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100. Which evangelist led widespread urban evangelism in the late 19th century?

Dwight L. Moody

99. What demographic shift after 1865 brought large numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe?

New Immigration (late 19th century)

98. Who is associated with the incandescent light bulb and many inventions?

Thomas Alva Edison

97. Who invented the telephone in 1876?

Alexander Graham Bell

96. What movement organized farmers to fight railroad abuses and later helped form the Populist Party?

The Grange / Farmers' Alliance / Populist movement

95. Which campaign in 1896 contrasted Bryan’s whistle-stop tour with McKinley’s front-porch campaign?

1896 presidential campaign (William Jennings Bryan vs. William McKinley)

94. What 1892 strike involved railroad cars and the U.S. mail and was led by Eugene V. Debs?

Pullman Strike

93. Name a major labor conflict in 1886 that ended in violence in Chicago.

Haymarket Riot

92. What labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers and practical goals?

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

91. What 1883 law created an independent Civil Service Commission to curb patronage?

Pendleton Act

90. What 1890 law made monopolistic trusts illegal?

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

89. Who was the leading investment banker who formed United States Steel?

J. P. Morgan

88. Who created Standard Oil and dominated the oil industry through horizontal integration?

John D. Rockefeller

Chapter 16 — The Gilded Age (13 questions) 87. Who built a steel empire using vertical integration?

Andrew Carnegie

86. Who became president after the disputed 1876 election?

Rutherford B. Hayes

85. What 1877 compromise ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South?

Compromise of 1877

84. What farming system replaced slavery and often trapped workers in debt?

Sharecropping

83. What secret terrorist organization used violence to oppose Reconstruction and black civil rights?

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

82. Which president was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate during Reconstruction?

Andrew Johnson

81. What act (1867) divided the South into military districts and required new state constitutions?

Reconstruction Act of 1867

80. Which amendment prohibited denying a citizen the vote based on race?

Fifteenth Amendment

79. Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law?

Fourteenth Amendment

78. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Thirteenth Amendment

77. What agency was established to help former slaves with food, education, and hospitals?

Freedmen’s Bureau

76. What congressional bill demanded a majority oath and harsher terms than Lincoln’s plan?

Wade-Davis Bill

Chapter 15 — Reconstruction (13 questions) 75. What was Lincoln’s plan requiring 10% of voters to take an oath for readmission called?

Ten Percent Plan

74. Approximately how many men died in the Civil War?

Over 600,000

73. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

72. Which event in April 1865 ended the Civil War in Virginia?

Surrender at Appomattox Court House

71. What 1863 speech by Lincoln honored the dead at Gettysburg?

Gettysburg Address

70. Who led Sherman’s destructive “March to the Sea”?

William Tecumseh Sherman

69. What 1863 Union victory split the Confederacy and gave control of the Mississippi?

Capture/Siege of Vicksburg

68. Which Union general accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House?

Ulysses S. Grant

67. What battle was the single bloodiest day in American history and led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Battle of Antietam

66. Who earned the nickname "Stonewall" at First Bull Run?

Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson

65. Which ironclad battle signaled the end of wooden warships?

Monitor vs. Merrimack (CSS Virginia)

64. What was the first major battle of the Civil War with spectators and a Confederate victory?

First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

Chapter 14 — The Civil War (12 questions) 63. What strategy, devised by Winfield Scott, aimed to defeat the Confederacy by blockade and controlling the Mississippi?

Anaconda Plan

62. In the election of 1860, who was the Republican winner?

Abraham Lincoln

61. Who ran as the Republican candidate in 1856?

John C. Frémont

60. What series of debates gave Abraham Lincoln national attention?

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

59. Who led the violent Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas?

John Brown

58. Which Supreme Court case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

Dred Scott v. Sandford

57. What term described violent conflict in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery forces?

Bleeding Kansas

56. What novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced Northern views on slavery?

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

55. Which 1854 act repealed the Missouri Compromise and used popular sovereignty?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

54. What controversial law strengthened fugitive slave return procedures?

Fugitive Slave Act (part of Compromise of 1850)

53. Which compromise admitted California as a free state in 1850?

Compromise of 1850

Chapter 13 — A House Dividing (12 questions) 52. What proposed amendment would have banned slavery in territory from Mexico?

