Topic 1 - Topic 13 Review Quizziz

Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River.

• Anaconda Plan

• Sectional Issues

• Python Strategy

Kansas-Nebraska Act led to increased tensions over which issue?

• the spread of civil rights

• the spread of socialism

• The spread of slavery

• the spread of communism

Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War? (Hint: think of the Anaconda Plan)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Fort Sumter

Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war and supported voting rights for freedmen

• Radical Republicans

• Southern Democats

• Western Populists

• Northern Independents

State laws in the South that legalized segregation

• Dred Scott Decision

• Jim Crow Laws

What name was given to those northerners who came south during the reconstruction era?

• imperialists

• carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• robber barons

In the late 1800s, how did farmers challenge the unfair rates charged by railroad monopolies controlling transportation routes?

• by filing lawsuits in federal courts

• by establishing the first national labor union

• by passing Granger laws in state legislatures

• by proposing the Sherman Antitrust Act in Congress

What did the passage of the Homestead Act demonstrate about the Federal Government?

• it was committed to settling western territories

• it was concerned about conserving natural resources

• it was unwilling to move native tribes to reservations

• it was determined to break up harmful trusts, monopolies and businesses

When William Jennings Bryan was giving his famous "Cross of Gold" speech, who was he appealing to?

• poor farmers looking for change

• rich politicians

• railroad monopolies

Define Bimetallism

• copper & gold; would keep the economy the same

• quartz & silver; less money in circulation; would benefit the rich railroad monopolies

• emerald, gold & silver; contributed to the gold rush

• gold & silver; more money in circulation; farmers would make more profit