Variety Flashcards
made people who moved out west get free land to live on
homestead act
when william seward bought alaska in a card game
sewards folly
built by chinese& irish- crosses country-steel& coal indusrty flourish
tanscontinental railroad
trading areas so european countries didnt have to compete
sphere of influence
block off trade
blocka
president during civil war
lincoln
great general- trader who fights for south
Robert E Lee
where Lee surrenders
Appomattox court house
sent military to kill people and cut off supplies in the south
William T Sherma
destroy everything war tactic
total warfare
made ppl against slavery- opemed ppls eyes
Uncle To,s cabin
killed slave owners to free slaves
john brown
slave owner says slave can be free when he dies
dies
children want to keep slave as property
Dredd Scott case
cali becomes state, new slave laws
compromise pf 1850
states choose for themselves to have slavery or not
popular soverieignty
try to get rid of blacks
KKK
ppl from north that help rebuild south
carpetbaggers
laws for newly freed slaves
black codes
the draft
conscription act of 1865
issue of federal power vs. state power was a cause of whatcwar?
civil war
what immediate effect did the election of lincoln have on the us?
south broke away from us
civil war
south adv. and disadv.
north adv.& disadv.
s- more military leadership more experienced-didnt have alot of people
n- had a lot of people and money- not alot of military leadership
what was the official start of the civil war
fort sumter
turning point of civil war?
gettysburg
what did the battle of monitor amd merrimac represent
new technology
what did battle of vicksburg do
gave us control of mississippi
what are some reasoms for develpment of plantation in the sough
good soil, temp& farming
lots of people
man who likes to strike- AFL- union leader of knights of labor
samuel gompers
union leadree of knights of labor
terence powderly
responisble for pullman strike
eugnee v debs
had skilled and unskilled workers
restricting immigration
8 hr day
equal pay
knights of labo
resteict immmigration
8 hr day
equal pay
american federation of labor
made how the other half lives
photojournalist
jacob riis
ways to keep out immigrants
chines exclusion act
gentlemens agreement
ways for company to become a monopoly
pools
william tweed- political job making machine took place at
tammmany hall
man who gave immigrants jons amd food if they voted for who he said
william tweed
wealthy ppl who got wealthy from other americans
robberbarrons
strike that government saw
result of buisness
pullman strike
list labor unions goals in late 1800s
short work days
higher pay
during 1880-1920 moat immigrants came to the us from
ireland
what were some results lf tne groth of the industry in the us during the 19th century
citys grew
america became one of the wealthiest countries
stock market crashed
black tue
our stragey to beat japense
island hoppin
to fight communism we made the
truman doctrine
14 points
outlawed what caused ww1
containmen
what event marked the us involvement in ww1
sinking of lusitania
what new tech did the germans use in ww1
uboat submarine
cause of great depression
consumers overspent
producers overproduce
what started ww2
german invasion of poland
event marked us entry into ww2
japanese attack on pearl harbor
study of $& business
economics
laissez fairs
govs plan to keep peoples lives away from buisness
assembly line makes us think of
henry ford
states towns man,ade boundaries are for ____ maps
political
mountains rivers lakes are for ___ maps
physical