Questions 9-20 of Pretest Flashcards
What Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of the Nations?
Thomas Paine
What else did Thomas Paine write?
The Crisis
What man is known as the Hero of Buena Vista?
Zach Taylor
What is Zach Taylor’s nickname.
Old, Rough and Ready
What war was Zach Taylor a part of?
Mexican-American
What election did Zach Taylor win?
1848
What woman wrote the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What amendment was for women’s suffrage?
19th
What man was elected president of the CSA?
Jefferson Davis
Where did Jefferson Davis go to school?
Westpoint Military Academy
Jefferson Davis was the senator of what state?
Mississippi
Where was the last battle of the revolutionary war held?
Yorktown, Virginia
Who was the commander of the battle of Yorktown?
Hamilton- he was artillery
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hudalgo
Who signed the treaty of Guadalupe-Hudalgo?
Nicholas Trist
What famous conquistador defeated the Aztecs in Mexico City?
Arnado Cortez
Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
Montezuma
What man won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Where is Lincoln from?
Kentucky
Who was Lincoln’s running mate?
Hannibal
Where is Hannibal from?
Maine
Term for the effort to rebuild the south after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
Who helped the most with the Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Andrew jackson was _________ and a _______
impeached; tailor
What man founded the Standard Oil Company?
Rockefeller
What college did Rockefeller found?
Univ. of Chicago
What kind of oil was Rockefeller known for?
Kerosene
What man founded U.S. Steel Corporation?
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie spent most of his money on
Libraries and he made Carnegie Hall
What man implemented the assembly line in factory production?
Henry Ford
What is Henry Ford known for?
Making 15 mil Model T’s
What president was known as the “Trust-Buster”?
Theodore Roosevelt
Where was Theodore Roosevelt the governor of before he became president?
NY
Where did Theodore Roosevelt go to college?
Harvard
What war did Theodore Roosevelt fight in?
Spanish-American War
