WorksheetsReconstruction and Gilded Age Cards
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Name
Class
Date
1.
Made re-admittance to the Union for former Confederate states contingent on a majority in each Southern state to take the Ironclad oath to the effect they had never in the past supported the Confederacy.
a)
Wade Davis Bill
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
2.
Addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
a)
Wade Davis Bill
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
3.
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
a)
Wade Davis Bill
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
4.
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
a)
Wade Davis Bill
b)
Thirteenth Amendment
c)
Fourteenth Amendment
d)
Fifteenth Amendment
5.
Congresses plan to punish he South before re-admittance following the US Civil War
a)
Presidential Reconst.
b)
Radical Reconst
6.
Presidents Lincoln's and Johnson's plan to re-admit the Southern states when 10% swear an Oath of Allegiance following the US Civil War
a)
Presidential Reconst.
b)
Radical Reconst
7.
Sixteenth President. Drafted the Emancipation Proclamation,
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
8.
Seventeenth President. Impeached but not convicted for violating the Tenure of Office Act,
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
9.
Specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Civil Rights Act (1866)
10.
Laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Civil Rights Act (1866)
11.
An agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Civil Rights Act (1866)
12.
The first United States federal law todefine citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Civil Rights Act (1866)
13.
A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
a)
Veto
b)
Impeachment
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Military Reconst. Act
14.
A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
a)
Veto
b)
Impeachment
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Military Reconst. Act
15.
Intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate. The law was enacted on March 3, 1867, over the veto of President Andrew Johnson.
a)
Veto
b)
Impeachment
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Military Reconst. Act
16.
Passed over President Johnson's veto, this law divided the SOuth into 5 military district and put them under Martial Law.
a)
Veto
b)
Impeachment
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Military Reconst. Act
17.
A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
a)
Carpetbagger
b)
Scalawag
18.
A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit.
a)
Carpetbagger
b)
Scalawag
19.
The commander of Confederate troops during the Civil War. Before the war, he led the marines who put down the insurrection by John Brown at Harpers Ferry and took Brown captive.
a)
Robert Elliot
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
20.
He accepted the unconditional surrender of the commanding general of the main Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox Court House. Eighteenth President of the USA. Scandal Ridden.
a)
Robert Elliot
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
21.
African-American member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1871 to 1874
a)
Robert Elliot
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
22.
Urged that Congress play a predominant role in Reconstruction. He saw Reconstruction as the opportunity to establish civil rights for blacks, first in the South where Congress had explicit authority and gradually in the North.
a)
Robert Elliot
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
23.
Farming rented land.
a)
Tenant Farming
b)
Crop Lien System
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Sweat Shops
24.
A credit system that became widely used by cotton farmers in the United States in the South from the 1860s to the 1930s. Farmers who did not own the land they worked obtained supplies and food on credit from local merchants.
a)
Tenant Farming
b)
Crop Lien System
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Sweat Shops
25.
A system of farming that developed in the South after the Civil War, when landowners, many of whom had formerly held slaves, lacked the cash to pay wages to farm laborers, many of whom were former slaves. The system called for dividing the crop into three shares — one for the landowner, one for the worker, and one for whoever provided seeds, fertilizer, and farm equipment.
a)
Tenant Farming
b)
Crop Lien System
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Sweat Shops
26.
A factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
a)
Tenant Farming
b)
Crop Lien System
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Sweat Shops
27.
A secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Anti-Klan Bill
c)
Civil Service Reform
d)
Compromise of 1877
28.
Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Anti-Klan Bill
c)
Civil Service Reform
d)
Compromise of 1877
29.
Positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Anti-Klan Bill
c)
Civil Service Reform
d)
Compromise of 1877
30.
Informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Anti-Klan Bill
c)
Civil Service Reform
d)
Compromise of 1877
31.
Commanding general of the Union army during the Civil War. He accepted the unconditional surrender of the commanding general of the main Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox Court House.
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Wasington
d)
Jackson
32.
Commander of Confederate troops during the Civil War. Before the war, he led the marines who put down the insurrection by John Brown at Harpers Ferry and took Brown captive.
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Wasington
d)
Jackson
33.
Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
a)
Anti-Klan Bill
b)
Force Bill
c)
Masked Vengeance Bill
d)
Anti-Racism Bill
34.
The process by which a person's or group's culture come to resemble those of another group
a)
Cultural Dissemination
b)
Cultural Appropriation
c)
Cultural Assassination
d)
Cultural Assimilation
35.
Informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
3/5ths Compromise
d)
Compromise of 1877
36.
A political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts
a)
City Boss
b)
City Machine
c)
Political Boss
d)
Political Machine
37.
a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
a)
City Boss
b)
City Machine
c)
Political Boss
d)
Political Machine
38.
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
a)
Soup Kitchen
b)
Bread Line
c)
YMCA
d)
Settlement House
39.
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
a)
Immigrant
b)
Emmigrant
c)
Refuge
d)
Refugee
40.
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
a)
Naturalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Immigration
d)
Migrantism
41.
The right to vote
a)
Electionering
b)
Votage
c)
Polling
d)
Suffrage
42.
United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Chinese Inclusion Act
c)
Chinese Expulsion Act
d)
Chinese Insertion ACt
43.
