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Define antebellum.
Define antebellum.
Pre war.
What prompted Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin?
What prompted Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Many opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.
How was Uncle Tom's Cabin received in the South and the North?
How was Uncle Tom's Cabin received in the South and the North?
People in the South were resentful of her portrayal. In the North the book reinforced opposition to slavery.
Why did states in the South keep slavery and states in the North ban it?
Why did states in the South keep slavery and states in the North ban it?
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo further the conflict over slavery?
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo further the conflict over slavery?
Name two outcomes of the Lincoln Douglas debates.
Name two outcomes of the Lincoln Douglas debates.
How was the slavery issue settled in the Kansas – Nebraska Act?
How was the slavery issue settled in the Kansas – Nebraska Act?
Why was the Compromise of 1850 needed?
Why was the Compromise of 1850 needed?
Name two important provisions to the Compromise of 1850.
Name two important provisions to the Compromise of 1850.
Why was slavery protected by the Constitution?
Why was slavery protected by the Constitution?
What was Frederick Douglass best known for?
What was Frederick Douglass best known for?
How was the work of Harriet Tubman different than that of Frederick Douglass?
How was the work of Harriet Tubman different than that of Frederick Douglass?
What was the outcome of the Harpers Ferry Raid?
What was the outcome of the Harpers Ferry Raid?
What was the Republican Party's position on slavery prior to the Civil War?
What was the Republican Party's position on slavery prior to the Civil War?
Why did President Lincoln not try to end slavery at the beginning of the Civil War?
Why did President Lincoln not try to end slavery at the beginning of the Civil War?
Name three facts about the Gettysburg Address.
Name three facts about the Gettysburg Address.
What changed for slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation?
What changed for slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation?
Name two differences between sharecropping and farming.
Name two differences between sharecropping and farming.
Why did so many in the South dislike carpetbaggers?
Why did so many in the South dislike carpetbaggers?
Summarize Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen.
Summarize Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen.
Name two facts about the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
Name two facts about the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
What was the purpose of the Enforcement Acts?
What was the purpose of the Enforcement Acts?
Which part of Reconstruction Legislation outlawed intimidation of voters?
Which part of Reconstruction Legislation outlawed intimidation of voters?
Which part of Reconstruction Legislation outlawed Black Codes?
Which part of Reconstruction Legislation outlawed Black Codes?
Name four intimidation methods of the KKK.
Name four intimidation methods of the KKK.
Who were the governors of the South during Reconstruction?
Who were the governors of the South during Reconstruction?
Name two goals of the Black Codes.
Name two goals of the Black Codes.
State the views of the Radical Republicans on the Wade Davis Bill, the Ten Percent Plan, and the Freedmen's Bureau.
State the views of the Radical Republicans on the Wade Davis Bill, the Ten Percent Plan, and the Freedmen's Bureau.
Name four goals of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Name four goals of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Name three stipulations of the Compromise of 1877.
Name three stipulations of the Compromise of 1877.
How could a squatter qualify for ownership under the Homestead Act?
How could a squatter qualify for ownership under the Homestead Act?
What was the purpose of the Morrill Act?
What was the purpose of the Morrill Act?
How did the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 help railroads?
How did the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 help railroads?
What materials did sodbusters use to build houses?
What materials did sodbusters use to build houses?
Why did the Dawes General Allotment Act not allow Indians to sell their land?
Why did the Dawes General Allotment Act not allow Indians to sell their land?
What was the main goal of the Carlisle School?
What was the main goal of the Carlisle School?
Who were the Exodusters and where did they settle?
Who were the Exodusters and where did they settle?
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
For how long was the Wild West Show on tour?
For how long was the Wild West Show on tour?
What was the topic of the book A Century of Dishonor?
What was the topic of the book A Century of Dishonor?
How did the Battle of Wounded Knee mark a turning point?
How did the Battle of Wounded Knee mark a turning point?
Name three reasons to explain industrial growth after the Civil War.
