CSS History of USA Civil War, Industrialization and World Power Syllabus

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1. 1

   Civil War between the North and the South (1850-1869)

   3 topics

   • Causes of the Civil War
   • The War and Lincoln
   • Reconstruction
2. 2

   Industrialization and Emergence as a World Power (1870-1916)

   3 topics

   • The Industrial Revolution in America
   • Gilded Age
   • Emergence of US Imperialism
3. 3

   Progressive Era: Reforms of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

   3 topics

   • Roots of Progressivism
   • Reforms of Theodore Roosevelt
   • Reforms of Woodrow Wilson
4. 4

   The Great Depression and the New Deal

   3 topics

   • Causes of the Great Depression
   • Roosevelt's New Deal
   • Legacy of the New Deal

Civil War, Industrialization and World Power flashcards for CSS History of USA

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1. What was the central institution and moral issue at the root of the American Civil War?

   Slavery — specifically its expansion into new western territories, which split the nation between free and slave states.

2. What 1820 agreement temporarily balanced free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, banning slavery north of the 36°30' line?

   The Missouri Compromise of 1820.

3. What 1854 act repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to vote on slavery (popular sovereignty), triggering 'Bleeding Kansas'?

   The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

4. In the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, what did the Supreme Court rule about Black Americans and slavery in territories?

   That Black people were not citizens and could not sue, and that Congress had no power to ban slavery in the territories (voiding the Missouri Compromise).

5. What 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe novel galvanized Northern anti-slavery sentiment?

   Uncle Tom's Cabin.

6. What event in April 1861 marked the start of the Civil War?

   The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

7. Which event immediately preceded secession and triggered Southern states to leave the Union?

   The election of Abraham Lincoln as President in November 1860.

8. Name the two opposing sides in the Civil War and their leaders.

   The Union (North) under President Abraham Lincoln, and the Confederacy (South) under President Jefferson Davis.

9. What 1863 proclamation by Lincoln declared slaves in Confederate states to be free?

   The Emancipation Proclamation (effective January 1, 1863).

10. What 1863 battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War, halting Lee's invasion of the North?

    The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863).

11. In Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, what phrase defined democratic government?

    'Government of the people, by the people, for the people.'

12. How and when did the Civil War end?

    With Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

13. What happened to Lincoln days after the war ended?

    He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, dying the next day.

14. What three constitutional amendments are known as the 'Reconstruction Amendments,' and what did each do?

    13th — abolished slavery; 14th — granted citizenship and equal protection; 15th — gave Black men the right to vote.

15. What term describes the period (1865–1877) of rebuilding the South and reintegrating Confederate states?

    Reconstruction.

16. What were the Southern laws passed after the war to restrict the freedom and rights of freed Black people called?

    Black Codes (later evolving into Jim Crow laws).

17. What 1877 political deal ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South?

    The Compromise of 1877 (which resolved the disputed Hayes-Tilden election).

18. What white supremacist terrorist organization emerged during Reconstruction to intimidate Black voters?

    The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), founded in 1865.

19. What was the 'Freedmen's Bureau' established in 1865?

    A federal agency to aid freed slaves and poor whites with food, education, and labor contracts.

20. What term describes Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction, often seen as opportunists?

    Carpetbaggers (Southern white collaborators were called 'scalawags').

21. What key resources and inventions powered America's Industrial Revolution after the Civil War?

    Steel, railroads, oil, and coal, alongside inventions like the telegraph, telephone, and electric light.

22. What 1869 achievement linked the eastern and western United States by rail?

    The completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah.

23. What term, coined by Mark Twain, describes the late 19th-century era of rapid growth, wealth, and corruption masking social problems?

    The Gilded Age.

24. Define a 'robber baron' and give two examples.

    A wealthy, exploitative industrialist who built monopolies — e.g., John D. Rockefeller (oil) and Andrew Carnegie (steel).

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