USA (1800s) Flashcards
William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention decrying the gold standard concluded with what famous line? This line contains the words by which this speech is commonly referred.
“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold”
This 17th century politician was often referred to as “The Great Commoner” for his populist positions. He served as the presidential candidate for the Democratic party in 1896, 1900 and 1908.
William Jennings Bryan
Among the legacy of trailblazing American chemist Ellen Swallow Richards is an extensive survey in her native Massachusetts in 1890, which led to the establishment of the nation’s first state-level quality standards for what?
Water
This “commodore” willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his four grandsons, and to his 8 daughters…well, not as much. He was convinced William was the only one capable of managing his empire.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which Western celebrity’s name became an early 20th century slang term for a sort of complimentary ticket to a theater show which, upon redemption, would have a hole punched through it to prevent reuse?
Annie Oakley
What astronomical term has been used by legal thinkers since the 1870s to refer to the set of rights implied, but not explicitly stated, in the U.S. Constitution?
Penumbra That area, including the right to privacy and other important matters of law, is usually called the Constitution’s “penumbra.”
This American Indian is known for their role as an interpreter during Lewis & Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana territory.
Sacagawea
While residents of modern Texas are referred to as “Texans”, what demonym was used for citizens (especially Anglo citizens) of the Republic of Texas (1836-46) and the prior period when the area was a part of Mexico?
Texian
What senator from Massachusetts railed against South Carolina’s attempt to nullify federal legislation by proclaiming, “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!”?
Daniel Webster
As it reminded settlers of the Rhine river valley, Hermann, Missouri was founded in 1842 to preserve the heritage of this country.
Germany
The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by this person.
Clara Barton
The Pig War was a 1859 bloodless conflict between the United States and United Kingdom over a border centered around what group of islands in the Pacific Northwest?
San Juan Islands
This former president was referred to as the “Dark Horse” candidate due to his unexpected nomination at the Democratic Convention.
James K. Polk
Booker T. Washington founded a school in this city in 1881.
Tuskegee
In 1832 Andrew Jackson complained that this institution “is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
The bank
Those wacky 19th century Democrats won with the campaign slogan “we Polked you in ’44. We shall“ do this to “you in ’52.”
(Franklin) Pierce
The 1851 Treaty of this Wyoming fort was an early attempt to resolve conflicts between Native Americans and settlers.
Fort Laramie
On a December day in 1890, about 200 Native Americans were slain by U.S. Army troops at this South Dakota location.
Wounded Knee
What portmanteau arose from a governor of Massachusetts during the 1810s and his partisan political activity that evoked a particular amphibian?
Gerrymander
Beginning in the mid-19th century, most Sioux peoples were organized within one of three loose confederations: the Santee-Sioux, the Yankton-Sioux, and the Teton-Sioux. These confederations are also known by alternate names, all of which rhyme. Give any one of these other three names for the Sioux confederations.
Dakota, Nakota, Lakota
In 1872 he wrote his thesis “Diseases of the Teeth” and soon after moved west to a drier climate for his health.
Doc Holliday
In 1899 a reunion of this alliterative squad took place with the Governor of New York fittingly on horseback.
Rough Riders
Fourteen years after this man turned down a Supreme Court appointment, he became our 6th president.
John Quincy Adams
The claim that his name inspired a phrase about getting a bad reputation is almost certainly apocryphal, and indeed his own reputation was surprisingly intact after his 1869 pardon, though attempts by his descendants to overturn his conviction have failed. What physician narrowly escaped execution for his role in the Lincoln assassination, which may or may not have been much more significant than his setting of John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1865?
Samuel Mudd
He’s better remembered for signing an infamous redistricting bill while Governor of Massachusetts.
Elbridge Gerry
President Lincoln said, “I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper.”
Emancipation Proclamation
On July 10, 1804 he wrote a letter of goodbye, just in case, to “my dearest Theodosia”; he lived until 1836.
Aaron Burr
He died in New Orleans on Dec. 6, 1889, a little over 20 years after his treason case had been dropped.
Jefferson Davis
Texas officially abolished slavery on the nineteenth day of what month in 1865?
It was June 19, which is the origin of the modern African-American celebration (and Ralph Ellison novel) called Juneteenth.
This political cartoonist is largely credited for creating the modern depiction of Santa Claus, based on the German figures of Sankt Nikolaus and Weihnachtsmann.
Thomas Nast
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo effectively ended which war?
Mexican-American War
