Packet 1/page 9 Flashcards
One of the programs set up under Roosevelt’s New Deal was the TVA. What does TVA stand for?
Tennessee Valley Authority
In 1935 Congress passed an act that said most workers had to pay a small part of their income into a special government fund to provide services after retirement. What do we call that fund?
Social Security
What American first lady became the “eyes and ears” for her husband, who could not travel because of his paralysis due to polio?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What battleship was sunk during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, killing more than 1,000 American sailors?
the Arizona
During WWII, the U.S. was allies was Great Britain, China, and what country?
the Soviet Union
In 1868, what U.S. president was impeached for trying to block plans for rebuilding the South?
Andrew Johnson
After the Civil War, what was the name of the organization that helped to build schools and colleges for African Americans?
Freemen’s Bureau
After the Civil War, what was the name given to the greedy Northerners who came South to “get rich quick”?
carpetbaggers
What was the name given tot he time period during which the eleven Confederate states were brought back into the Union?
Reconstruction
What capital of the Confederacy fell on April 3, 1865?
Richmond
What was ABraham Lincoln’s nickname?
Honest Abe
What Supreme Court decision, stating that Congress could not exclude slavery from any territory, pushed the North and South closer to the Civil War?
Dred Scott Decision
What songs, often sung by African slaves, blended the old music of Africa and the newly learned Christian religion?
spirituals
Prior to the Civil War, what imaginary line was the unofficial boundary between the NOrth and the South?
Mason-Dixon line
In 1799, what ruler gave France the legal system they use to this day?
Napoleon I
