Unit 4 - Lecture Questions

Who did Abraham Lincoln jokingly blame the civil war on?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Why did abraham Lincoln wait unitl the battle of antitum to declare the emancipation proclamation?

He waited to not seem weak and presented at a time they were in a position of power.

Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, desptie what major handicap in the south?

He was not put on the ballot

What sociologist coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

Herbert Spencer

What was the primary concern about George McClellan leading the Union army?

His murky loyalties on slavery.

What two incidents did your teacher claim explains why Andrew Carnegie was so involved in philanthropy?

Homestead Strike and Johnstown Flood.

What were two black colleges mentioned in class?

Howard and Fisk

Name two of the three reasons why the population doubled during the gilded age?

Immagration and Medical Advancement

What two of three cities surpassed the 1 million mark in population?

New York and Chicago

While Lincoln was being assassinated, waht two government people were attacked?

Johnson and Seward

What was the most common tactic settlers and government policies used to eliminate Indian culture?

KIlling off Buffalo

What legislation caused Americans, pro-slavery and anti-slavery alike to pour into Louisiana territory in the mid 1950's?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was sharecropping like?

Late 19th century feudalism.

What are black codes?

Laws made to suppress Freedmen, such as segregation.

Name and Explain at least 2, 19th century arguments against slavery?

Moral (cruel and wrong) and Economic (slavery is holding back industrialization)

What were 2 advantages of the Union in the civil war?

More Supplies and larger population

Name two of the three slave rebellions discussed in class?

Nat Turner and John Brown

What were the black codes?

Slavery in everything but name

What did the Dred Scott decision prove to the abolitionists?

They had to amend the constitution.

What railroad system finally connected the two halves of the country?

Transcontinental Railroad

What is the "Lost Cause" narrative?

Trying to reshape history to say that the south fought the civil war over states rights and freedom over slavery.

Who defeated Johnson in the election in the election of 1868?

Ulysses S. Grant

Due to not following the traditional role of after battle, Grant got what name?

Unconditional Surrender Grant

Name two reasons Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation?

Undermine southern economy and free slaved because it was immoral.

What is social darwinism?

Using darwinism to justify white imperialism

Was Lincoln an abolitionist or antislavery advocate?

We don't know

How does the meaning of the word gilded influence mark Twain's opinion on the gilded age?

We had really rich people and really poor people, if we scratched the gold there was metal underneath.

What was grant's strategy for the war?

Wear out the south

what broader historical question did Fredrick Douglass force with Americans to come to terms with?

What genius was lost to slavery?

What is laissez faire?

Where the government is not involved in the economy.

Name and explain two 19th century agruments for slavery?

White Man's Burden and African economic status would plummet after emancipation.

Who was Grant's second in command, and proclaimed he was "gonn amak georgia howl..."?

William Sherman

Why did Wyoming initially refuse to join the Union and become a state?

Would have to give up women voting rights.

By WW1 how much product came from the US?

1/3

What was the civil war called?

"A Rich Man's war but a poor man's fight"

What were two questions that lincoln opposed at the end of the civil war?

"How would we integrate slaves into the economy" and "How would we reintegrate former confederates back into the union."

In the 19th century, how much of the world's cotton came from the American south?

3/4 or 75%

Aproximately how many casualties in the civil war?

600,000

What did Historian Ken Burns call Ulysses Grant?

A failrure at everything excpet marriage and war.

While the public saw antium as a union victory others who knew what happened saw it as?

A missed opportunity

What did the 13th amendment do?

Abolish Slavery

What is the central difference between abolitionist and anti-slavery advocates?

Abolitionists wanted rights and anti-slavers didn't want rights

What was the final battle of the Civil war?

Appomattox Courthouse

What were two advantages for the Confederate in the Civil war?

Better Leadership and Home-field advantage

Name and explain at least 2, 19th century arguments in favor of slavery?

Biblical (Curse of Ham), and Political (states' rights)

Although war is big and destructive, can it also be?

Boot the economy

What distinguishes "Chattel Slavery" from other historical forms of slavery, like "indentured servitude?"

Born into slavery and considered property

Who ran the now-infamous political machine in new york?

Boss Tweed

Name any two pieces of the republican party platforms to end savery?

Buying slaves' freedom and stop slavery from spreading

What ensured the re-election of Abraham Lincoln?

Capture of Atlanta

What infamous act replaced the burlingame treaty?

Chinese Exclusion Act

what did your teacher say was the precursor to the Transatlantic Slave trade?

Columbian Exchange

Name two details discussed in class about the conditions on African Slave ships?

Cramped and Unclean

Name the two Indian chiefs that joined forces to fight the Sioux war?

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

What characteristic did your teacher claim is often ignored when discussing the continent of Africa?

Extremely Diverse

Whar is a political Machine?

Designed to vote specific people to office to manipulate the gov.

Why did your teacher claim that Conele Custer's role in the great Sioux war was complicated?

Despite being known for being honorable he was the one who leaked that their was gold in the Dakota's.

Why didn't the emancipation proclamation free slaves in border states?

Didn't have constitutional authority to.

Which of the major arguments against slavery turned out to be the most persuasive?

Economic- slavery was holding the US back

What was the immediate cause of the civil war?

Election of 1860

Name any two pieces of the republican platform regarding slavery?

Emancipation and Buyback program

Name two of the three most common ways to respond to slavery?

Escape and Fight Back

What group made up the majority of ranchers and cowboys in the west, especially after the Civil War?

Ex-Slaves

How many immigrants came to the US between the 1850's to 1860's?

Five Millions

What did your teacher say was the most important value that all treaties must be based on?

Forgiveness

What did your teacher say was the most important value that all treaties must be built upon?

Forgiveness

What is the Lost Cause narrative?

Former Confederates were saying that the civil war was about states rights and not slavery.

Name two of the three runaways discussed in class?

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman

What political organization was created to end slavery?

Free Soil Party

What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war that ended Lee's second Invasion of the North?

Gettysburg

What is the modern problem with Uncle Tom's Cabin?

It promoted a lot of bad stereotypes.

Historically name 2 of the three reasons people tended to be slaves?

Prisoners of War and Debtors

What did McClellan offer to do in the hopes of winnin the election of 1864?

Promoted peace/ending the war

Name two of the four description of the gilded age?

Rapid middle class grow and political corruption

Name any one captain of industry and what they based their industry on?

Rockefeller Oil

What African people were the most common victims of the Atlantic slave trade?

San people

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

In the context of the civil war, what is "popular sovereignty?"

Staters can vote if their state is free or slave

Name two of the three major setbacks Robert E. Lee experienced in 1863?

Stonewall was killed and Grant won wat Chatanooga

What do historians call the period between 1800 and 1860 when the American South experienced enormous wealth from the cotton industry?

The Antebellum south

What did Frederick Douglass say when he first voted?

The Ballot is the only safety.

What event is widely considered to be the end of reconstruction?

The election of Hayes

What was the Massachusetts 54th regiment?

The first all black regiment