History Flashcards
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What is one result of Teddy Roosevelt’s conservation efforts?
Creation of US National Parks like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon
How did Teddy Roosevelt become President?
President William McKinley was assassinated, forcing him into the role of President due to being the Vice-President
What president was assassinated leading to Roosevelt becoming president?
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln was elected the____president of the United States?
16th
What was Abraham Lincoln famous speech?
Emancipation Proclamation
Where did Abraham Lincoln die?
Ford’s Theatre
What war was Abraham Lincoln president during?
Civil War
How did Lincoln personally think about slavery?
He didnt like it
Who was the first president?
George Washington
Impeachment
(especially in the US) a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
President veto
The power to forbid the passage of a bill into a law.
Which amendment addresses the order of succession to the Presidency if the President dies or resigns?
25th
Who was the youngest U.S. President
T. Roosevelt
How many years is a presidential term?
4
The president must be how old to serve?
35
How many terms can the president serve?
2
What did the 26th Amendment do?
Lowers voting age from 21 to 18
Which branch of government makes the laws?
Legislative
Which branch of government makes sure the laws are carried out?
Executive
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
Judicial
checks and balances
to prevent the concentration of power from forming in one branch
Which branch makes laws?
Legislative
4 years
President’s Term Length
The three branches of the US government under the Constitution
legislative, executive, judicial
Popular Sovereignty says that _________ are the source of the governments power.
The People
When did the US enter the Great War (WW1)
1917
Dates of WW1/Great War
1914-18
Dates of Civil War
1861-65
Dates of the Declaration of Independence.
July 4th 1776
Dates of the American Revolution
1775-1781
who was cuba’s communist leader
Castro
Select one of cuba’s main crops
Sugar
Which of the following is NOT a common Cuban ethnicity
American
Which democratic president(s) were supportive of civil rights
Kennedy
Which was NOT one of JFK’s programs
nuclear program
When was the first televised presedential debate?
1960
Election of 1960
Kennedy vs. Nixon
Reconstruction from Civil War dates
1865-1876
Impeach
Put on trial
Civil War dates
1861-1865
Legislative Branch
2 parts- House of Representatives: 6 year terms, must be 30, Senate: must be 25, no terms, make laws, approve appointments, declare war
The Great War dates( 1917 when US enters)
1914-1918
Abraham Lincoln
President during Civil War
Executive Branch
4 year terms, must be 35, must have no felonies, must be native born in America, coach the country, run the military, make federal appointments.
US gained Independence date
July 4, 1776
George Washington
first president
Which is NOT a branch of government
Presidential
popular sovereignty
Local desicion-making
federal
national
veto
to reject a law
Judicial Branch
federal court system, main court is Supreme Court, no age to get on, no term limit, 9 judges, hear last appeals, rule if laws are unconstitutional, judges for impeachment
Teddy Roosevelt
President during spanish-american war
Who was the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
How did President Andrew Johnson become President of the United States?
He became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Which event led to President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment?
The clash with Congress over his Reconstruction policies
how many bison were left by 1875
325
Wildly popular 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrayed slavery as a cruel and brutal system.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Organized the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed voters to decide on whether or not to allow slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the result of the Dred Scott Case?
Said that no slaves or former slaves had any rights, declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate states were free
Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What event happened immediately before the secession of southern states?
Election of 1860, Lincoln wins
abolition
anti-slavery movement
popular sovereignty
when the people decide who they will be governed
sharecropping
payment of land rent with agricultural produce
impeach
to charge a public official with improper conduct in office
Jim Crow Laws
laws legalizing racial segregation of blacks and whites that were enacted in Southern states beginning in the 1880s and enforced through the 1950’s
Republican Party
Its main goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party in the South was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it had a voice in politics and a 11 states seceded from the Union.
Fugitive Slave Act
(1850) a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves;Wanted police to arrest escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and require their return to slaveholders
The time period after the Civil War where the country tried to rebuild and heal?
Reconstruction
What nickname was used for a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction?
Scalawag
Which amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to people born in the United States and protected citizen’s rights?
14th Amendment
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What nickname was used for a Northerner who went to the South to participate in Reconstruction?
Carpetbagger
What group from the South used harassment and terror to intimidate Freedmen?
Ku Klux Klan
Which amendment was ratified in 1870 and guaranteed the right of black males to vote?
15th Amendment