Wilmot Proviso

51. Who was called “Old Rough and Ready” and fought in northern Mexico?

Zachary Taylor

50. What purchase in the 1850s paid Mexico for land finalizing continental U.S. boundaries?

Gadsden Purchase

49. Who led the campaign that captured Mexico City for the U.S.?

General Winfield Scott

48. Which treaty ended the Mexican War and ceded California and New Mexico?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

47. What war (1846–48) resulted from disputes over Texas and U.S. expansion?

Mexican War (Mexican-American War)

46. Which president set four goals including acquiring California and settling Oregon?

James K. Polk

45. Which 1846 treaty set the U.S.-British boundary at the 49th parallel to the Pacific?

Treaty settling the Oregon question (1846)

44. Which mission-fort fell and became a rallying cry "Remember the Alamo!"?

The Alamo

43. What 1836 event secured Texas independence from Mexico?

Battle of San Jacinto

42. Who led American settlers into Texas beginning in 1821?

Stephen F. Austin

41. Which trail led settlers to Oregon?

Oregon Trail

Chapter 12 — Manifest Destiny (12 questions) 40. What term described the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent?

Manifest Destiny

39. What major religious revival movement occurred ca. 1800–1825?

The Second Great Awakening

38. Name two famous former-slave abolitionists.

Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass

37. Who led the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator?

William Lloyd Garrison

36. Which author wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

35. Who led the movement for public-school reform in Massachusetts?

Horace Mann

34. Who invented the telegraph?

Samuel F. B. Morse

33. What was the first economically successful U.S. railroad?

Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) Railroad

32. What water route connected New York City to the Great Lakes and spurred inland trade?

Erie Canal

31. Who patented a reaping machine in 1834, revolutionizing harvests?

Cyrus McCormick

30. Who perfected the steel-edged plow for western farming?

John Deere

29. Who developed interchangeable parts and advanced American manufacturing?

Eli Whitney

28. What invention by Eli Whitney revitalized cotton production?

The cotton gin

Chapter 11 — The Growth of American Society (13 questions) 27. Who built the first successful English-style textile mill in the U.S.?

Samuel Slater

26. Who won the 1840 "Log Cabin" presidential election?

William Henry Harrison

25. Which panic happened in 1837 after Jackson’s presidency?

Panic of 1837

24. What party formed in opposition to Jackson and his policies?

Whig Party

23. What forced Cherokee relocation is known as?

Trail of Tears

22. Which 1830 law authorized removal of Native tribes west of the Mississippi?

Indian Removal Act of 1830

21. What name was given to state banks where federal deposits were placed?

Pet banks

20. What institution did Jackson veto the renewal of, leading to its end in 1836?

Bank of the United States

19. What crisis nearly led to confrontation between Jackson and South Carolina?

Nullification Crisis

18. Who led the nullification theory and resigned as vice president?

John C. Calhoun

17. What was the 1828 high tariff dubbed by its opponents?

Tariff of Abominations

16. What system did Jackson use to reward supporters with government jobs?

The spoils system

15. What protective tariff passed in 1816 aimed to shield U.S. manufactures?

Tariff of 1816

Chapter 10 — The Age of Jackson (13 questions) 14. Which period is often named for Andrew Jackson?

The Age of Jackson (roughly 1820–1840)

Which expedition leader discovered Pikes Peak?

Zebulon Pike

Who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

What 1803 land purchase more than doubled the size of the U.S.?

Louisiana Purchase

Who led the Indian confederacy opposing American expansion in the Northwest?

Tecumseh

Who led the U.S. forces at Fallen Timbers?

Mad Anthony Wayne

Which conflict opened the Northwest Territory to white settlement?

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Which case upheld implied powers and denied a state the right to tax the national bank?

McCulloch v. Maryland

Which case ruled that the national government’s delegated powers could not be limited by state boundaries?

Gibbons v. Ogden

What landmark Supreme Court case established judicial review?

Marbury v. Madison

Which amendment allowed electors to cast separate ballots for president and vice president?

Twelfth Amendment

What group did Jefferson believe should be the basis of the country?

Farmers

What political era covers Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe's administrations?

Jeffersonian Republicanism (1801–1825)

Who became president on March 4, 1801?

Thomas Jefferson