question

Political aims of the South during the Civil War

answer

All the south had to do was get the North to accept the existence of the CSA

question

Political aims of the North during the Civil War

answer

Had to make the South surrender and admit defeat

question

Culture of the white south

answer

Believed the North was inferior and dominated by immigrants

question

Geography of the civil war in the south

answer

Had the benefit of interior lines of communications, as well as the support of the local population

question

President of the Confederate states

answer

Jefferson Davis

question

Military commander of the South

answer

Robert E. Lee

question

What did Lincoln do after the CSA fired on fort Sumter

answer

Called for a blockade of the coastline of the seceded states and requested 75,000 volunteer soldiers to enlist for 3 months

question

Who did Lincoln initially appoint for the union's general-in-chief

answer

Winfield Scott

question

What was the goal of the Confederacy

answer

Secure independence from the North and to establish an independent nation

question

What was the goal of the Union

answer

Initial goal was to reconcile the union and the final goal was to abolish slavery

question

The workers that went on strike during 1919 were thought to be led by who

answer

Communists who sought revolution in the USA

question

which immigrants were identified with communism

answer

eastern and southern immigrants from Europe

question

how does John D. Rockefeller associate with the communists

answer

there were multiple assassination attempts on high-profile Americans such as him (a billionaire)

question

red scares that followed the first World War and the wake of the Russian Revolution that included 6000 arrests were known as what

answer

Palmer Raids

question

Define Palmer Raids

answer

mass arrests of suspected revolutionaries

question

what did Palmer announce that contributed to the red scare but did actually follow through

answer

there was to be a huge communist demonstration in New York

question

Americans who supported executions believed what

answer

foreigners throughout the U.S. would not adopt their ways and were determined to overthrow the U.S.

question

contributions to the red scare included what 3 type of people

answer

immigrants, communist, and anarchist

question

example of anarchist that contributed to the red scare

answer

Sacco and Vanzetti who were Italian immigrants that were accused of carrying out an armed robbery in boston and later executed

question

what were communists blamed for

answer

bombs being mailed to business and government officials

question

Who supposedly became the leaders of the nation during the industrial revolution in the U.S.

answer

industrialists such as Andrew Carnegie and financiers such as J.P. Morgan

question

how did Carnegie do good with his fortune

answer

gave away much of his fortunes to charitable foundations and libraries

question

how were natural resources able to be exploited after the civil war

answer

improved communications and development of railways such as the Transcontinental Railway

question

what factors helped industrial revolution in the U.S.

answer

the U.S. was rich in natural resources, there was westward expansion, and massive immigration

question

what did high tariffs do

answer

kept out foreign goods

question

what are tariffs

answer

taxes on imported goods

question

where was the center of the iron industry

answer

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

question

where was the leading oil producer? and how much was it producing?

answer

Oklahoma / 25% of the nation's oil

question

define vertical integration

answer

where the firm controls all the stages in production and marketing of its product

question

2 examples of vertical integration

answer

Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

question

what are companies that control manufacture, supplies, and prices to ensure other firms cannot compete thereby guaranteeing maximum profit for themselves

answer

trusts and monopolies

question

how controlled steel in America

answer

Andrew Carnegie

question

how did many Americans react to trusts

answer

they saw them as un-American because smaller businesses could not compete

question

how did governments respond to big business

answer

enacted the interstate commerce act and the anti-Sherman trust act

question

what is the interstate commerce act

answer

suggested that all railroad charges should be reasonable causing railroad companies to publish their rates

question

define Sherman anti trust act

answer

declared any trust that restricted trade between states or foreign nations illegal

question

how was the interstate commerce act not effective

answer

it could not set rates

question

how was the Sherman anti trust act not effective

answer

the terms were vague and weakened by supreme court ruling

question

What were the 3 military strategies of the south?

answer

Passive defense, withdrawal, and offensive-defensive

question

What was the south trying to accomplish through passive defense?

answer

to protect the south's borders

question

What was the south trying to accomplish through withdrawal?

answer

To draw Northern forces into the South where they could be isolated and defeated

question

What was the south trying to accomplish through offensive-defensive

answer

To attack the North in certain areas while withdrawing in other areas and finally fighting a defensive battle

question

What were the 4 military strategies of the north?

answer

Strangle the south, provide a barrier in the north, set up a naval blockade, and gain control of the Mississippi River

question

What was a plan to defeat the rebellion by blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi river that would cut off and isolate the south from the outside world?

answer

Anaconda Plan

question

Who came up with the Anaconda Plan?

answer

Winfield Scott

question

How was Robert E. Lee the "greatest of the Southern generals" (name 3 points) ?

answer

Could validly judge an enemy's strength and location, was able to move his army many miles quickly, and knew when to attack and withdraw

question

Where did Grant and Lee both graduate from?

answer

West Point

question

Was Lee in favor of slavery?

answer

No he actually set his own slaves free, but believed that his state's rights were more important than the Union

question

Who had more resources? The north or the south?

answer

north

question

What could the north easily do that the south struggled with?

answer

had the ability to finance, equip, and transport twice as many soldiers than the South even had

question

how many people were in the north compared to the south?

answer

22 million in the north, 9 million in the south

question

What did the north have over 80% of that the south did not have?

answer

Wheat and oats

question

List 3 thing that the north had more of

answer

10x Industrial production capacity, 2x miles of railroad track, and 6x factories

question

What's the south's economic weapon against the north?

answer

cotton

question

What 5 advantages did the South over the north?

answer

Advantage of defending, geographical location, slaves, psychological advantages, and interior lines of communication

question

How were slaves beneficial to the south during the civil war?

