Civil War
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
Infamous group of confederate soldiers that terrorized African Americans in the South?
The Klu Klux Klan
Native American custom to bring the Great Spirit to make a new world for his people, free from whites and filled with plenty?
The Ghost Dance
What is a monopoly?
When a company controls all or nearly all the business in an industry
Explain what a robber baron is?
A wealthy business leader who creates monopolies and squashes their competition
The best selling novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" became a bestseller in 1852, who was it written by?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that segregated different races in public places in the South
Why did the Buffalo end? (Give me one reason)
disease, drought, destruction of areas, and buffalo hunting for sport
This term meant that the government had no regulation on industry?
Laissez-faire
Who became the richest man in history for his time?
John D Rockefeller
The Northern Democrat view in the Election of 1860 was ...?
Every state could choose for themselves if they are to enslave others (popular sovereignty)
What were literacy tests used for?
They were used to keep people of color and, sometimes, poor whites from voting
Massacre led by Colonel John Chivington against the Cheyenne village. They surrendered but the militia under his command were ordered to destroy the village as they slaughtered more than 200 men, women and children?
The Chivington Massacre
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
Vertical- controlled two or more aspects of a business' production
Horizontal- buys up all the competition
Who was the Scottish immigrant that ran a "steel" company and gave away millions of $$$?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the Anaconda Plan? (Name all three parts)
- Create a blockade
- Cut off the Mississippi River
- Take over Richmond, Virginia
Tell me what the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were?
13th –officially made slavery illegal across the US
14th – guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the US
15th – guaranteed all free men the right to vote
What was created to have the Native American nations agree to territory boundaries in exchange for promised goods (money, domestic animals, tools, etc.)?
The Fort Laramie Treaty
Why would a monopoly be harmful to an American consumer?
There would be no competition, and no government intervention. Monopoly gave freedom to establish any price it wants.
Who was the banker and financier that bailed out the US government?
JP Morgan
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the outcome of the war?
By turning the focus of the war to slavery, which makes foreign countries refuse to help the South
What was the Compromise of 1877?
It was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election between Hayes and Tilden
To have the Native American youth assimilate to Americans way of life.
What might be considered an example of a "ruthless business tactic"? (Name two tactics)
Cheating someone out of customers, threatening the competition, lowering prices and then jacking them up.
Who controlled the shipping and railroads to control every part of the shipping industry? (vertical integration)
Cornelius Vanderbilt