Post Civil War

Question 1

Liberator

Answer 1

newspaper about abolition
written by William Lloyd Garrison

Question 2

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 2

written by Harriet Stowe
talked about the horrors of slavery

Question 3

kansas-nebraska act

Answer 3

divided lousiana territory into two states
nebraska: union
kansas: confederate

Question 4

bleeding kansas

Answer 4

southerners got violent

Question 5

John Brown & Harper’s Ferry

Answer 5

he tried to raid the ferry which was full of weapons
failed and got hanged
credited for being a catalyst for the civil war

Question 6

Progressive Movement

Answer 6

tried to improve things for the poor and middle class

Question 7

Jane Addams

Answer 7

created settlement houses for poor urban immigrants
taught them English
taught them useful jobs
helped with the womens rights movement

Question 8

temperance

Answer 8

alcohol prohibition
18th amendment

Question 9

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Answer 9

regulated businesses preventing them from being monopolies

Question 10

the jungle

Answer 10

a novel exposing the horrors of the meat packaging industry

Question 11

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 11

prioritized conservation of natural resources
created national parks system focused on preserving resources and environments

Question 12

labor unions

Answer 12

workers that fought for better working conditions and spoke out about the abuse of employers and industrialization

Question 13

Sarah Bagley

Answer 13

founder of Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
union movement

Question 14

Pullman Strike

Answer 14

protest against Pullman company
railroad workers refused to move Pullman cars
president intervened with troops

Question 15

Railway Labor Act

Answer 15

removed ability of labor unions to strike against railroad and airline industries

Question 16

Wagner Act

Answer 16

people can organize and strike for basic worker rights

Question 17

Taft Hartley Act

Answer 17

restricted powers of labor unions

Question 18

Seneca Falls Convention

Answer 18

when women gathered for their rights
organized by Elizabeth and Lucretia
wrote Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
fought for franchise/suffrage

Question 19

Sojourner Truths speech

Answer 19

former slave gives a speech about abolition and women’s rights

Question 20

19th amendment

Answer 20

women suffrage

Question 21

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 21

ended ww1
reduced German military
no airforce for Germany
had to pay war debt
assume responsibility for actions
Germany was pissed

Question 22

WW1 Effects

Answer 22

economy thrived- inflation increased
workers were taken away the rights they had during war
more people moved to urban cities
soldiers that came back were unemployed
culture clashes with immigrants

Question 23

Butler Act

Answer 23

crime to teach evolution

Question 24

Scopes Monkey Trial

Answer 24

allowed evolution to be taught in schools

Question 25

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 25

Germany instigated war between mexico and US promised mexico to return their lost land Britian intercepted message and snitched to the us us officially joined ww1

Question 26

Russian Revolution

Answer 26

Lenin overtook tsar controlled Russia formed Soviet Union

Question 27

Great Depression

Answer 27

stock market crash economy decreased

Question 28

dust bowl

Answer 28

farmers lost land with dust storms

Question 29

smoot-hawley tariff act

Answer 29

tariff on imported goods from other countries other countries placed a retaliatory tariff international trade was bad

Question 30

New Deal

Answer 30

FDR made economic policies to help the economy he provided relief to unemployed/poor recovered the economy reformed the financial system made more jobs available like building damps, maintain parks, paid artists and writers still use social security and unemployment benefits

Question 31

fascism

Answer 31

strong gov controls everything germany spain and portugal

Question 32

communism

Answer 32

gov controls trade Russia

Question 33

appeasement

Answer 33

giving Germany what they want to prevent world war

Question 34

Pearl Harbor

Answer 34

Japan didnt want to fight agaisnt US Navy so they bombed US ships backfired bc no warfare was damaged US joined WW2

Question 35

D-Day

Answer 35

American joined WW2 officially and arrived in northern France

Question 36

United Nations

Answer 36

formed to prevent world wars american marshall plan: helped japan and europe rebuild

Question 37

internment

Answer 37

FDR feared japanese american loyalty to thier country gathered them and put them in a camp Japanese Americans lost land