George B. Mcclellan commander of army during Civil War
Considered overly cautious
Refused to extend diplomatic relation to mexico who was headed by
Poncho villa
New England reformer dorothea dix is most noticeable for her role in what movement
Prison and asylum reform
The first and only ex confederate state to ratify to 14th amendment
Tennessee
The greatest achievement in the Freedmen's Bureau was what
Educating former slaves
Steel industry owed much to who
Henry Besmer
When Wilson won reelection in 1916 who did he receive strong support from
Working class, former bull moose party
The greatest consequence of WW2 for American race relations was what
African American migration from south to north and to western cities
Raid on harpers ferry john brown intended to do what
start a war between slaves and slaveholders
Aside from fighting to defend slavery, Black men decided to enlist in the army why
Wanted to gain citizenship and prove their manhood
Multiple Choice: Congressional reconstruction hoped to provide and enforce for former slaves in the south with what
15th amendment, Freedmen's Bureau, 14 Amendment, Military Reconstruction, Force Acts
Multiple Response: President Wilson's legal attack on anti competitive an unfair practices was implemented by what:
Clayton act, Federal Trade Commission
President Wilson insisted that he would hold ___ to strict accountability for ___
Germany, loss of american ships and lives
As a theory of warfare, general william T sherman
Crushing civilian morale
Multiple Response the factors promoting the growth of manufacturing in post civil america were what:
Cheap labor, Mass Immigration, Natural resources, Investment capital
Obama care included everything except
Mandate that all Americans needed to purchase healthcare by 2014
Deals with Johnson's impeachment (multiple questions on this)
- He was impeached by the House of Representatives but the impeachment failed in the Senate by 1 vote
- charged him with violating the Tenure of Office Act, when he wanted to remove his Secretary of War w/o senate approval.
- first president to be impeached.
- believed that the Southern states had completely left the Union and were therefore, "conquered provinces" that had to seek readmission on whatever terms Congress demanded.
- Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau caused a clash between him and congress
Deals with the Civil war
- Bull Run first major battle of civil war
- At the beginning of the civil war, Abe favored Quick military action
- Uncle tom's cabin convinced other governments not to get involved with the American Civil War
- Rank the following in order of importance to commencement of civil war in April: Kansas Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision, John Brown’s reign, Lincoln’s elections
Deals with Radical reconstruction
four concerns:
1) How to rebuild the South
2) The condition
of the African Americans in the South
3) How to reintegrate the
South into the Union
4) Who would control this process: the
South, the President, or Congress
- Lincoln's "10 percent" Reconstruction Plan said that 10% of ex-confederate states' voters had to pledge allegiance to the US and obey emancipation
- What did radical
reconstruction state governments do?
Passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms (public schools and Public Works programs)
Deals with Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was critical because …
prevented Britain and France from entering the war
provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
Deals with KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
- a secret terrorist organization.
- The motive of its formation was white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.
- intimidated blacks and undermined them politically.
Deals with Native Americans
- war largely brought pain.
- Cherokee, Choctaw, and other Native Americans from the Indian Territory joined the Confederate army to attack federal forces in Missouri
1.Historians usually rank the "Great Emancipator," Abraham Lincoln, as the greatest of American presidents. Do you agree? Why or why not?
No
- Lincoln’s war cost too much and achieved too little
- Many other presidents played large roles in transforming society
- Thomas Jefferson, for instance, thought public education was key to creating a strong country.
- Washington worked with the rest of the Founding Fathers to create a strong national government that would ensure order over the states.
- Roosevelt came into office during the Great Depression, yet he was able to transform the economy with his New Deal programs
- Multiple presidents have transformed america to so that it could become “greater”
2.Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations? Consider the role of Wilson himself, Henry Cabot Lodge, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, and American political traditions including isolationism, constitutionalism, and nationalism
- President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration.
- Republican concerns that the League would commit the United States to an expensive organization that would reduce the United States' ability to defend its own interests, Lodge led the opposition to joining the League.
- They believed in isolationism and didn't want to get involved in Europe's affairs.
- Many Americans thought the Treaty of Versailles was unfair.
3.Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points
- Many other countries didn't join him because of the need for reparations, imperial competition, and a desire to inflict a harsh peace on Germany.
- Similarities: Freedom of the seas, National self-determination (Poles live in Poland, Czechs live in Czechoslovakia, not as part of a larger empire), no secret treaties, League of Nations, both called for a reduction of armed forces in Germany.
- Wilson's 14 Points focused on a lasting peace after the end of World War I, while the Treaty of Versailles was a document about punishments .
4.Write your definition of imperialism. Then use this definition to argue that the conduct of American foreign relations between 1890 and 1905 was or was not imperialistic
- A country's power and influence growing via diplomacy and/or by force
- Was
- often interfered in other countries business i.e. Latin America.
- More often than not they would overthrow other countries or “help” them and end up taking control of said country.
- Also desired better trade that could be easily available to them and they did many things in order to get their way in this matter.