| Term | Definition |
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| Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had the right to expand westward across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. | What was the belief behind Manifest Destiny? |
| 25% | What was the percentage of people who owned slaves in the South before the Civil War? |
| They worked in the fields, did housework, cooked, cleaned and took care of small children of their owners. | What were the typical jobs that slaves worked at? |
| They were whipped, they had their finges or toes cut off. They were beaten, sold and families were seperated. | What were some of the typical punishments that were given to slaves? |
| The Underground Railroad was a secret network of people who would shelter and feed escaping slaves who were on their way to freedom in the North. | What was the Underground Railroad? |
| Harriet Tubman | Who was a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad? |
| It was a machine that cleaned cotton quicker than people could. Owners could sell more cotton and make more money if they used the cotton gin. | What was the cotton gin? |
| Eli Whitney | Who invented the cotton gin? |
| Cotton was an important crop for the North and the South. Cotton was a source of money. For the South they could sell it to factories in the North who could use it to make cloth and clothing. The factories would sell the cloth and clothing and make money. | Why was the cotton gin so important for the North and South |
| Dred Scott was a slave who moved to a "Free State" with his owner. He sued his owner for his freedom because he said he was free if he was in a free state. The Supreme Court said Dred Scott was the property of his owner and not free no matter where he lived. | What was the Dred Scott Decision? |
| Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison | Who were two famous leaders who worked to end (get rid of) slavery? |
| They were a group of people who helped the free slaves and poor whites once the Civil War was over. | What was the Freedman's Bureau? |
| It was between the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South) | Who was the Civil War between? |
| It was the bloodiest battle of the war and a turning point of the war. It ended Lee's invasion of the North and destroyed his army. | What was the battle at Antietam known for? |
| It was a turning point of the war. From this point on, Lee fought a defending war on Southern Land. | What was the battle of Gettysburg know for? |
| Ulyssess S. Grant was a Union General and Leader of the Union (North). He won the war for the Union (the North) | Who was Ulysses S. Grant? |
| Robert E. Lee was a Confederate General and Leader of the Confederacy (South). He surrendered to General Grant. He lost the war. | Who was Robert E. Lee? |
| The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virgina. | Where and When did the Civil War End? |
| They were a secret group that terrorized (scared) and killed african americans, usually at night. | Who was the Klu Klux Klan? |
| Abraham Lincoln | What President won the election of 1860, was against the idea of slavery, and became President of the United States during the Civil War? |
| Jefferson Davis | Who was elected President of the Confederate States (South) during the Civil War? |
| It ended slavery. | What was the 13th ammendment? |
| It gave slaves the right to become U.S. Citizens | What was the 14th amendment? |
| It gave african americans the right to vote. | What was the 15th amendment? |
| It established prohibition. It forbid the manufacture, transport and sale of alcohol in the U.S. | What was the 18th amendment? |
| It gave women the right to vote. | What was the 19th amendment? |
| A person who supported the right of women to vote. | What was a suffragist? |
| Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, the right to bear arms, and the pursuit of happiness. | What are the Bill of Rights? |
| 300 people came to talk about women's rights and women's suffrage. They passed a resolution called the "Declaration of Sentiment" | What was the Seneca Falls Convention? |
| She was a teacher that worked with the mentally ill. She was able to set up hospitals for the mentally ill. She helped clean up jails for women. | Who was Dorothea Dix? |
| The forced seperation of races in public places and housing. Examples of segregation were blacks and whites had seperate schools, bathrooms, and water fountains. | What is segregation? |
| The Supreme Court ruled that segregation laws did not violated the 14th amendment if facilities were seperate but equal. | What was the Plessy vs. Ferguson Case? |
| Spain set an explosion that destroyed the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. 260 American soldiers were killed. | What started the Spanish-American War? |
| The Teller Amendment said that the U.S. had no desire to annex Cuba, but can interfere with their government. | What was the Teller Ammendment? |
| Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillippeans. | What countries did the U.S. acquire after the Spanish-American War? |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Who was the war hero from the Spanish-American War that went on to become President of the United States when President McKinley was assassinated? |
| World War I lasted from June 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918 | When was World War I? |
| It started when Achduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife of Hungary-Austria was assassinated by Garrilo Principe, a Serbian Terrorist. | How did World War I start? |
| 1. Propaganda 2. The Lusitania (a British Passenger Ship) was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, 128 Americans died. 3. The Zimmerman Telegram promised Mexico that if they fought with the Germans, the Germans would help them get back New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. | What made the U.S. enter the war? |
| Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, Mustard Gas, Chlorine Gas, U-boats, tanks and airplanes. | What methods of fighting did they use during World War I? |
| Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. | Who was in the Triple Alliance? |
| France, Russia, Great Britian, the U.S., Serbia, Romania, Greece and Belgium. | Who was in the Triple Entente? |
| An agreement between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente to end WWI. It said that Germany had to be punished by paying $33 billion in reparations and take apart it's army. | What was the Treaty of Versailles? |
| Germany | What country did not ratify (agree with) the Treaty of Versailles? |
| Germany had to make payments for war damages. They had to give money to the armies they fought against. | What are reparations? |
| Wilson, George, Clemenceau, Orlando | Who were the Big Four (Allied Leaders at the end of WWI)? |
| The Roaring 20's and The Jazz Age | What were the 1920's called? |
| 1. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted. 2. The Red Scare. 3. The KKK-Klu Klux Klan | Name 3 events that happened in the 1920's: |
| Herbert Hoover | Who was elected President of the United States in 1928? |
| Signed by President Lincoln in 1863, it said that all slaves were free in the Confederate States (the South) | What was the Emancipation Proclamation? |
| Laws passed by white southern politicians after the Civil War that limited the rights and opportunities of African Americans. | What are Black Codes? |
| When voters in a territory were given the right to decide whether to allow slavery or not. | What is Popular Sovereignty? |
| To make free, like the freeing of slaves. | What does it mean to emancipate? |
| The right of the people of a certain nation to decide how they want to be governed. | What is Self-Determination? |
| Journalists or reporters who expose scandals and corruption in business. | Who are muckruckers? |
| Conducting relations with other countries. | What is Diplomacy? |
| People who are against war and fighting under any circumstance. | What is a Pacifist? |
| The practice of rewarding political supporters with governmental jobs. | What is the Spoils System? |
| To accuse the President of wrongdoing and bring him to trial. | What does it mean to impeach? |
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