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Am Hist Ch 13 14
1800 - 1863
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Stephen Austin known as? | the "Father of Texas" |
| When did Texas join the United States of America? | 1845 |
| What is the name of a famous mission in San Antonio which was defended, to the death, by 187 men in 1836? | Alamo |
| What was the battle cry of Texans in the Battle of San Jacinto? | "Remember the Alamo!" |
| Name two men who died in the Battle of the Alamo. | Davy Crockett & Jim Bowie |
| Who proposed the Compromise of 1850? | Henry Clay |
| What was the name of the large wagon train led by Dr Marcus Whitman to Oregon Country? | Great Migration |
| What is the name of the pass discovered by a black man who was also the Chief of the Crow Indians? | Beckwourth Pass |
| Which state was formerly known as the Lone Star Republic? | Texas |
| What was the name of the commanding officer of the Alamo? | Col. Travis |
| What was the name of the parcel of land purchased from Mexico in 1853 in order to build a railroad? | Gadsden Purchase |
| What was the parcel of land called which became part of the US after the Mexican War? | Mexican Cession |
| Where was gold discovered in 1848? | Sutter's Ranch(Sacramento Valley) California |
| Name 2 groups who were the first explorers of the West. | Mountain Men, Missionaries & other Trailblazers |
| What was another term for covered wagons, especially as pioneers used them as modes of transportation? | Prairie schooners |
| In what year did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon? | 1803 |
| In what year did the Mexican Cession become a part of the US? | 1848 |
| When was Texas annexed? | 1845 |
| When did Oregon Country become part of the US? | 1846 |
| When did James Monroe persuade Spain to give Florida to the US? | 1819 |
| What was Commodore Matthew Perry's mission to Japan? | open Japan for trade |
| What vehicle did missionary Jonathan Goble invent to transport his ill wife? | rickshaw |
| What Mountain Man carried a Bible and a rifle? | Jedediah Smith |
| Who captured the American West in paintings? | George Catlin |
| Who is the "Father of West African Missions"? | Lott Carey |
| Which battle is considered to be the bloodiest day of the Civil War? | Antietam |
| Where were the opening shots of the Civil War fired? | Ft. Sumter, SC |
| Which Southern general did Gen.Lee call the "eyes" of the Confederate army? | JEB Stuart |
| At which battle did "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname? | First Manassas or First Bull Run |
| What US Army officer was responsible for capturing abolitionist John Brown at Harper's Ferry, VA? | Col. Robert E. Lee |
| Which Union officer is credited with capturing New Orleans? | Admiral David Farragut |
| What is the name of the Union's 1862 battle plan designed by Gen. Winfield Scott? | Anaconda Plan |
| Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
| What is the name of the Union ironclad? | USS Monitor |
| What is the name of the Union general who marched across GA burning property as he went? | General Sherman |
| Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican Party nominee to win the office of ___________. | president |
| Who was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"? | Clara Barton |
| What city was the capital of the Confederacy? | Richmond |
| What is the bloody battle fought in Pennsylvania? | Gettysburg |
| Which state seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union? | West Virginia |
| General Grant laid siege to this Mississippi River port in 1863. | Vicksburg |
| What is the name of the battle where the Confederates divided their army and lured the Yankees into a trap? | Chancellorsville |
| Who was the Union general who lost the 1864 presidential election to Lincoln? | Gen. McClellan |
| Where did Lee surrender to Grant? | Appomattox Courthouse, VA |
| Who assassinated President Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| Who was the first president to be impeached? | Andrew Johnson |
| Which president ended the Reconstruction Era? | Rutherford Hayes |
| What is the period immediately following the Civil War where the nation had to rebuild the Union? | Reconstruction Era |
| What was a greeder politican from the North who came South during Reconstruction called? | a carpetbagger |
| What was a Southerner who helped carpetbaggers during Reconstruction called? | a scallawag |
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