike which President Cleveland used the army to stop because it stopped all railroad traffic?

Pullman Strike

500

Sometimes citizens vote for or against an idea or initiative instead of a candidate.  Such votes can prevent government from ignoring the desires of the citizens. What was this Progressive Era initiative called?

Referendum votes

500

Mr. Miranda never took AP US History; what two AP courses did he take? 

AP Psychology and AP Spanish