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SS 4 (C)
Social Studies - Ch. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was President Lincoln assassinated? | Ford's Theater |
| Who assassinated President Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| When was President Lincoln assassinated? | 5 days after the end of the Civil War |
| What abolished slavery? | The 13th ammendment |
| What were Black Codes? | Laws limiting the rights of former slaves |
| What happened when President Johnson was impeached? | He was acquitted by 1 vote. |
| What did the Freedmen's Bureau do? | It aided all needy people, but former slaves were it's main concern. |
| What was the Freedmen's Bureau's most important work? | Education |
| When was gold discovered near Pikes Peak, Colorado? | In 1858 |
| Who invented an improved steel plow for the tough dry soil? | James Oliver |
| What is sharecropping? | Workers are paid in shares of crops rather than cash |
| Where was Cheyenne, Wyoming? | At the end of a cattle trail |
| What was the purpose of The Transcontinental Railroad? | To link the Atlantic and Pacific coasts |
| Who invented the air brake? | George Westinghouse |
| What contribution did the air brake make? | Made trains safer by stopping each car |
| Who invented the blast furnace? | Henry Bessemor |
| What did a blast furnace do? | Melted iron ore to make steel |
| Who started the Standard Oil Company? | John D. Rockefeller |
| How did John D. Rockefeller make his company more profitable? | By building its own barrels, pipelines, warehouses, and tank cars |
| What was the Great Migration? | When many African Americans moved north to look for jobs. |
| When did the Great Migration occur? | From 1915-1930 |