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What was the first cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
Economy
Trains
Prohibition
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
A black who fought against slavery and become famous orator
White abolitionist who edited a newspaper and spoke up against slavery
A black who shipped himself out of slavery in a box
A white who hated blacks and thought he was doing a good thing by attacking black villages
The Southern economy was fueled by manufacturing, industry, businesses and railroads.
True
False
What was the Compromise of 1850?
An act that was made because of the desire to build a railroad across the entire U.S.
Allowed the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves about slavery.
An act that passed a stronger Fugitive Slave Law that forced whites in the north to give runaway black slaves back to their owners in the South. Also allowed CA to enter Union as a free state.
An act that ended slavery but soon became ignored by the people in the South.
What were all of the three causes of the Civil War?
States' Rights, Bloody Congress, Economic Tariffs
Slavery, States' Rights, Economic Tariffs
Slavery, Bloody Congress, States' Rights
Economic Tariffs, Slavery, Bloody Congress
What was "Bloody Congress"?
When Charles Sumner beat Preston Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, unconscious.
When Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner, a senator from Massachusetts, unconscious.
When Senator John Brown beat Preston Brooks, a senator from the South, unconscious.
When Senator Preston Brooks beat Senator John Brown unconscious.
What year do seven states from the south secede from the Union (Hint: One month after Lincoln is elected for president)?
1859
1860
1861
1862
What battle in the Civil War did NO ONE die?
Ft. Sumter
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Who was seen as a strong commander for the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Robert S. Grant
Ulysses E. Lee
Wealthy and successful commander of the Confederacy. Became the leader of the Klu Klux Klan in Pulaski, TN.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Matthew Fontain Maury
Sam Watkins
Frederick Douglass
What was the Gettysburg Address?
Directions to Abraham Lincoln's house
A speech by President Lincoln to honor the soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg
A speech made by Robert E. Lee to persuade soldiers to fight for his army
A speech given to honor the soldiers who died at the Battle of Bull Run
Who was Sam Davis?
Wrote memoir called Co. Aytch: Or a Side Show of the Big Show
Led successful Union army in the Civil War
Scout hero for Confederacy who was hanged. Would not tell anyone who gave him important papers.
17th president of the U. S.
What two events caused the U. S. to enter WWI?
Sinking of the Lusitania & The Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Antietam & Battle of Gettysburg
Sinking of the Lusitania & Zimmerman Telegram
Sinking of the Lusitania & Zimmerman Telephone
Jewish-American Union Organizer. Organized first national union called American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Robert Church
Samuel Gompers
Henry Bessemer
George Eastman
When did the Civil War start?
April 14, 1860
April 12, 1861
April 12, 1860
April 14, 1861
What is an abolitionist?
A person who supports prohibition
A person who wanted to do away with slavery
A suffragist
A black in the north
What does the CWA stand for?
Civil Works Administration
Cody William Arby
Civil Workplace Act
Civil Works Act
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Gave voting rights to black men
Gave voting rights to black women
Abolished slavery in the U. S.
Free black slaves are made citizens of the U. S.
Where did the Civil War end?
The Battle of Shiloh Battlefield
A space shuttle on Mars
On a train to France
Appomattox Court House, VA
What was this plan called?
The Anaconda Plan
The Wildcat Plan
The Copperhead Snake Plan
The Scott's Snake Plan
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Allowed all slaves owned by people on the Union's side would be free, although it did not end slavery.
Ended slavery in all countries.
Allowed all slaves owned by people on the Confederacy's side would be free, although it did not end slavery.
Blacks, after they were free, could do whatever they wanted to their white owners in revenge.
What were carpetbaggers?
RR Co. Owners
Democrats rooting for DeWitt Senter
Northerners that moved south to get rich, build the southern economy, or help freedpeople and poor whites hurt by the war.
What were scalawags?
Northerners supporting carpetmakers
Southerners supporting carpetbaggers
Southerners supporting carpetmakers
A pirate's crew
What was the Gilded Age?
The age where you are legally an adult
A blacksmith's job that makes items look more valuable than they're worth
A time when the U. S. was making itself look good to incomers but was really poor and bad on the inside
When the U. S. became aware of black boycotting
What were buffalo soldiers?
Buffalo that fought like soldiers
Black soldiers that fought for the U. S. Nicknamed for curly black hair and how they fought like cornered buffalo.
Indian soldiers that fought for the U. S. Nicknamed for curly black hair and how they fought like cornered buffalo.
White soldiers that fought for the U. S. Nicknamed for curly hair and how they fought like cornered buffalo.
What were Labor Unions?
Acts that protects the rights of workers. Includes higher wages, shorter working hours, better working conditions, and people are paid when hurt on the job.
People in the Union laboring in the army
Strikes against businesses
Boss Tweed's job to create better restaurants
What were Political Machines?
Businessmen in the late 1800's who used criminal practices to get rich. Stole from the honest and hardworking people to increase their own fortunes.
People who use their power to make money for themselves. Steal money from the government and promise it to people who do favors for them.
What are Robber Barons?
Businessmen in the late 1800's who used criminal practices to get rich. Stole from the honest and hardworking people to increase their own fortunes.
