key facts: 1865 - 1890

Question 1

when/what was the emanci[ation proclamation

Answer 1

1862

ebolish slavery in conquered states

Question 2

when and what was the 13th ammendment

Answer 2

1865

ebolish slavery everywhere

Question 3

when and what was the 14th ammendment

Answer 3

1868

confirmed rights and citizenship of blacks and banned restrictive privelages

Question 4

when and what was the 15th ammendment

Answer 4

1870

right to vote couldnt be denied based on colour, race, previous servitude

Question 5

when and what were the enforcement acts

Answer 5

1870-71

criminal offence to restrict civil and political rights of others

Question 6

when and what was the civil rights act

Answer 6

1875

guarenteed blacks equal accomodation in public places (lacked enforcement - soon vetoed)

Question 7

when and what was the southern compramise

Answer 7

1877

withdraw millitary from the south - end reconstruction

Question 8

when and what was the belknap scandal

Answer 8

1867

secretary of war resigns for taking backhanders

Question 9

what was the whiskey ring

Answer 9

private secretary defrauds million in whiskey taxing

Question 10

when was the gold scandal

Answer 10

1869

Question 11

when was the salary grab

Answer 11

1873

Question 12

when and what was the colfax massacre

Answer 12

1873

150 blacks killed after they caused a republican to be elected

Question 13

when and what was the amnesty act

Answer 13

1872

allowed some ex confederates back into politics

Question 14

when was the 1st economic depression

Answer 14

1873

Question 15

how many black senator and represantatives were there

Answer 15

2 and 20

Question 16

who was hayes

Answer 16

77-81
want to end spoils system
dealt with railroad strikes

Question 17

who was garfield

Answer 17

81

support civil service reforms and reform postal service

Question 18

who was arthur

Answer 18

81-84

end spoils system, federal immigration law, chinese exclusion, 1883 tariff act

Question 19

when and what was the pendleton act

Answer 19

1883

end spoils system and reform civil service

Question 20

who was cleveland

Answer 20

84-88

muddy election - supported by mugwumps - continued civil service reform - wont fire good republicans

Question 21

how many immigrants by 1890

Answer 21

10 million

Question 22

when was the first stock crash

Answer 22

1873

Question 23

when was NAWSA established

Answer 23

1890

Question 24

when and what was the granger movement

Answer 24

1867

united farmers against railroad companies

Question 25

what was the population in 1860 and 1880

Answer 25

31.5 million and 50 million

Question 26

how many immigrants were there by 1870

Answer 26

2.8 million

Question 27

how many miles of track laid by 1900

Answer 27

170,000

Question 28

how many people did the transcontinental tail take west by 1900

Answer 28

1 million

Question 29

when was the transcontinental rail created

Answer 29

1869

Question 30

how many laboures unemployed becuase of 1873 depression

Answer 30

1 million

Question 31

what was the population in chicago in 1850 and 1890

Answer 31

30,000 and 1 million

Question 32

what was the price of a bushel of wheat in 1866 and 1869

Answer 32

1.45 and 0.76

Question 33

who was rockefeller

Answer 33

1862 first oil refinery - 1870 standard oil company - 85% industry - philanthropy

Question 34

who was carnegie?

Answer 34

bessemer converter - monopolise steel production - 480 million empire - vertical integration - philanthropy

Question 35

how many farms were there in 1870 and 1890

Answer 35

148,000 and 285,000

Question 36

how many west residents were there in 1860 and 1890

Answer 36

760,00 and 6 million

Question 37

when and what was the sherman anti-trust act

Answer 37

1890 | trusts and monopolisation illegal (not well enforced)

Question 38

what did the granger movement want

Answer 38

``` silver staandard industrial moderisation reduce rail prices reduce intrest on loans 800,000 members - 1 grnage in every state ```

Question 39

when and what was Munn vs Illinois

Answer 39

1876 | sided with grangers over maximum charge of grain storage

Question 40

when and what was the knights of labour movement

Answer 40

``` 1869 terrence powderly 8hour shift no child labour gradual income tax 750,000 members becuase paralised southwest rail ```

Question 41

when and what was the dawes act

Answer 41

1887 | broke up reservations

Question 42

how much was paid for native children to be put in schools

Answer 42

2.5 million 20,000 children 148 boarding schools 1899

Question 43

how many people did the transcontinental rail carry west in 1870 and 1882

Answer 43

15,000 and 1 million

Question 44

when and what was the monroe doctrine?

Answer 44

1823 | america shouldnt get involved in european affairs unless in their intrests

Question 45

when and what was miday island

Answer 45

1867r | for guano and trade

Question 46

when and what was the burlingame treaty

Answer 46

1868 | trade and transport with china

Question 47

when was the colonisation of dominican republic rejected becuase they were savages

Answer 47

1869

Question 48

when and how much did america buy alaska for

Answer 48

1867 | $7.2 million

Question 49

when and how much gold was found in yukon

Answer 49

1896 | 7 million

Question 50

when did canada become self governing

Answer 50

1867

Question 51

what hostilities between britain and america

Answer 51

britian blamed for deaths from alabama ship america wanted 2 billlion or control of canada (they got 15.7 million)

Question 52

when and what was the first agreement with hawaii

Answer 52

1875 | tax free import of sugar

Question 53

when and what was the renewal deal with hawaii

Answer 53

1887 | pearl harbour

Question 54

when was pan americanism conference

Answer 54

1881

Question 55

when did the knights of labour strike against jay gould

Answer 55

1885

Question 56

when was the sherman anti trust act undermined by a court case

Answer 56

1895 | US vs E.C Knight said sugar refining not monopolising

Question 57

what did the 1893 depression cause

Answer 57

15,000 companies and 600 banks to close

Question 58

when and what was the repeal of the silver purchase act

Answer 58

1893 increase confidence in market after deprssion (done by cleveland)

Question 59

who competed and won the 1896 election

Answer 59

Bryan and mcKinley McKinley won becuase of money and publicity Bryan was populist democrat who wanted silver standard