Name three reasons to explain industrial growth after the Civil War.
Name evidence that Sadie Frowne is satisfied with her job in a sweatshop.
Name evidence that Sadie Frowne is satisfied with her job in a sweatshop.
Briefly identify Terence Powderly.
Briefly identify Terence Powderly.
Briefly identify J.P. Morgan.
Briefly identify J.P. Morgan.
Briefly identify John D. Rockefeller.
Briefly identify John D. Rockefeller.
Briefly identify Andrew Carnegie.
Briefly identify Andrew Carnegie.
Briefly identify Eugene V. Debs.
Briefly identify Eugene V. Debs.
Why did the Supreme Court rule in favor of the federal government in the Pullman Strike case?
Why did the Supreme Court rule in favor of the federal government in the Pullman Strike case?
Briefly identify Henry Ford.
Briefly identify Henry Ford.
Briefly identify Ransom Olds.
Briefly identify Ransom Olds.
Briefly identify Alexander Graham Bell.
Briefly identify Alexander Graham Bell.
Briefly identify Henry Bessemer.
Briefly identify Henry Bessemer.
Briefly identify Samuel Gompers.
Briefly identify Samuel Gompers.
Briefly identify Thomas Edison.
Briefly identify Thomas Edison.
Why did Indians attack pioneers on the Bozeman Trail?
Why did Indians attack pioneers on the Bozeman Trail?
How did Congress retaliate when Grant transferred the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department?
How did Congress retaliate when Grant transferred the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department?
Why did the Grant administration try to purchase the Black Hills?
Why did the Grant administration try to purchase the Black Hills?
Why does historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz not credit Grant for progress with Indians?
Why does historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz not credit Grant for progress with Indians?
Briefly identify Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright.
Briefly identify Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright.
What were the three goals of Samuel Gompers when he started the American Federation of Labor?
What were the three goals of Samuel Gompers when he started the American Federation of Labor?
Name two restrictions found in company towns of the Industrial Revolution.
Name two restrictions found in company towns of the Industrial Revolution.
How were Union Pacific railroad executives able to overcharge the U.S. government?
How were Union Pacific railroad executives able to overcharge the U.S. government?
What problem is the topic of Mark Twain's book The Gilded Age?
What problem is the topic of Mark Twain's book The Gilded Age?
How did the Yellow Press help bring about the Spanish American War?
How did the Yellow Press help bring about the Spanish American War?
Identify the areas of Europe from which the New Immigrants came.
Identify the areas of Europe from which the New Immigrants came.
Name three restriction on Chinese immigrants under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Name three restriction on Chinese immigrants under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
What group of voters was targeted by political machines?
What group of voters was targeted by political machines?
Nativism led to difficulties for which groups?
Nativism led to difficulties for which groups?
James Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau identified was a critic of what form of government job-hiring?
James Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau identified was a critic of what form of government job-hiring?
As an outcome of the James Garfield assassination, the Pendleton Act of 1883 became law. How did this change the process of landing a government job?
As an outcome of the James Garfield assassination, the Pendleton Act of 1883 became law. How did this change the process of landing a government job?
Who started the National Women's Party, when did this happen, and what was their main cause?
Who started the National Women's Party, when did this happen, and what was their main cause?
Briefly summarize Amendment Eighteen.
Briefly summarize Amendment Eighteen.
Which advocacy group used a "winning plan" and a "society plan"?
Which advocacy group used a "winning plan" and a "society plan"?
Which president was called the Trustbuster?
Which president was called the Trustbuster?
Which president signed into law that created the Federal Trade Commission? Name three goals of this program.
Which president signed into law that created the Federal Trade Commission? Name three goals of this program.
Flashcards
Antebellum
Antebellum
The period before the Civil War.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book that opposed the Fugitive Slave Act. It was very popular in the North and hated in the South.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty would decide the slavery issue in both places.