People who use their power to make money for themselves. Steal money from the government and promise it to people who do favors for them.
From the Steel Industry in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
James D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who was Ida B. Wells?
A white, sassy newspaper editor
A sassy black that sued the RR Co. and bought a newspaper to speak out about lynchings and racial injustice
The first woman firefighter that helped put out the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
A white progressive
What were the Three C's? Select all.
Control Corporations
Protect Consumers
Control All Citizens
Conserve Natural Resources
Conserve Schools
Demanded full participation for blacks in society- political rights and economic opportunities. Organized National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
W. E. B. DuBois
Randolph Miller
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is imperialism?
The idea that all blacks are equal
The idea of gaining power by influencing or taking control of weaker countries.
The idea of associating with bigger countries like Russia
What were the years of WWI?
1912-1914
1914-1919
1939-1945
1914-1918
Why was WWI a modern war? Select ALL.
Hand-to-hand combat
Advanced weaponry
Underwater boats
Planes
Who was Herbert Hoover?
Tennessean put in charge of Food Administration
Propaganda on a poster
Fought in WWII, then became president in 1927
A grocer that helped people plant "victory gardens".
What was The Great Migration?
When immigrants from Europe and Asia came to America
When soldiers trooped home from battle
When blacks, farmers, and women moved to the cities for need of jobs, money, and in blacks' case, racial justice.
What were suffragists?
People who wanted women to have the right to vote
People who fought against the idea that women should vote
People who sold roses for a living
Sufferers in prison who got released
What countries were apart of the Triple Entente?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Japan, Italy, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Russia, Italy
Germany, Japan, Italy
Which countries were apart of the Triple Alliance?
United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany
France, Russia, Italy, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, France, Italy, United States
United Kingdom, France, Russia, United States
What is an example of militarism?
Germany building up its armed forces and getting ready for war
Germany building up its empire
Germany wanting revenge on United Kingdom
Tension between countries
What were the effects of the economic depression? Select ALL.
Consumer debt being high
No money in backs- all loaned out
People had no money to buy products
Businesses couldn't sell what they made
Businesses become worthless because of all the stock sold
What was the CCC?
Put unemployed, single men to work on the land. Built parks, trails, and roads across the country.
Put unemployed, single women to work on the land. Built parks, trails, and roads across the country.
Built hydroelectric dams, controlled flooding, and improved damaged land to raise more crops.
Built worthless dams, increased flooding, and worsened damaged land to sink the number of crops raised.
Tojo Hideki
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Homo Tideki
Who said this quote?
"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
What day was Pearl Harbor?
December 6, 1944
December 7, 1944
December 6, 1945
December 7, 1945
What was the Lend-Lease Bill of 1941?
Allowed Great Britain and other Allied Powers to send supplies to the U. S.
Allowed the U. S. to send supplies to Great Britain and other Allied Powers
Had Germany and other Axis Powers send supplies to the Allied Powers
Had Italy and Japan send supplies to Germany
Why was WWII fought?
To make the world safe for democracy
To protect small countries from China's attacks
To protect the rights of citzens
To defend the U. S.'s safety, homes families, and neighbors
Why was WWI fought?
To protect small countries from China's attacks
To make the world safe for democracy
To protect the rights of citizens
To defend the U. S.'s safety, homes, families, and neighbors.
What were some of the things that Americans rationed at home? Select ALL.
Gasoline
Rubber
Butter
Sugar
Meat
What was D-Day?
The day when the U. S. invaded Britain, stabbing them in the back.
The day when Japan surrendered
The day when the war was over in Europe
The day when The U. S. and Great Britain invaded France, which was being occupied with German soldiers.
What was V-E Day?
When the war was over in Great Britain and Germany surrendered
When the war was over in the U. S. and Germany surrendered
When the war was over in Europe and Japan surrendered
When the war was over in Europe and the U. S. surrendered
What was V-J Day?
When the war was over in U. S. and Germany surrendered
When the war was over in Europe and Germany surrendered
When the war was over in Japan and Germany surrendered
When the U. S. dropped two atomic bombs in Japan after they refused to surrender. Japan surrenders and the war is completely over.
What is FASCISM?
No rights
People rule
Controlled by military
Kings and Queens rule
What was the event called under the leadership of John F. Kennedy to overthrow the communist leader Fidel Castro that failed miserably?
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What were the Rosenberg's executed for?
Espionage
Building the bomb
Moving to Poland
Selling secrets to Germany
Who built the Berlin Wall to enclose West Berlin?
US
USSR
Japan
Germany
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960's one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
The USSR broke apart into nation-states.
The USSR broke apart into nation-states.
Why were "Tent Cities" set up in Fayette and Haywood Counties in TN?
Black sharecroppers were being evicted because they wanted to vote.
Gospel meetings and revivals were set up in these tents.
Tent cities were established for blacks as part of the New Deal known as homesteads
Blacks were forced to live in tents while whites took the homes back
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world.
The war was fought during winter months only.
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers.
There was never direct, physical fighting between the two superpowers. It was a war of politics and economics.
