PERIOD 5

Question 0

Morrill land grant act

Answer 0

Transferred western land to state governments, who could sell it to generate funds for education

Question 1

California gold rush

Answer 1

Created the need for law and order in the west

Question 2

Homestead act of 1862

Answer 2

Permitted citizens to claim land cheaply in west

Question 3

National bank acts 1863

Answer 3

Created new national banking system
Absorbed all the little banks

Created uniform currency

Question 4

Draft riots

Answer 4

Most violent ever in NYC
Blamed blacks for the war
Irish angry

Question 5

Copperheads

Answer 5

“Peace democrats” dems opposed to war

Question 6

Lincolns radical actions

Answer 6

Martial law

Question 7

1864 election

Answer 7

Lincoln’s reelection majority electoral

Question 8

Confiscation acts

Answer 8

Declared confederate military slaves free

Emancipation
Result in radical republicans gain influence

Question 9

Emancipation proclamation

Answer 9

Made all confederacy slaves free (not boarder states)

Question 10

Confederate funding problems

Answer 10

Asked states for money nicely and they all were like nah not feelin it

Question 11

Jefferson Davis

Answer 11

Confederate “president”
Moderate (ofc)
Shitty

Question 12

General Winfield Scott

Answer 12

Shitty general in civil war Lincoln was like nah son

Question 13

George b McClellan

Answer 13

Arrogant and shitty civil war general

Question 14

Ulysses s grant

Answer 14

Awesome general
Attached the resources not the territory
Lincoln’s favorite child

Question 15

Robert e lee

Answer 15

Military dude for the confeds

Question 16

Trent affair

Answer 16

British getting in With south union is like what the fuck man

It all happened with boats idk

Question 17

Dread Scott decision

Answer 17

Federal government was powerless to discuss the rights of slavery within states

Was drastic and startling

Question 18

Buchanan

Answer 18

Timid timid timid

Did like nothing

Question 19

Election of 1844

Answer 19

No one wanted to talk about annexation of Texas

Polk swooped in and was like YAS TEXAS so he won

Question 20

54-40 or fight

Answer 20

Loose talk of war between America and British over Canadian boarder

No one wanted war so Brits relented
Fixed at 49th parallel

Question 21

Mexican war

Answer 21

Support split in America

Victorious

Question 22

Bear flag revolution

Answer 22

The mess of fighting in California

John c Fremont leading a group, the navy, And settlers against Mexicans

Question 23

Zachary Taylor

Answer 23

Good commander in Mexican war became president after narrow victory

Question 24

Free soil party

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Emergence signaled the discontent and disapproval of slavery

Question 25

William h Seward

Answer 25

After Calhoun died. Wanted slaVERY DED

Question 26

Stephen a Douglas

Answer 26

Democrat, westerner Devoted to personal and sectional gain Wanted railroads and shit CALLED CLAYS compromise of 1850 bill OMINOUS And tried to kill it

Question 27

Millard fillmore

Answer 27

Z Taylor's shitty replacement after he died. | Dull but HANDSOME

Question 28

Ostend manifesto

Answer 28

Plans for taking Cuba that leaked and got everyone all uppity because they thought it was like a secret slave state

Question 29

South opinion on annexation

Answer 29

Opposed all new territory that would not openly allow slaves

Question 30

Election of 1856

Answer 30

Boring Buchanan | Everyone playing it safe

Question 31

America claim of Oregon

Answer 31

Good farming produced Oregon ferver to settle south of Columbian

Question 32

Manifest destiny

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Fueled explanation including Mexican California and the annexation of Texas

Question 33

Causes of Mexican war

Answer 33

Annexation of Texas Pushing Mexico to sell California Assertion of boarder by Polk and Slidell

Question 34

Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo 1848

Answer 34

Ended Mexican war Mex recognize rio grande as boarder Us pay 15 mill and assume claims against Mexico

Question 35

Clayton bulwark treaty

Answer 35

Great Britian and America both wanted the general canal and they were like we can share

Question 36

Booker t Washington

Answer 36

Spokesman for blacks in south Born into slavery Encouraged blacks to attend schools and such

Question 37

Jim Crow laws

Answer 37

Restricting laws encouraging segregation and such

Question 38

Chinese immigrants

Answer 38

First Americans were like yeah, but then their success in west was see as a threat. Chinese exclusion act

Question 39

Chinese exclusion act

Answer 39

Reflection of perceived threat of Chinese | Ban emigration and prevented Chinese from becoming citizens

Question 40

Anti coolie clubs

Answer 40

Anti Chinese agitation and violence Didn't employ Chinese Created by Irish immigrant

Question 41

Characteristics of western working class

Answer 41

Multiracial

Question 42

Romance of west

Answer 42

``` Rocky Mountain school Cowboy myth (Owen wister) Fredric Remington (cowboy) ```

Question 43

Sand creek massacre

Answer 43

Eastern Sioux killed 700 whites when rebelling against restrictions imposed

Question 44

Indian hunting

Answer 44

Sport of whites popular in California Factor in reduction of Indian populations 1850-80

Question 45

Little Bighorn

Answer 45

Montana 1876 | Indians vs whites

Question 46

Building transcontinental railroad

Answer 46

Chinese workers made up 90% They didn't complain ^ After this Chinese went out of work