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Am hist 1st Q CA
1st Q review for CA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was outcome of the Dred Scott decision? | Slaves have no rights because they are property |
| Main goal of A. Lincoln prior to the civil war? | Restore the Union |
| Advantages SOUTH had during civil war? | Military leadership |
| Who did not benefit in system of sharecropping? | Sharecropper |
| 13th amendment | ended slavery |
| 14th amendment | you are a citizen if you are born in USA or naturalized. |
| 15th amendment | suffrage (right to vote) can't be denied on basis of race |
| What ended reconstruction? | Compromise of 1877 |
| What changes in political power occured after civil war? | Federal Government became stronger than States |
| Why did Republican governments in South struggle after the civil war? | White Southerners refused to accept African Americans as equals |
| Why were civil rights laws passed during reconstruction? | To abolish Black codes |
| How were southerners individual property rights protected during Reconstruction? | Former confederates got their land back. |
| How were Native Americans treated by government policies? | They were forced to move onto reservations |
| What was the Homestead Act? | Gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who would improve it for 5 years. |
| What effect did Transcontinental railroad have on the West? | Made it easier for Migrants to move West |
| Populist Party: who were they and what did they want? | Farmers who wanted an increase in money supply to raise crop prices. |
| What allowed factories to be built anywhere? | electricity |
| What was special about Pullman, Illinois? | Town was built by company for its factory workers |
| Social Darwinism: what did they feel about government involvement? | Laissez Faire-hands off. No government regulations! |
| How did the government try to regulate monopolies in early 1900's? | break up trusts |
| How did Labor Unions help workers? | Won shorter hours and better pay |
| What were settlement houses and who created them? | Social reformers set up places in the community to help the provide the poor and immigrants with Social, Cultural, and Educational help |
| What is Americanization? | Assimilate people of various cultures into American society |
| What made it hard for immigrants to assimilate? | Racism and resentment |
| An example of Checks and Balances | President Johnson vetoes Radical Republican's plan for reconstruction. |
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