American History Flashcards
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This person published the article “Nature Fakers” to support John Burroughs’ criticism of anthropomorphic nature writing
Theodore Roosevelt
David McCullough’s Mornings on Horseback covers the early years of this person’s life, including his difficult battle with asthma
Theodore Roosevelt
This person was photographed standing on Glacier Point with John Muir during a camping trip the two took to Yosemite
Theodore Roosevelt
This historian referred to Thomas Jefferson as “the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair” in The Naval War of 1812
Theodore Roosevelt
This historian wrote a six-volume history of the frontier titled The Winning of the West
Theodore Roosevelt
When asked about a central object in this event, one man involved in this event claimed, “I do not mind it any more than if it were in my waistcoat pocket”, and immediately following this event, that man claimed, “I do not care a rap about” this event
Assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt
A Candace Miller book describes how this man almost died of an infection while accompanying Candido Rondo’s “River of Doubt” expedition
Theodore Roosevelt
He gave a speech called “Citizenship in a Republic,” which has a passage that says “it is not the critic who counts,” but “the man who is actually in the arena”
Theodore Roosevelt
He coined the term “hyphenated Americans” and ran for president on the idea of “New Nationalism”
Theodore Roosevelt
This man’s presidency saw Japan recognize the US annexation of Hawaii in the Root-Takahira Agreement
Theodore Roosevelt
This politician railed against the “doctrine of ignoble ease” in a speech titled “The Strenuous Life”
Theodore Rooevelt
An alliance in this war stopped a side from retaking Credit Island
War of 1812
A side in this war urged to “Remember the River Raisin”
War of 1812
The Adams was captured following a siege during this war in which William Hull’s forces were defeated
War of 1812
A battle in this war became the subject of a slogan beginning “rumpsey, dumpsey” that was used by Richard Mentor Johnson
War of 1812
A song about this war that was set to the tune of the “Unfortunate Miss Bailey” notes how the title men were “half a horse” and “half an alligator”
War of 1812
A battle in this war was nicknamed the “false Nile” after one commander imitated Horatio Nelson’s tactics
War of 1812
Sackett’s Harbor was of strategic importance in this war, which saw the heroics of Laura Secord
War of 1812
Philip Vigol was one of only two men found guilty of treason for participating in this event, but both were later pardoned
Whiskey Rebellion
Oliver Miller and James McFarlane were killed in a battle during this event in which John Neville’s mansion, Bower Hill, was burned down
Whiskey Rebellion
Groups that participated in this event included Tom the Tinker’s Men and the Mingo Creek Society
Whiskey Rebellion
A meeting at Parkinson’s Ferry during this event was attended by Albert Gallatin, who spoke against armed resistance
Whiskey Rebellion
The so-called “Watermelon Army” led by “Light-Horse Harry” Lee was assembled to put down this rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
This event began in response to the issue of sixty subpoenas by William Rawle, which was argued to be a deliberate provocation by Congressman William Findley
Whiskey Rebellion
Albert Gallatin, the future Secretary of the Treasury, failed to prevent this event at the Redstone meetings
Whiskey Rebellion
Following this man’s death, his son worked with James Redpath to recruit African-Americans in Chatham, Ontario to move to Haiti
John Brown
W. E. B. DuBois (“doo boyce”) drew upon letters collected by Franklin Sanborn in writing his 1909 biography of this man, who founded the Springfield branch of the League of Gileadites
John Brown
Mary Ellen Pleasant financed this man, who holds up his hand next to a flag he designed in a photograph by the Liberian colonist Augustus Washington
John Brown
This man funded the publication of David Walker’s “Appeal” and was later, in turn, funded by a group ring-led by Thomas Wentworth Higginson called the Secret Six
John Brown
He said “the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with blood” one month before his execution
John Brown
Around 50 newspapers printed this man’s last speech after his trial in Charles Town
John Brown
In the mural Tragic Prelude, this man brandishes a Bible and a “Beecher’s Bible” rifle
John Brown
This man was became the first African-American to dine with a President at the White House when Theodore Roosevelt invited him over
Booker T. Washington
This man deliver a speech with the popular motif “cast down your bucket where you are” at the Cotton States and International Exposition
Booker T. Washington
This man founded the National Negro Business Success League and the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
This man attended the Pan-African Congress and led the Niagara Movement
W.E.B. Du Bois
This man, who edited The Crisis and The Philadelphia Negro, used the term “talented tenth” to describe an African-American intellectual elite
W.E.B. Du Bois
This man borrowed the phrase “double consciousness” from Ralph Waldo Emerson in the book The Souls of Black Folk to describe African-Americans’ awareness of self-view and societal view
W.E.B. Du Bois
The phrase “color line” was borrowed from Frederick Douglass by this man to emphasize the inequality engendered by Plessian segregation
W.E.B. Du Bois
One of the first works of American sociology was this man autobiography, Dusk of Dawn
W.E.B. Du Bois
This man argued against placing the blame of Reconstruction’s failures on Black-Americans in his essay Black Reconstruction in America
W.E.B. Du Bois
During this war, the Henry Glass commanded the USS Charleston captured territory without contest after sending one volley of harmless cannon fire
(DO NOT READ: That territory was the island of Guam)
Spanish-American War
A volunteer cavalry division called “Wood’s Weary Walkers” fought in this war and was known by another more famous named taken from the Buffalo Bill show
(DO NOT READ: That more famous name is “Rough Riders”)
Spanish-American War
In addition to Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood led the Rough Riders, or 1st US Volunteer Cavalry in this war
Spanish-American War
During this war, a governor general of two colonial territories named Valeriano “Butcher” Weyler was exposed for his “reconcentration” tactic
Spanish-American War
The term “embalmed beef” is used to the describe the adulterated beef Secretary of War Russell A. Alger and Chicago’s “Big Three” meat packing plants conspired in sending to soldiers in this war as an effort to save money.
