Civil War and The System

Question 1

Give 3 key characteristics of the North

Answer 1

Wanted the union, supported abolition, focussed on large industrial urban centres

Question 2

Give 3 characteristics of the South

Answer 2

Liked state independence, relied on slavery, and they were based in agriculture

Question 3

How much money lost in the Civil War?

Answer 3

$3.3 billion

Question 4

How many died in the Civil War?

Answer 4

618,000

Question 5

When was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 5

New Years Day 1863

Question 6

How many slaves were freed?

Answer 6

4 million

Question 7

What is the American government made up of?

Answer 7

Legislative
Executive
Judiciary

Question 8

What is the legislative branch made up of?

Answer 8

Congress which is the Senate and House of Representatives

Question 9

What is good about federal government?

Answer 9

They stop dictatorial control, help to cover the whole continent and they can check and balance the others

Question 10

What does federal government mean?

Answer 10

That there is a centralised power but each state has autonomy

Question 11

What is the senate and how long do they sit?

Answer 11

100 senators, 2 per state. They sit for 6 years

Question 12

How many representatives are they and how long do they sit?

Answer 12

435 who sit for 2 years

Question 13

What is the Executive branch?

Answer 13

The president and the people he appoints like secretaries and the Vice President

Question 14

Give 2 privileges the executive branch has

Answer 14

Can veto any bills from congress and can appoints Supreme Court judges

Question 15

What is the Supreme Court made up of?

Answer 15

9 judges who sit for life

Question 16

What is important about the Supreme Court?

Answer 16

It can overturn any law

Question 17

Name 2 things Hayes did

Answer 17

Passed the Resumption Act 1878 which put out bills instead of silver and vetoed the Bland Allison Act which wanted silver in circulation - supported gold standard
Tried to root out patronage by sacking Chester A Arthur from the New York Customs House

Question 18

Give 2 things about Garfield’s presidency

Answer 18

Pursued meritocracy and made Conkling resign from politics due to his anti corruption views
Was assassinated in 1881

Question 19

Give 2 things Arthur did during his presidency

Answer 19

Used to be a stalwart but adopted an anti corruption position - he vetoed a $18 million river and harbour development
Also passed the Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883 which meant 10% of the cabinet had to be selected on merit

Question 20

Give 3 things Cleveland did in his first term

Answer 20

Vetoed 413 bills - most ever
Passed Interstate Commerce Act 1887 - which was the first regulatory board for railroads
Passed Dawes Act 1887 - for Native American relations
These showed he was against corruption

Question 21

Give 2 things Harrison did during his presidency

Answer 21

Was fickle - passed the McKinley Tarriff 1890 which was the highest ever at 49.5% which supported big business
But he also passed the Sherman Anti Trust Act 1890

Question 22

Give 3 things Cleveland did in his second term of presidency

Answer 22

Fought against the Pullman Strike of 1894 with force
Took $62 million loan from JP Morgan in the Panic of 83
Even as a democrat he was just as pro business as the Republicans

Question 23

How many people immigrated in the Gilded Age?

Answer 23

10 million

Question 24

Where were the majority of these immigrants from?

Answer 24

Britain, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia

Question 25

How did immigration affect the economy?

Answer 25

56% of manufacturing jobs were done by immigrants which allowed the USA to grow a lot faster as there were people doing more hours for less pay

Question 26

What was a push factor for the Irish?

Answer 26

Farmers had been pushed to infertile soil where they were starved during the Potato Famine of 1845

Question 27

What was another push factor?

Answer 27

Growing population leading to a lack of space and bad living conditions

Question 28

What was a push factor for Russian Jews?

Answer 28

Pogrom (Jewish persecution) has been imposes by the state

Question 29

What was a push factor for the Chinese?

Answer 29

The Taiping Rebellion

Question 30

What was a push factor for the Japanese?

Answer 30

There was an emigration ban lifted by the emperor in 1885 so there was a mass exodus to sugar plantations in Hawaii

Question 31

Give 4 pull factors

Answer 31

Jobs available for unskilled workers on the railroad
Cheap land for sale in the west
Steamships which had become 4 weeks quicker and were cheap
No state religion - freedom of expression