Enforcement Acts
Enforcement Acts
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Compromise of 1877 Stipulations
Compromise of 1877 Stipulations
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Homestead Act Ownership
Homestead Act Ownership
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Morrill Act
Morrill Act
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Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
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Overcharging the U.S. Government
Overcharging the U.S. Government
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The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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Pendleton Act
Pendleton Act
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Amendment Eighteen
Amendment Eighteen
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Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
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Study Notes
- Antebellum means pre-war.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe was prompted to write Uncle Tom's Cabin because she and many others opposed the Fugitive Slave Act.
- In the South, people were resentful of the portrayal in Uncle Tom's Cabin, but in the North, the book reinforced opposition to slavery.
- States in the South kept slavery because it was vital to their economy; states in the North banned it because their economy was more diversified.
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo furthered the conflict over slavery because both sides wanted to settle the new areas (excluding California) on their own terms.
- Two outcomes of the Lincoln-Douglas debates: Douglas won, furthering popular sovereignty, and Lincoln raised his political profile.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act settled the slavery issue by allowing popular sovereignty to decide the issue in both places.
- The Compromise of 1850 was needed because California was admitted as a free state, upsetting the balance of power between free and slave states.
- Two important provisions of the Compromise of 1850: The Missouri Compromise was ended, and a fugitive slave law was enacted.
- Slavery was protected by the Constitution as it was ruled that slaves were part of Amendment Five.
- Frederick Douglass was best known as a leading abolitionist.
- Harriet Tubman was a leader in the Underground Railroad, unlike Frederick Douglass.
- The outcome of the Harpers Ferry Raid: the slave uprising was stopped by federal troops.
- The Republican Party's position on slavery prior to the Civil War: they wanted to contain slavery.
- President Lincoln did not try to end slavery at the beginning of the Civil War because it was a priority to keep the border states in the Union.
- Three facts about the Gettysburg Address: it was created by Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Gettysburg, PA, at a Civil War battlefield, and drew on the ideals of the American Revolution.
- In the Emancipation Proclamation, all slaves would be free, but slaves did not gain freedom until the Civil War ended; its enactment turned the Civil War into mainly a fight to end slavery.
- Two differences between sharecropping and tenant farming: Under sharecropping, the landowner provided tools and supplies, and sharecroppers did not own the land nor the crop, while under tenant farming, the tenant owned the tools and supplies, and owned the crop.
- Many southerners disliked carpetbaggers believing they were profiting off of the misfortune of the South.
- Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen: Many southerners still believed that carpetbaggers were profiting off of the misfortune of the South.
- Two facts about the Plessy v. Ferguson case: Jim Crow laws and separate but equal public facilities were ruled to be constitutional.
- The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was to make it illegal to prevent anyone from voting.
- The Enforcement Acts of 1870 made it a federal crime to intimidate a voter, outlawing voter intimidation as part of Reconstruction Legislation.
- The Civil Rights Act of 1866 outlawed Black Codes as part of Reconstruction Legislation.
- Four intimidation methods of the KKK: Klan marches, cross burnings, voter intimidation, and lynching were all KKK methods.
- The governors of the South during Reconstruction were all Union army generals.
- Two goals of the Black Codes: to prevent black land ownership and to limit their rights.
- The Radical Republicans supported the Wade-Davis Bill and the Freedmen's Bureau, but opposed the Ten Percent Plan.
- Four goals of the Freedmen's Bureau: to reunite families, provide education, health care, clothing, and food to anyone in need.
- Three stipulations of the Compromise of 1877: federal troops were removed from the South, a southerner was nominated to a cabinet post, and southern states were given subsidies for infrastructure.
- Under the Homestead Act, a squatter could qualify for ownership by receiving 160 acres in return for staying on the land for at least five years.
- The purpose of the Morrill Act was to grant land to states for setting up agricultural colleges.
- The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 helped railroads by giving land to the Central Pacific and Union Pacific to build a line from Missouri to California.
- Sodbusters used earth to build houses.
