TMOA Key Dates/Laws

Question 1

When was the Louisianna Purchase?

Answer 1

1803

Question 2

How much was the Louisianna purchase?

Answer 2

$15 million

Question 3

When was the cotton gin invented?

Answer 3

1793
Increased production by 50x

Question 4

How many slaves in 1838?

Answer 4

2 million

Question 5

When was and what was the Missouri compromise?

Answer 5

1820
Equal number of slave and free states

Question 6

Name one of the five Civilised tribes

Answer 6

Cherokee
Creek
Seminole
Chocktaw
Chicasaw

Question 7

What act removed Native Americans from their land?

Answer 7

Indian Removal Act 1830

Question 8

What did the Indian Removal Act for some tribes cause?

Answer 8

Trail of Tears which caused over 6,000 deaths

Question 9

What year did the Gold rush start?

Answer 9

1848

Question 10

When did California become a state?

Answer 10

October 1849

Question 11

What did the government sign to not disrupt the Native Americans in the Gold Rush?

Answer 11

Fort Laramie Treaty

Question 12

When was Salt Lake City established?

Answer 12

Late 1840s

Question 13

What was the population of SLC in 1852?

Answer 13

10,000

Question 14

When was the American Civil war?

Answer 14

1861-1877

Question 15

Who were the two sides of the Civil War?

Answer 15

Union and Confederate

Question 16

What act allowed states to chose if they were free or not?

Answer 16

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 17

When was Abraham Lincoln elected?

Answer 17

1860

Question 18

When did slaves become free?

Answer 18

1st January 1863
due to the Emascaption Proclaimation

Question 19

What was the 13th Amendment?

Answer 19

Free the slaves

Question 20

What and when was the 14th Amendment?

Answer 20

Anyone born in USA had citizenship
1866

Question 21

What and when was the 15th Amendment?

Answer 21

Black people could vote
1870

Question 22

What did the USA government say in 1875?

Answer 22

Not their problem if Black people get bullied out of voting booths

Question 23

What act allowed the Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 23

Pacific-Railroad Act 1862

Question 24

How many Chinese immigrants worked on the Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 24

12,000

Question 25

What was the Homesteaders Act?

Answer 25

Offered people 160 acres of land for 5 years

Question 26

What industries doubled between 1880-1900

Answer 26

Cotton and Tobacco

Question 27

How many cities in 1900?

Answer 27

38