Spanish-American War
This war was sparked in part by the William Randolph Hearst’s publishing of the de Lôme letter, which called William McKinley effeminate, was sent by a Spanish ambassador to the United States before it was intercepted by Cuban revolutionaries.
Spanish-American War
John Hay called this conflict a “splendid little war” while serving as William McKinley’s Secretary of State
Spanish-American War
Murray Hall, a secretly trans member of this organization, was exposed posthumously after dying of breast cancer, prompting an editorial that demanded leaders of this organization “wear whiskers
Tammany Hall
John Kelly, was a trustee of the savings bank located across from this society’s headquarters
Tammany Hall
William Leggett led the Locofoco Democratic faction who opposed this organization
Tammany Hall
This organization’s leaders included Charles Francis Murray and its founder, William Mooney
Tammany Hall
“Freedom Our Rock” was the motto of this group
Tammany Hall
La Guardia was the first New York mayor to be re-elected while opposed to this organization
Tammany Hall
A leader of this organization fled from trial disguising himself as a common sea hand only to be recognized from a newspaper
Tammany Hall
That man who led this organization was found guilty of 204 counts of corruption in a trial after being defended by Elihu Root
Tammany Hall
A leader of this organization smokes and says “As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it?” in one of many political cartoons lampooning this organization by Thomas Nast
Tammany Hall
In political cartoons, this group was often represented as a tiger, and one of its leaders was represented as a man with a moneybag in place of his head by cartoonist Thomas Nast
Tammany Hall
This man ordered police commissioner James Kelso to stop the Orange Parade for fear of riots between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants in New York City
Boss Tweed
This man worked as a sailor on a Spanish ship after escaping from Ludlow Street Jail
Boss Tweed
Samuel Tilden rose to popularity after breaking with this man
Boss Tweed
This man angered James O’brien when he did not support the Orange Parade
Boss Tweed
One depiction of this man notes that a certain action by Hoffman has been neutralized, and features a number of cast-off boots
Boss Tweed
In another depiction, he looks on while a broken shield and sword lie strewn as Columbia is mauled by a large feline in a gladiatorial arena, that work asks the question “what are you going to do about it?”
Boss Tweed
This man was followed by a depiction of this figure with a money sack instead of a face, a reference to his attempts to bribe the artist with $500,000
Boss Tweed
While working to enforce this policy, Richard “Two Gun” Hart was pitted against his younger brothers
prohibition
Attempts to circumvent this policy led to people developing “jake leg” syndrome
prohibition
Enforcement of this policy was the cause of tensions that led to the violent “Pineapple Primary”
prohibition
This policy was weakened by the Blaine Act and Cullen-Harrison Act
prohibition
A team enforcing this policy led by Eliot (*) Ness that was dubbed “the Untouchables” targeted the Chicago Outfit
prohibition
The “man in the green hat”, George Cassiday (“Cassidy”), helped Senators violate this policy
prohibition
Neal Dow’s passage of the “Maine Law” led to an 1855 riot opposing this policy in Portland
prohibition
Frances Willard led an organization that advocated for this policy, which was also supported by the hatchet-carrying Carrie Nation
prohibition
A supporter of this cause supposedly received instructions from God to “go to Kiowa,” leading her to commit acts of destruction across Kansas
prohibition
Early proponents of this movement made up a mutual aid group called the Washingtonian Society, which formed in 1840
prohibition
People trying to evade this policy were surveilled with wiretaps that were ruled constitutional in the case of Olmstead v. US
prohibition
Advocates of this political cause pressured the Senate to override a presidential veto of the Webb-Kenyon Act
prohibition
The concept of “pressure politics” was pioneered by a group supporting it whose leaders included William “Pussyfoot” Johnson
prohibition
A group named for their support of this policy started a newspaper called The Signal under Matilda Carse
prohibition
(that group was the WCTU)
The Cullen-Harrison Act partly repealed one law enforcing this policy, which was drafted by (*) Wayne Wheeler and named for a Minnesota representative and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
prohibition
This organization attempted to gain broader support through two conferences held at the estate of one of its founders in Amenia
NAACP
Anna Strunsky and William Walling reported on an event in Springfield, Illinois which led 60 people to advocate this organization’s creation
NAACP
The Niagara Movement was a precursor to this organization, which featured the column “Along the Color Line” in its magazine The (*) Crisis
NAACP
