Civil War, Reconstruction, and Early 20th Century U.S. History

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which state entered as a free state in the Compromise of 1850?

California

What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?

To return escaped slaves to their owners

Which state seceded first?

South Carolina

What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?

Emancipation Proclamation

Which amendment abolished slavery?

13th Amendment

What was the bloodiest Civil War battle?

Battle of Antietam

What plan blockaded Southern ports and controlled the Mississippi River?

Anaconda Plan

What does 'secede' mean?

To break away from a group

Another name for the South during the Civil War?

Confederacy

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

States' rights and slavery

What was Reconstruction?

The rebuilding period after the Civil War

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

To help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom

Who gained voting rights in the 15th Amendment?

All male citizens

What does segregation mean?

Separation of races

What did Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

'Separate but equal'

What were Black Codes?

Laws restricting African Americans' freedoms

What were Jim Crow laws?

Laws enforcing racial segregation

Main goal of Reconstruction?

Rebuild the South

What is Social Darwinism?

The belief that the strongest succeed

What did the Bessemer Process improve?

Steel production

What were tenements?

Crowded urban housing

What is Vertical Integration?

Buying suppliers

What is Horizontal Integration?

Buying competitors

Vertical and Horizontal Integration often created what?

Monopolies

Who founded Hull House?

Jane Addams

What law broke up monopolies?

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Which president was called the 'Trustbuster'?

Theodore Roosevelt

What did muckrakers do?

Exposed problems in society

Why was the NAACP created?

To promote African American rights

What was Roosevelt's reform program called?

Square Deal

What book exposed the meatpacking industry?

The Jungle

What is a referendum?

Voters approve or reject laws

What is an initiative?

Citizens propose laws

What is a recall?

Voters remove an elected official

Which amendment banned alcohol?

18th Amendment

What was Big Stick Diplomacy?

Roosevelt's policy of using military strength

What is an anti-imperialist?

Someone against imperialism

Main cause of the Spanish-American War?

Protecting U.S. business interests in Cuba

What did the Roosevelt Corollary state?

The U.S. could intervene in Latin America

Goal of the Open Door Policy?

Equal trade in China

What was Moral Diplomacy?

Promoting democracy abroad

What is Yellow Journalism?

Sensationalized news to attract readers

What is imperialism?

Domination of weaker nations

What did The White Man's Burden promote?

European cultural superiority

which amendment to the us constitution formally abolished lsvary throught the untied states

Why was the Panama Canal built?

Faster travel between oceans

Which MAIN cause of WWI involved countries defending allies?

Alliances

Building armies and weapons is called?

Militarism

Whose assassination started WWI?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was U.S. neutrality?

Staying out of the war

What event pushed the U.S. into WWI?

Sinking of the Lusitania

What was propaganda used for?

Gain support for the war

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

Germany asked Mexico to attack the U.S.

What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

Sinking ships without warning

What is trench warfare?

Fighting from dug trenches

What treaty ended WWI?

Treaty of Versailles

What made criticism of the government illegal during WWI?

Sedition Act

What issue was involved in Schenck v. U.S.?

Freedom of Speech

What was 'No Man's Land'?

Area between enemy trenches

Which country paid reparations after WWI?

Germany