answer

They would stay home and work while the white man went off to fight

question

How did cotton sales help the confederacy?

answer

Enabled the south to be able to buy military supplies

question

What is the right of any person under arrest to appeal to a court of law before being detained: this ensures that no one is held without sufficient legal evidence?

answer

Habeas Corpus

question

What means to liberate, or give freedom to, certain groups who are not allocated the same rights as other people?

answer

emancipation

question

How did the suspension of habeas corpus help the union?

answer

Kept the Border States in the union

question

What civil liberties did the south lose?

answer

Habeas corpus causing there to be more power in the military

question

What were the 2 key points of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

answer

Slavery would be allowed to continue and slaves would be set free in territories taken by the Union forces

question

Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

answer

He believed that it would greatly weaken the CSA's war effort and strengthen the USA by increasing recruitment into its army

question

What diplomatic benefit did the Emancipation Proclamation have for the union?

answer

Britain was more likely to support the North if it came out against slavery

question

How did the civil war impact life in the confederate states?

answer

Economic hardship, social divisions, political divisions, and rebelling slaves

question

What occurred when the majority of the labor force refuses to work, often until their demands are met or a compromise is agreed?

answer

general strike

question

How did slaves weaken the confederacy?

answer

Slaves were going on general strikes

question

What type of political division was there in the south?

answer

Union supporters remained in the south causing their presence to divide and weaken the CSA's war effort

question

What type of social division was there in the south?

answer

To escape the deprivations of war, many whites that had no slaves began to resent the ability of the better-off

question

What economic hardship did the south experience?

answer

The naval blockade by the North meant that the South's cash crop could not be exported to Britain and southerners suffered from inflation and food shortages

question

What type of people supported the war, but disliked Republican economic policies and Lincoln's violation of civil rights in wartime? They also joined the Republicans in the 1864 presidential election forming the National Union Party.

answer

War Democrats

question

What did Lincoln require for southern states to reintegrate into the U.S. that was known as the 10 percent plan?

answer

10% of southern electorate took a loyalty oath, support all existing act of congress relating to slavery, and allow some blacks to vote

question

Which amendment abolished slavery?

answer

13th

question

How was Johnson's 10% plan different from Lincoln's?

answer

50% electorate had to take an ironclad oath, excluded any role of future government from states that seceded, and demanded the abolishment of slavery

question

Which amendment addresses the equal protection and rights of former slaves?

answer

14th

question

What imposed military rule across the south?

answer

Reconstruction Acts

question

Which amendment gave all citizens on account of race or color the right to vote?

answer

15th

question

How was reconstruction not successful?

answer

Blacks in the south were denied the vote and education

question

Which compromise was a secret deal between the Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats that if the Republicans could have the presidency, the Democrats would be allowed to control the Southern states which would lead an end to reconstruction

answer

Compromise of 1877

question

Although slaves were technically free, how were they still trapped?

answer

By great poverty (worked as sharecroppers) and racism

question

What did the Jim Crow laws cause?

answer

Racial segregation

question

What were local and state laws that enforced racial segregation? For example, separate schools, drinking fountains, and public toilets?

answer

jim crow laws

question

What was one main reason corporations emerged?

answer

There was a complete absence of any rules or regulations

question

What was congress largely dominated by and highly responsive to?

answer

Dominated by business interests and responsive to the needs of US industry and overseas trade

question

Who was responsible for the electric light bulb and the first industrial research laboratory?

answer

Thomas Edison

question

Why is the Gilded Age known as the Gilded Age?

answer

Mark Twain named the age this because its relative prosperity functioned as a thin layer of gold masking serious social problems beneath the surface

question

What was an alliance of US farmers committed to fighting monopolies over grain transport and storage?

answer

Grangers

question

Who were a more radical and democratic group, in favor of a wide range of social reforms?

answer

Populists

question

What was the panic of 1873?

answer

American banking system was in poor conditions, New York Stock Exchange had to close, and unemployment temporarily soared

question

What was the panic of 1893?

answer

unexpected bankruptcies in industries, ranging from banks to railways plus a shortage of cash

question

What was the Panic of 1907?

answer

failure of a large trust that led to the collapse of banks

question

Who helped during the panic of 1907

answer

President Roosevelt and the great financier JP Morgan prevented the crisis from spreading

question

Where di Northern European immigrants tend to go in the U.S.

answer

west

question

What started in Russia, and spread to parts of Eastern Europe by the late 19th century? These pogroms were violent, state-condoned mob attacks on Jews and their properties.

answer

anti-Semitic pogroms

question

Why did some Americans not like immigrants

answer

saw them as an obstacle to reform, kept wages down, and businesses used them as strike breakers

question

What were 2 major problems with rapid urbanization

answer

spread of slums and the establishment of corrupt and inefficient systems for managing these new cities

question

What were the 10 reasons for the progressive movement

answer

unemployment, no welfare system, bad living and working conditions, serious decline of agriculture, failings of political parties, trusts and monopolies, fear of revolution, desire for women's rights, criticism from journalists and writers, and rise in immigration

question

What were two sever and vital utilizes that were totally absent in some areas of urbanization

answer

clean water and sewage disposal

question

broadly, what did the progressives want

answer

greater regulation of business by federal or state government and to protect citizens against business exploitation

question

Which amendment advocated an income tax

answer

16th

question

which amendment allowed for direct election of senators

answer

17th

question

which amendment prohibited alcoholic beverages

answer

18th

question

which amendment gave women the right to vote

answer

19th

question

about how many important acts passed under Woodrow Wilson

answer

around 10

question

about how many constitutional changes occurred under Woodrow Wilson? Which amendment did he start with

answer

4, 16th

AICE US History paper 2 – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards