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| Names for the North during the Civil War. |
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| *Union * Yankees *USA *Blues |
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| President of the US during the Civil War? |
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| President of the Confederacy during the Civil War? |
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| First battle of the Civil War? |
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| Where were the first shots fired to begin the war? |
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| At the beginning of the Civil War, name advantages of North over the South. |
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| Larger population, more industry, more railroads and telegraphs, and more wealth. |
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| What advantages did the South hold over the North? |
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| Turning point battles of the Civil War? Where? Why? |
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| Gettysburg, Pa-- bloodiest battle, South never went that far North again. Vicksburg, MS -- split confederacy, gave N. contol of Miss. River |
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| Four roles of women during the Civil War? |
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| run farms and businesses, raise funds, nurses, spies, a few fought |
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| What amendment gave African-Americans citizenship but stopped short of listing the right to vote? |
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| What amendment specified no discrimination in voting due to race or previous condition of servitude? |
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| Time period following Civil War: Name gains made by freedmen. |
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| Reconstruction: voting, elected 16 congressman, schools & colleges established |
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| What group made up 1/3 to 1/4 of the soldiers on the Great Plains in the late 1800s? What and why were they nicknamed? |
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| African Americans: Buffalo Soldiers due to hair color and condition. |
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| What were "boom" towns? What minerals were discovered in Colorado and Nevada? |
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| Towns of rapid growth due to gold/silver discovery. Gold- CO. Silver & gold--NV |
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| Why were Texas longhorns driven north? What was the first planned cowtown in KS? Why did the drives end? |
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| No railroads in Texas by end of Civil War. Abillene- Railroad extended. |
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| Native American lands were ______ in size then individual plots were forced on them by the ____ Act. The idea was to force white culture on them, a process known as _________. |
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| *reduced *Dawes *assimilation |
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| Populism was founded by ____ who were tired of being forced to accept their circumstances which were due to the _____ standard (money was in short supply) and _____ charging unfair shipping and storage rates. |
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| *farmers/workers *gold *railroads |
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| Name effects of transcontinetal railroad building on the American economy and society. |
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| Standard time zones, linked east to west, raw materials & manufactured goods shipped, took settlers west, killed buffalo to reduce to reduce Native American resistance, no longer had to build town on navigable rivers. |
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| Name late 1800's iinventors and inventions. |
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| *Bell- telephone * Shoales- typewriter *Drake- oil well *Edison- electric generator/light bulb |
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| What factors spurred industrial development in the US during the 1800's? |
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| abuncance of natural resources, growing population increased immigration, new patents/inventions, better transportation & communication, govt. land grants & subsicities |
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| Name entrepreneurs and robber barons of American industry in the late 1800s. |
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| *JD Rockefeller- oil, *A. Carnegie- steel, *J Gould- railroad, *JP Morgan- banking, *Vanderbilt- railroad & shipping |
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| What working conditions brought about the labor union movement of the late1800s. Name two unions of that time. Name two violent strides of that time. |
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| low wages, long hours, no benefits, dangerous jobs, child labor, *Knights of Labor, AF of L *Haymarket/ Homestead Pullman |
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| Most immigrant groups to the US in the early 1800s were from ______& _____ Europe. We call them ______ immigrants. Beginning in the late 1800s most immigrants came from _____ & _____ Europe. We call them ______ immigrants. |
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| North & West "old" South & East "new |
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| Immigrants in the 19th and early 20th century America would have entered through ________Island on the east coast and _______ Island on the west coast. Why would they have faced discrimination? What groups were singled out for exclusion? |
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| *Ellis *Angel * South and East groups- poor, no English, little education, customs strange, dark skinned Chinese Exclusion Act |
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| In the late 1800s, America's cities grew and so did their problems. Many poor lived in _____buildings located in poor neighborhoods called _____. Politicians took advantafe of them through their local political ______. ______ ran these and bought votes, bribed officials, thereby holding power. |
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| *tenements *slums *machines * "bosses" |
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| Black codes used after the Civil War to restrict freemen's rights expanded into _______ laws whch enforced segregation. Meaning : What 1896 Supreme Court case established "separate but equal" as law? |
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| *Jim Crow *seperating the races * Plessy v Ferguson |
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| What Supreme Court case overturned "separate but equal"? Where did that case begin? What lawyer for that case later became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? |
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| *Brown v Topeka Board of Education, 1954 *Thrugood Marshall forced integration |
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| Name three African-American civil rights reformers of the late 1800s. What did each work to change? |
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| *Booker T. Washingtion- worked hard to achieve equality *W.E.B Du Bois- founder of NAACP *Ida B. Welles - anti-lynching |
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