The second president of this organization was a former comparative literature professor at Columbia University dismissed by school president Nicholas Murray Butler
NAACP
This group’s official magazine featured the column “Looking Glass” written by literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset
NAACP
This group has honored such people as Ernest Just, Archibald Grimke, and Mary McLeod Bethune with the Spingarn Medal
NAACP
The most notable veteran of this organization used contacts developed through it to guide the Combahee Ferry raid
Underground Railroad
Members of this organization included the Coffin family and a woman who pretended to read a newspaper because an arrest warrant said she was illiterate
Underground Railroad
The people who were involved with the Pearl Incident also assisted in this system
Underground Railroad
The Supreme Court upheld it in Ableman v. Booth, voiding Wisconsin’s “personal liberty law” as contravening federal authority
Fugitive Slave Act
State legislation attempting to counteract it was held to be unconstitutional in Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Fugitive Slave Act
One provision of a piece of legislation with this name stipulated a payment of ten dollars when a certificate was granted but only five dollars when it was refused and Abraham Lincoln supported a version of this legislation in his 1854 Peoria speech
Fugitive Slave Act
The Habeas Corpus Law in Vermont was meant to challenge this law, whose offenders were defended by the writer Richard Henry Dana Jr. and other members of the revived Boston Vigilance Committee
Fugitive Slave Act
This person led a crowd in Troy, New York that protected a man named Charles Nalle from kidnapping
Harriet Tubman
The longest passage in a “Record” by newspaper editor Sydney Howard Gay is an exploit led by this “Captain”
Harriet Tubman
This person only became eligible for a pension after marrying Nelson Davis
Harriet Tubman
A mission led by this person and James Montgomery gave its name to a feminist “Collective”
Harriet Tubman
Although most of her output was children’s literature, Sarah Hopkins Bradford is best known as the author of two biographies of this woman, one of which popularised the nickname “Moses of Her People”
Harriet Tubman
After Abraham Lincoln reprimanded David Hunter, this person attacked Lincoln for his response, claiming God would not let Lincoln defeat the Confederacy
Harriet Tubman
John Thomas and an accomplice chloroformed this woman after they baited her into a scam involving a cache of gold
Harriet Tubman
To avoid being recognized on a train, this illiterate woman and subject of the biography She Came to Slay pretended to read a newspaper
Harriet Tubman
William Seward sold this person a piece of land from which they helped plan the raid on Harper’s Ferry
Harriet Tubman
Walter O. Evans’ extensive collection of papers relating to this man was a key source for David W. Blight’s Pulitzer-winning 2018 biography
Frederick Douglass
Rutherford B. Hayes made this man Marshal of the District of Columbia but did not allow him to receive foreign dignitaries
Frederick Douglass
This husband of Helen Pitts declared “I have no patriotism. I cannot have any love for this country” in his “Fifth of July” speech
Frederick Douglass
H.R. 51 proposes turning the District of Columbia into a state named for this man
Frederick Douglass
This man boarded the Cambria for a journey in which he took up the slogan “Send Back the Money!” against Scottish churches after visiting Ireland
Frederick Douglass
In one work, this man recalls his views of white-sailed ships in the distance, the shooting of Demby, and his fight with Edward Covey
Frederick Douglass
It’s not the glorious one, but this conflict inspired John Coode and Josias Fendall to lead a “Protestant Revolution”
Bacon’s Rebellion
According to Robert Beverly Jr., a group of soldiers in this conflict was incapacitated for 11 days after eating hallucinogenic jimsonweed
Bacon’s Rebellion
A leader in this conflict issued a series of complaints, such as the government monopoly on the beaver trade, in the “Declaration of the People”
Bacon’s Rebellion
One group of people attacked during this event fled into the Dragon Swamp under the leadership of Cockacoeske
Bacon’s Rebellion
The target of this event owned the Green Spring Plantation and, in its aftermath, executed William Drummond, the governor of the Albemarle Sound Colony
Bacon’s Rebellion
The perpetrators of this event issued a “Declaration of the People” that listed grievances such as high taxes and favorable (*) treatment of Native Americans
Bacon’s Rebellion
Some of the participants in this event were captured at the Arthur Allen House by troops deployed from the Young Prince
Bacon’s Rebellion
The first signatory to a peace treaty that followed this event was Cockacoeske, the so-called Queen of the Pamunkey
Bacon’s Rebellion
A failed attempt to prevent this conflict was the calling of the Long Assembly, which was followed by its namesake’s raid on a Pamunkey camp
Bacon’s Rebellion
