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- 3. One reason the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was successful was that this organization focused on the needs of __________ workers.
- 5. … The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with the __________ -slave law, a provision included in the Compromise of 1850.
- 7. Slave owners benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in __________ v. Sanford?
- 12. In the 1800's, many people believed that __________ such as Standard Oil, were harmful to the United States.
- 15. The __________ formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of keeping African-Americans from exercising rights.
- 17. One major result of the __________’s victory in the Civil War was that the supremacy of the national government was upheld?
- 18. Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North had greater __________ capabilities.
- 19. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to deny __________ rights to African Americans.
- 21. Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act all contributed to the rise of __________ in the United States.
- 23. The practice of slavery was officially ended in the United States with passage of the __________ Amendment.
- 25. After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by creating tenant farms and __________.
- 26. During the late 1800s, unions had difficulty achieving gains for workers because the __________ supported business efforts to limit the powers of unions.
- 27. Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the issue of __________.
- 28. During the late 19th century, blacklists and yellow-dog contracts were used by employers against __________.
- 30. Unions use __________ bargaining to negotiate for their members as a group.
- 31. … In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” … President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to urge Congress to convince __________ that he posed no threat to their way of life.
- 33. During the late 1800s, most __________ voters in the South solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans.
- 34. The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the __________-Nebraska Act.
- 35. After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew __________ and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union.
- 36. At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to uphold the Constitution by preserving the __________.
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- 1. The common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution was to grant basic ___________ to formerly enslaved persons.
- 2. The American Federation of Labor’s support for “__________” unionism was intended to improve wages, hours, and working conditions.
- 4. When President __________ was inaugurated several southern states had already seceded from the Union.
- 6. "The __________ should not interfere with business. The market will regulate itself over time." This quote illustrates the speaker's belief in laissez-faire.
- 8. As a result of the Missouri Compromise (1820) the ___________ of power between free and slave states was maintained.
- 9. Andrew __________ believed that the responsibility of the wealthy is to share some of their excess wealth with the community by funding libraries and educational institutions.
- 10. In the late 1800's, monopolists such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan believed that __________ is inefficient and wasteful.
- 11. election of Abraham Lincoln as president led directly to the ___________ of several Southern states from the Union?
- 13. Implementation of the __________ Codes was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
- 14. After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were sharecroppers and __________ farmers.
- 16. In the late 1800s, supporters of __________ claimed that government regulation of business would be harmful to economic growth.
- 20. One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the __________ movement.
- 22. In the last half of the 1800s, rapid __________ led to the formation of trusts, creation of labor unions, and urbanization.
- 24. The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the removal of federal __________ from Southern states.
- 29. The term __________ was used to criticize the tactics of big-business leaders.
- 32. President Abraham Lincoln believed that secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the ___________.