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39 Cards in this Set
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Describe Lincoln's plan to bring the country back together after the Civil war.
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Not to punish the south.
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Five days after Robert E Lee surrenders, what happened to President Lincoln?
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He was assisinated
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The Thirteenth Amendment says:
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To end slavery
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The Fourteenth Amendment says:
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People born in the US, EXCEPT Native Americans and people to become US citizens, are citizens of the U.S and of the state they are from.
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The Fifteenth Amendment says:
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No citizen shall be denied to vote by "color or previous condition to servitude"
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Abraham Lincoln was assisinated at
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Ford's Theatre
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Why were black codes designed?
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The South wanted to limit the rights of African Americans
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The rights that African Americans were limited were:
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a Not allowed to vote
b Not allowed to work in certain businesses and forced to work without pay c Not allowed to travel freely d all of the above |
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The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Johnson in 1868. True/False
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False
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Andrew Johnson was acquitted (found not guilty) by the senate. True/False
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True
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Although President Johnson stayed in office, he was not respected as a leader. True/False
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True
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President Johnson decided to run another 4 years for president. True/False
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False
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The South after the war had many issues such as:
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a. Their money was worthless
b. Entire cities were burned c. Cattle was expensive d. a and b |
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List 2 things that the Freedman's Bureau DID for former slaves
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1. Gave food and supplies.
2. Educate. |
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List 2 things that the Freedman's Bureau COULD NOT do for former slaves
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1. Provide land to farm
2. Find work |
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One thing that Carpetbaggers and Scalawags have in common is:
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a. They both carried bags made out of carpet
b. They both were from the North c. They both were only white men d They both sometimes were scam artists |
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List 2 things that make Carpetbaggers and Scalawags different:
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1. Carpetbaggers both black and white and from the North
2. Scalawags are white from the South |
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The Sharecropper is paid:
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a by part of the crops
b by money c by given a place to stay d by gold |
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Due to having secret ballots, everyone know who was voting for whom. This lead a group knows as ________ to start a secret society to keep African Americans from voting.
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a.Black codes
b Carpetbaggers c Ku Klux Klan d Scalawags |
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A time of fast economic and population growth is known as
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Boom
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Many Americans did not want immigrants to live in the United States because
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a. they would take jobs away from American workers
b they wore different clothes c they had little education d both a and c |
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Due to many Americans not wanting the immigrants to live in the U.S., many immigrants faced_________ an unfair feeling of hate or dislike for being a member of a certain group.
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prejudice
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In 1860 the Chinese immigrants played an important role in the building of the___________________.
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Transcontinental railroad
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During the great migration, African Americans moved from the South to the_________ and _________.
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Western and Northern Europe.
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Abraham Lincoln wanted a peaceful return to the Union for the South. List at 3 things describing how the plan changed after Lincoln's death.
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1. The 13th Amendment was ratified to abolish slavery. 2. To return to the Union, a state also had to approve the 14th Amendment stating that persons born in the US are citizens which also protects their rights.
3. The 15th Amendent was ratifed stating that no citizen shall be denied the right to vote because of "race, color or previous condition of servitude." |
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Miners ran out west in 1849 due to news of gold and silver. True/False
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True
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Fights never broke out between prospectors that were mining because they would share their gold and silver. True/False
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False
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Many miners hurried to Colorado's Pikes Peak for gold in the mountains. True/False
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True
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The Homestead Act allowed any head of the household over 18 to acquire land. True/False
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False
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Conflict arose between the settlers in the west and the Native Americans. True/False
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True
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List 3 cities that grew in the end of the cattle trails?
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a Nebraska
b Cheyenne c Wyoming |
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Because of the tough sod out west, this was important for the homesteaders to have:
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a. a lot of plants
b a steel plow c children to work for them d none of the above |
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Battle of Little Bighorn was also known as?
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Custer's Last Stand
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Which Native American tribe did General Custer encounter and fight?
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Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse (Chief Joseph)
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A railroad that stretches across the entire continent is called?
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Transcontinental railroad
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My Standard Oil company once controlled most of the oil refining in the U.S.
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John Rockefeller
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I improved railroad by inventing air brakes.
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George Westinghouse
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I came up with a new process in Britain that was important to steel.
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Henry Bessemer
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I started a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey where in 1874 I developed a telegraph system.
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Thomas Edison.
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