American History 1815-1933

Question 1

He became president in 1933

Answer 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 2

a program developed to fight the Great Depression

Answer 2

New Deal

Question 3

a period of prosperity & peace that followed the War of 1812 (didn’t last long)

Answer 3

Era of Good Feeling

Question 4

war between the North and South in the United States over slavery (1861-1865)

Answer 4

Civil War

Question 5

one of the causes of the Civil war - deciding whether new states would be Slave or Free states

Answer 5

Westward Expansion

Question 6

group that worked to give rights to women (ie the right to vote)

Answer 6

Women’s Suffrage Movement

Question 7

transformation from an agrarian society into one that manufactures goods in factories

Answer 7

Industrialization

Question 8

In 1869 railroad from Sacramento, CA to Omaha, NE was connected in Utah

Answer 8

transcontinental railroad

Question 9

He was president when the Civil War began (1861)

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln

Question 10

This side won the Civil War

Answer 10

the North

Question 11

Rebuilding the South after the Civil War trying to integrate African -Americans into Southern Society (by failed)

Answer 11

Reconstruction

Question 12

Slaves became free after the Civil War

Answer 12

Emancipation

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1870-1900 Era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding (made society look good even though there were tons of problems deep down); industrialization brought massive wealth to “captains of industry”, but was a period of great inequality & great suffering for many

Answer 13

Gilded Age

Question 14

(1900-1920) provided better conditions for workers and gave women the right to vote

Answer 14

Progressive Era

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US became active in 1917 for only one year & fought with the victorious Allied Powers against the Central Powers

Answer 15

World War I

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After WWI, the US saw a period of great economic success & cultural change

Answer 16

Roaring Twenties

Question 17

This began with the stock market crash of 1929 & was a time where it was difficult to find work

Answer 17

Great Depression

Question 18

He was elected president in 1932 in response to the Great Depression

Answer 18

Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR)

Question 19

He was the 16th President of the US

Answer 19

Abraham Lincoln

Question 20

He delivered the Gettysburg Address

Answer 20

Abraham Lincoln

Question 21

He was the first Republican President

Answer 21

Abraham Lincoln

Question 22

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 22

Abraham Lincoln

Question 23

Famous defense lawyer at the end of the 19th century & beginning of the 20th century

Answer 23

Clarence Darrow

Question 24

Defense attorney for science teacher John Scopes in the “Scopes Monkey Trial”

Answer 24

Clarence Darrow

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Defense attorney for Illinois murderers Leopold & Loeb

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Clarence Darrow

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Prosecuting Attorney for the State of Tennessee in the "Scopes Monkey Trial"

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 27

Gave the "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896 that won him the Democratic nomination for President

Answer 27

William Jennings Bryan

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Democratic candidate for president that lost in the 1896 & 1900 elections

Answer 28

William Jennings Bryan

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Prominent American General who later served as th 7th President of the US (1829-1837)

Answer 29

Andrew Jackson

Question 30

President during the Nullification Crisis

Answer 30

Andrew Jackson

Question 31

President during the Trail of Tears

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Andrew Jackson

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8th President of the US (president after Andrew Jackson)

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Martin Van Buren

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1838-1839 - part of Indian Removal Policy that forced the Cherokee Nation to give up its land and migrate to an area in present day Oklahoma

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Trail of Tears

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American author, philosopher, naturalist who wrote "Walden"

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Henry David Thoreau

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First Women's Rights Convention

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Seneca Falls Convention

Question 36

Invented the first airplane at Kittyhawk

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The Wright Brothers

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American Inventor & businessman; invented the phonograph the motion picture camera, & a long-lasting practical light bulb

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Thomas Edison

Question 38

American Author who wrote Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn

Answer 38

Mark Twain

Question 39

Battle during the civil war that caused the most casualties (deaths) in the war

Answer 39

Battle of Gettysburg