Semester Exam Flashcards
Who was the head of the Pullman Strike?
Eugene V. Debbs
Who wanted skilled workers?
AFL
Who were the yellow journalism leaders?
Pulitzer and Hearst
Who was the Open Door Policy intended for?
China
Major nations involved in exploration?
Spain, Portugal, England, France
Way of distributing land to settlers?
Headright System
In which colony were Catholics located in?
Maryland
Where was rice as indigo found?
South Carolina
First battle of Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Turning point in Civil War?
Saratoga
Single bloodiest day in war?
Battle of Antietam
General Custer and men defeated?
Battle of Little Bighorn or Custer’s Last Stand
Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
Harriet Stowe
Who wrote “Common Sense”?
Thomas Paine
Founder of standard oil?
Rockefeller
Director of one firm serves to another as director?
Interlocking
Who stressed importance to be powerful?
Mahan
Multi-family dwellings?
Tenements
No Japanese?
Gentleman’s Agreement
First nationwide strike?
Railroad Strike. (Pullman).
Who was in office during Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
X, Y, Z affair. Who?
John Adams
Who was head of Justice Supreme Court? Marburg v. Madison?
John Marshall
Which president promoted art and literature?
John Quincy Adams
First president to die in office?
Harrison
First to serve two non-consecutive terms?
Cleveland
President during Spanish-American War?
McKinley
Favored small states and equal representation?
New Jersey Plan
Calhoun… Clay… People who wanted to go to war?
War hawks
Who was “Old Ruff and Ready”?
Zachary Taylor
Who was the Platt Amendment for?
Cuba
Father of U.S. Constitution?
Madison
Created first national bank of U.S.?
Hamilton
Refused to pay taxes?
Thoreau
Hero of New Orleans?
Jackson
President known for Panic of 1812?
“Little Magician”. Van Buren
Jackson’s workers/cabinet?
Kitchen Cabinet
Slavery should not exist in new territories?
Wilmont Proviso
National Anthem?
Francis Scott
Preserve national ___?
Missouri Compromise
Counter proposal to Lincoln’s proposal?
Wade-Davis Bill
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
Leader of populist party and never became president?
William Bryan
Who shot Alexander Hamilton?
Burr
Inventor of cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who created the Uniform Time Zone?
C.F. Dowd
What was the one state not effected by reconstruction?
Tennessee
What was the five border states?
Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky
Amendment for universal male suffrage?
15th
What political cartoonist exposed Tweed?
Nast
Political and economic control?
Sphere of Influence
Owning every phase of the process?
Vertical ___?
Who invented the telephone?
Graham Bell
Who invented the typewriter?
Scholes
The only president to be thrown out of his party (Whig)?
Tyler
President can fire appointees?
Tenure of Office Act
Help freed slaves and poor whites?
Freeman’s Bureau
Corruption and depression. Who?
Grant
President during Mexican War?
Polk
President who didn’t do anything to seceding states?
Buchanan
Definition: Favored natural born Americans?
Nativism
President during Era of Good Feeling?
Monroe
Who introduced popular sovereignty and Great Compromise?
Douglas
Southerners who benefited in the north?
Scalawags
Leader of Free Soil Party and created first political machine?
Van Buren
Dollar Diplomacy. Who?
William Taft
First president of the Philippines?
Emilio Aguiano
Forced Cubans into camps…
Re-concentration Policy
Treaty that finally ended Mexican War?
Guadalupe Treaty
Forbid American colonists settling west of Appalachians?
Proclamation Act
After Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Act
Final battle of American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
Place where they surrendered to Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
“War is hell!” and targeted civilians?
Sherman
160 acres of land to each native?
Dawes Act
Quakers colony?
Pennsylvania
Colony of separation of church and state?
Rhode Island
Corporations become one?
Merger
Who created the telegraph?
Morse
President John Adams to silence his critics?
Alien Sedation Acts
Fought after War of 1812?
Battle of New Orleans
