HIstory EXAM CATCH UP

Question 1

Strengths and weaknesses of US

Answer 1

most of the factories and most of the men. also got blacks to fight for them

Question 2

strength and weakn. of confeds

Answer 2

know land. no factories, no men, not suitable industries

Question 3

thomas stonewall jackson

Answer 3

confederates most successful general and got name from standing still at the battle of first bull run

Question 4

so. economy after the war

Answer 4

destroyed

Question 5

no. economy after the war

Answer 5

prosperous because more people work in factories

Question 6

battle of vicksburg

Answer 6

US cut confeds through MS river

Question 7

fall of confederacy

Answer 7

due to lack of resources and after the failed attept at picketts charge, the Confeds decided to surrender

Question 8

Legacy of CW

Answer 8

Gov gets more powerful. spend a lot of money and lives on civil war. finally the US is united

Question 9

Andrew johnson

Answer 9

man that took over after lincoln died. disliked because they thought he was to lenient on the south.

Question 10

reconstruction

Answer 10

lincoln said ten percent of voter had to pledge loyalty to union and blacks had to be freed, but no confed generals. johnson said majority had to pledge and 13 amendment had to be used(no slaves).

Question 11

agricultural and cattle expansionism from railroads

Answer 11

allowed for farming to be transported quick and easily

Question 12

the vanderbilts

Answer 12

owned the most railroads and controlled industry

Question 13

andrew carnegie, gospel of wealth

Answer 13

controlled all of the steel industry and gave most of his money to charity

Question 14

new inventions

Answer 14

made life easier especially for women. made them want to rebel and do something important

Question 15

alexander graham bell

Answer 15

made telephone

Question 16

thomas edison

Answer 16

improved lightbulb and made many things such as phonograph, camera

Question 17

henry ford

Answer 17

made ford motor company and model t and assembly line

Question 18

assembly line

Answer 18

made by henry ford so he could mass produce cars cheaper

Question 19

mass production

Answer 19

things were cheaper and more people buy= economy goes up.

Question 20

sherman anti-trust

Answer 20

1890 law that banned trusts and monopolies

Question 21

immigration

Answer 21

people come to us for a better life. often didn’t end up that way due to competition

Question 22

urbanization

Answer 22

rich people move from factories into rural areas. did not like crowds and poor people. made ghettos racism etc

Question 23

poverty, building codes

Answer 23

people die from cheap poor house= make building codes

Question 24

rise of labor union

Answer 24

people outraged about work ethics= make labor unions to help fight them= prices higher, people happier

Question 25

strike breakers

Answer 25

people that replace striking workers

Question 26

goals of progressivism

Answer 26

avoid corruption in polotics

Question 27

teddy roosevelt

Answer 27

help people get out of GDP

Question 28

american expansionism

Answer 28

take over land= more discrepancies and problems

Question 29

yellow journalism

Answer 29

people write about gossip headlines do it for sales. often biased

Question 30

spanish american war

Answer 30

maine blew up by cuba= war= take cuba and phillipines

Question 31

expansionism dangerous

Answer 31

leads to war