- The Dawes General Allotment Act did not allow Indians to sell their land to prevent speculators from scamming them.
- The main goal of the Carlisle School: to prevent speculators from scamming Indians out of their property.
- The Exodusters were former slaves trying to get away from the South after Reconstruction; they settled in Kansas and Oklahoma.
- The Buffalo Soldiers were blacks who joined the army during and after the Civil War; they were named Buffalo Soldiers by Plains Indians.
- The topic of the book A Century of Dishonor was the mistreatment of Indians; the author was Helen Hunt Jackson.
- The Battle of Wounded Knee marked the last major point of Indian resistance against white settlers.
- Three reasons to explain industrial growth after the Civil War: abundant natural resources, a growing workforce, and the prevalence of the free enterprise system.
- Sadie Frowne showed evidence of satisfaction with her job in a sweatshop, mentioning the opportunity to make more money if she could sew more efficiently.
- Terence Powderly was a leader of the Knights of Labor, under whose leadership workers made gains.
- J.P. Morgan was a banker.
- John D. Rockefeller was an oil tycoon from Ohio who gained control of the railroads, forcing other businesses to ship their products through him.
- Andrew Carnegie was a steel tycoon who owned the mines that supplied the ingredients to make his steel.
- Eugene V. Debs started the American Railway Union, a group that fought for better working conditions for railroad workers.
- The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the federal government in the Pullman Strike case because the government's right to protect interstate commerce overrode the right of the workers to strike.
- Henry Ford brought about the mass production of the automobile.
- Ransom Olds introduced a new line of cars in 1901.
- Alexander Graham Bell advanced communications with his patents on the telephone.
- Henry Bessemer improved the process of making steel, which could be used to build suspension bridges and skyscrapers.
- Samuel Gompers started the American Federation of Labor and used high membership dues to create a strike and pension fund.
- Thomas Edison was an inventor credited with creating the light bulb.
- Indians attacked pioneers on the Bozeman Trail because the trail was part of Indian territory through the Treaty of Laramie.
- Congress retaliated after Grant transferred the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department by passing a law disallowing military personnel to interact with Indians.
- The Grant administration tried to purchase the Black Hills to prevent conflict over the gold found there.
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz does not credit Grant for progress with Indians because she claims several genocidal campaigns against Indians happened when Grant was president.
- Samuel Morse was an inventor who developed the telegraph.
- Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright were pioneers in developing the airplane.
- The three goals of Samuel Gompers when he started the American Federation of Labor: better pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours.
- Two restrictions found in company towns of the Industrial Revolution: the company controlled housing and owned the stores where workers went to shop.
- Union Pacific railroad executives were able to overcharge the U.S. government by using bribes.
- The book The Gilded Age by Mark Twain focuses on political corruption.
- The Yellow Press helped bring about the Spanish American War by exaggerating the actions of Spain in its occupation of Cuba.
- The New Immigrants came from Ireland, Germany, and southern and eastern Europe.
- Three restrictions on Chinese immigrants under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: it disallowed Chinese workers from immigrating, limited the rights of Chinese immigrants who had already arrived, and stopped existing Chinese immigrants from gaining citizenship.
- Political machines targeted immigrant voters.
- Nativism led to difficulties for immigrants.
- James Garfield's assassin, Charles Guiteau, was a critic of government job-hiring and favored the spoils system, considering himself a Stalwart.
- As an outcome of the James Garfield assassination, the Pendleton Act of 1883 became law, establishing the merit system requiring one to pass a civil service exam for a government job.
- The National Women's Party was started by Alice Paul in 1917, fighting for the right to vote for women.
- Amendment Eighteen outlawed the manufacture, transport, sale, import, and export of alcohol, but did not outlaw drinking.
- The National American Women's Suffrage Association used slogans, like a "winning plan" and a "society plan".
- Teddy Roosevelt was called the Trustbuster.
- President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Federal Trade Commission, which was supposed to look for false advertising, dishonest labeling, and stop monopolies.
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