Key Events and Concepts in American History

The letter to Lincoln shows what political consequence aiding Northern victory?

The Confederacy was unable to gain support from European powers.

Which BEST describes the South's strategy to gain overseas support?

The supplying of needed Southern cotton to the British and French.

In which area did the South enjoy an advantage over the North?

military leadership.

What was *not* part of the Anaconda Plan?

capturing all forts on the Ohio River.

What was an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

It prevented England/France from allying with the Confederacy.

While serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all EXCEPT:

successively high rains of pay.

Which battle was the Civil War's turning point?

Gettysburg.

Which action of Lincoln's administration exemplified the Gettysburg Address?

The decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Gettysburg Address best serves as evidence of:

The changing purpose of the Civil War.

Sherman's "March to the Sea" strategy was called:

Total War.

Southerners who favored Republicans post-war were called:

Scalawags.

The harshest plan of Reconstruction involved:

Radical Republicans.

Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?

breaking a federal law.

The cartoon controversy resulted from:

Southern resistance to cultural change.

The cartoon's intended audience was:

Moderate Republicans.

Which group opposed the Louisiana Black Codes (1865)?

Republicans.

The term "redemption" in Reconstruction refers to:

the return of the South to white rule.

The Compromise of 1877 ended:

Reconstruction.

What term describes post-Reconstruction segregation?

Jim Crow.

Which Constitutional change enabled the group pictured to form?

The 14th and 15th Amendments.

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled:

"separate but equal" facilities were legal.

As whites moved westward, Native Americans were:

forced onto reservations.

The Sand Creek Massacre excerpt illustrates:

U.S.-Native American conflict during territorial expansion.

The Sand Creek Massacre is best understood in the context of:

American cultural/racial superiority.

A key element in conquering Natives was:

destruction of the buffalo herds.

Mary Abell's letter reflects the influence of:

The challenges faced by the United States as it transitioned from an agricultural society to an industrial one in late 19th century.

The Homestead Act encouraged:

white settlement of the Great Plains.

The Dawes Act:

began the reservation system.

The Populist Party was important because:

its ideas later became law.

The cartoon depicts Teddy Roosevelt's policy in:

Panama.

The cartoon critiques:

All of the above (labor exploitation, wealth disparity, farmer debt).

The war Roosevelt welcomed in 1898 was:

Spanish-American War.

The Roosevelt Corollary aimed to:

justify U.S. intervention in Latin America.

The U.S. did *not* imperialize:

Africa.

Panama Canal Zone

Backed Panama's independence from Colombia.

Spanish-American War, annexing Hawaii, and Open Door policy

gain overseas markets/raw materials.

Big Stick Diplomacy

Negotiating peacefully while displaying military might.

Spanish-American War conclusion

Media shaped public opinion toward war.

Muckrakers

Journalists exposing corruption.

Progressives

People addressing industrialization's problems.

Economic hubs

Cities grew in the 1800s because they became economic hubs.

Political machines

Gained power by providing jobs/assistance to immigrants.

Robber Barons

Powerful industrialists.

Wealth concentration

Industrial growth led to wealth concentration among industrialists.

The Jungle

The excerpt about meatpacking is from The Jungle.

Pre-Progressive Era big business

Tended to form monopolies.

Know-Nothing Party

Supported tightening immigration laws.

Nativism

The immigrant's experience illustrates Nativism.

Nativists

Disagreed with The New Colossus.

Golden door

Refers to all EXCEPT Immigrants.

Nativist

The speaker opposing immigration is a Nativist.

League of Nations

Wilson saw it as a peacekeeping organization.

Hand Doing the Carving

Represents Germany.

Zimmerman Telegram

The cartoon refers to the Zimmerman Telegram.

Teddy Roosevelt's impact

Creation of national parks.

Wilson's 1914 war policy

Neutrality.

U.S. WWI entry reason

Outrage over submarine warfare.

Overt act leading to war

Zimmerman Note.

Treaty of Versailles

Overlooked treating all nations justly.

Senate opposition to League

Due to European entanglements/costs.

19th Amendment

The right to vote shall not be denied...on account of sex.

Lucy Stone's disappointment

Excluded inability to find a husband.

Stone's view of 'women's sphere'

Women's sphere is an excuse to deny women their rights.

Stone's stance implication

Women are part of the problem.

Women's banners target

Woodrow Wilson.

League of Nations cartoon warning

U.S. entanglement in global conflicts.

Chinese Exclusion Act

The cartoon refers to the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Imperialism justification

The cartoon justifies Imperialism.

U.S. involvement message

Freeing countries from burdens.

U.S. independence gain

For Puerto Rico and Cuba.

America's victory

Over Spain.

Battle of Gettysburg location

Occurred in Pennsylvania.

Confederacy surrender location

At Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Key river closure

Capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Gold Rush start

Began in California.

Ellis Island/Tammany Hall location

In New York.

USS Maine explosion location

In Havana, Cuba.

Hawaii annexation reason

For sugar in 1898.

Puerto Rico description

Island in the Caribbean.

U.S. backed revolution

Against Colombia for Panama.