Large-scale or important financial or commercial activity.
a)
Entreprenurship
b)
Trust
c)
Monopoly
d)
Big Business
44.
Economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.
a)
Communism
b)
Scoialism
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Laissez-faire
45.
An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
a)
Union
b)
Collective
c)
Commision
d)
Organzation
46.
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
a)
Industrialization
b)
Factoryized
c)
Factionaliszed
d)
Industriousness
47.
The activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Entreprenurship
c)
Robber Baron
d)
Captians of Industry
48.
a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities.
a)
"The Jungle"
b)
"The Gilded Age"
c)
"The Great Gatsby"
d)
"How The Other Half Lives"
49.
A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century).
a)
Captains of Industry
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Philanthropy
50.
Business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy.
a)
Captains of Industry
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Philanthropy
51.
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Jingoism
d)
Laissez-faire
52.
A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah.
a)
Atlantic-Pacific Railway
b)
The Continental People Mover
c)
Transcont. Railroad
d)
The Metro
53.
A special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust ACt
54.
American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This self-made man, immigrated to the United States from Scotland without money and made millions in the steel industry.
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Mark Twain
55.
An American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Mark Twain
56.
United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Mark Twain
57.
United States writer and humorist best known for hisnovels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Mark Twain
58.
Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Free Market Economy
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Adam SMith
59.
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform.
a)
The Hidden Gospel
b)
The Social Gospel
c)
The Gospel of Wealth
d)
Christ's Gospel
60.
The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
a)
Monopoly
b)
Oligopoly
c)
Trust
d)
Combination
61.
A group of companies that illegally work together to reducecompetition and control prices
a)
Monopoly
b)
Oligopoly
c)
Trust
d)
Combination
62.
A system that divides up power between a strong national government and smaller localgovernments.
a)
Confedration
b)
Republic
c)
Democracy
d)
Federal government
63.
Prohibits monopolies or unreasonable combinations of companies to restrict or in any way control interstate commerce.
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Morris's Monopoly Bill
c)
Lincoln's Emancipation Procalamation
d)
Johnson's Laissez-faire
64.
The time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives.
a)
Imperial Age
b)
Foundation Period
c)
Era of Good Feelings
d)
Gilded Age
65.
Required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Capitalism
66.
A law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade.
a)
Pure Food and Drug Act
b)
"The Jungle"
c)
Upton SInclair's Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust ACt
67.
Grassland prairie region of North America, extending from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, in Canada, south through the west-central United States into Texas.
a)
Gulf Coastal Plain
b)
Great Desert
c)
Great Plains
d)
Lousiana Purchase
68.
People all come from a similar ancestry, or there is not a large variety of cultures.
a)
Ethynically Heterogenous
b)
Ethnically Homogenous
c)
Ethnically Metamorphesus
d)
Ethnically Eccentric
69.
A system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
a)
Quota
b)
Quotient
c)
Equivalent
d)
Census
70.
A sowing device that sows the seed precisely in the soil at proper depth and distance. Then it covers them with soil. Generally believed to have been invented by Jethro Tull.
a)
Seed Planter
b)
Seed Caster
c)
Seed Drill
d)
Seed Plow
71.
Used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it.
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Iron Plow
c)
Steel Dredge
d)
Iron Dredge
72.
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history
a)
Triangle Fire
b)
Square Fire
c)
Triangle Blaze
d)
Square Blaze
73.
A mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on oblique vanes or sails that radiate from a horizontal shaft; especially :a wind-driven water pump
a)
Seed Drill
b)
Steel Plow
c)
McCormick's Reaper
d)
Windmill
74.
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Deere
d)
Thomas Edision
75.
A process of producing steel, in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron.
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Standard Oil
c)
Edison Effect
d)
Carnegie Steel
76.
American mechanics and inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who achieved the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine
a)
Wilson Brothers
b)
Wright Brothers
c)
Edison Brothers
d)
Kodak Brothers
77.
United States inventor who built early sewing machines
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John Deere
c)
Elias Howe
d)
Christopher Shoals
78.
Inventor of the typewriter.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John Deere
c)
Elias Howe
d)
Christopher Shoals
79.
Inventor of a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
a)
Elisha Otis
b)
John Deere
c)
Elias Howe
d)
Christopher Shoals
80.
A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.
a)
Incorproation
b)
Corporation
c)
Industry
d)
Shareholders
81.
The site of the dramatic completion, on 10 May 1869, of the first transcontinental railroad
a)
Promenade Point
b)
Prompt Point
c)
Pirate Cove Point
d)
Promontory Point
82.
A farmer or farm worker who plows the land.
a)
Sodbusters
b)
Deer Busters
c)
Seed Drill
d)
Elevator Brake
83.
A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.
a)
Boycott
b)
Strike
c)
Stoppage
d)
Break
84.
A place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment
a)
Open Shop
b)
Closed Shop
85.
A system whereby employees in a place of work are not required to join a labor union.
a)
Open Shop
b)
Closed Shop
86.
An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting.
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Bombing of Broadway
c)
Haymarket Affair
d)
Anthracite Coal STrike
87.
Nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law.
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Bombing of Broadway
c)
Haymarket Affair
d)
Anthracite Coal STrike
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