Test 1 (Industrialization)

Question 1

What was the ordinance Lincoln passed in 1863 to reconstruct?

Answer 1

Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Question 2

What provided 3/4 of South’s income following the civil war?

Answer 2

Cotton

Question 3

What was the 10% plan?

Answer 3

after 10% of the voters of each confederate state registered pre-war re-registered, you could rejoin with the U.S..

Question 4

What did the Emancipation do regarding slaves?

Answer 4

Freed slaves in southern-controlled areas, kept slaves in union-controlled areas.

Question 5

In reaction to the 10% plan, congress created what? What was it?

Answer 5

The Wade Davis Bill. Congress wanted the majority of voters in a state to take a loyalty oath (saying they have always been loyal to the union), not just 10% of the voters.

Question 6

Lincoln didn’t sign the Wade Davis Bill, he just let it fall onto the next President. What is this process called?

Answer 6

Pocket Veto

Question 7

Lincoln’s vice president, who was the only senator from the south to remain loyal to the union.

Answer 7

Andrew Johnson

Question 8

Andrew Johnson got rid of the 10% plan. What two things did a confederate state do to gain re-entry?

Answer 8

Recognize slavery no longer exists and that secession was wrong.

Question 9

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Answer 9

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

Question 10

What did the Joint Committee on Reconstruction do?

Answer 10

Investigated abuses in the South (regarding slavery).

Question 11

In 1866 Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act, which was then passed over his head by congress. What did it declare?

Answer 11

That all persons born in U.S. are entitled to the same rights - excluding Native Americans.

Question 12

What was the Freedman’s Bureau Bill?

Answer 12

Government agency that helped slaves transition to freedom (education, lawyers, bankers, etc.)

Question 13

What did the 14th amendment do?

Answer 13

• all persons born in the U.S. are citizens
• prohibits the states from denying U.S. citizens rights
• no compensation for slave owners losing their “property”

Question 14

What two things did the Military Reconstruction Act do?

Answer 14

1. All states voided that tried to rejoin the union (except TN)
2. Divided the south into 5 military districts with 5 military governors.

Question 15

What was the Tenure of Office Act?

Answer 15

You can’t dismiss a cabinet member without Senate approval.

Question 16

What man, serving as Secretary of War, did Andrew Johnson wish to dismiss from the cabinet?

Answer 16

Edwin Stanton

Question 17

What term describes someone who is selling out southern democrats?

Answer 17

Scalwag

Question 18

What term describes people who want to recover democratic control in the South?

Answer 18

Redeemer

Question 19

What was the 15th amendment?

Answer 19

The rights of citizens shall not be denied due to race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 20

What political group did the KKK support? What were they primarily against?

Answer 20

Supported Southern Democrats

Against Black Republicanism

Question 21

What was the Credit Mobilier Scam?

Answer 21

The railroad companies sent false tickets to Congress asking for funding and pocketed the money. Many politicians were involved with the scam, including the Vice President.

Question 22

What was the Whiskey Ring?

Answer 22

John MacDonald, a tax collector, didn’t charge distillers tax.

Question 23

What term is used to describe the political tactic of accusing southerners as those who killed our brothers?

Answer 23

The Bloody Shirt Concept

Question 24

What was the Compromise of 1877?

Answer 24

Hayes wins swing state of Louisiana, gives them a democratic governor and agrees to be a one-term president.

Question 25

What were the 9 components of W.W. Rostow’s takeoff effect regarding industrialization?

Answer 25

1. Natural Resources
2. Capital (Wealth)
3. Labor Force
4. Transportation
5. Technology
6. Capitalists
7. Friendly Government
8. Business Organization
9. Attitude

Question 26

What was the Immigration Act?

Answer 26

Limiting the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S..

Question 27

What act controlled the large number of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.?

Answer 27

The Chinese Exclusion Act.

Question 28

What citizen owned 91% of the U.S. refined oil?

Answer 28

John D. Rockefeller

Question 29

What industry was Andrew Carnegie involved in?

Answer 29

Steel Industry

Question 30

What process was discovered to yield higher grade steel?

Answer 30

Bessemer Process

Question 31

What city is the U.S.’s gateway to the West?

Answer 31

Chicago

Question 32

What police photographer depicted the poor living conditions of the poor and initiated action to help?

Answer 32

Jacob Riis

Question 33

Contrast Social Gospel and Social Darwinism.

Answer 33

S.G. - Applying Christian ethics to German Social Sciences (aiding the needy).

S.D. - Adopting survival of the fittest to human society, thought government shouldn’t help the weak.

Question 34

What is patronage?

Answer 34

loyal to your political party (often due to promising of a govt. job) - Stalwarts like this system. (Roscoe Coakling)

Question 35

What are half-breeds?

Answer 35

People who wanted to change patronage. (James G. Blaine)

Question 36

Who shot Garfield (for not accepting patronage?

Answer 36

Charles Guiteau

Question 37

What was the Pendleton Act of 1883?

Answer 37

Declared govt. jobs should be based on merit.