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Question | Answer |
Pay in return for protection | tribute |
wrote the Star Spangled Banner | Francis Scott Key |
Encouraged Native American tribes to unite against western settlement | Tecumseh |
Separates river systems flowing in the opposite direction | Continental Divide |
Led independence movements in Latin America | Simon Bolivar |
Meeting of members of a political party at which the party conducts its business | Caucus |
President during the Panic of 1837 | Martin Van Buren |
Trade between two or more states | Interstate Commerce |
Economic Depression /Downturn | Panic of 1837 |
General term for person who worked to end slavery | Abolitionist |
An Abolitionist who was an ex-slave | Frederick Douglas |
the right to vote | Suffrage |
Abolitionist who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harper’s Ferry | John Brown |
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause | Propaganda |
Candidate for Senate who argued against the spread of slavery | Abraham Lincoln |
Process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide 17. | Popular Sovereignty |
Freed all the slaves in the Confederacy | Emancipation Proclamation |
when the military takes over for the government | Martial Law |
This protects your rights when you are put in jail | Habeas Corpus |
warships made if metal that replaced the wooden ships | Ironclads |
Series of bills, connected to fugitive slave act. | Compromise of 1850 |
The Fugitive Slave Act mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the Union they might be situated at the time of their discovery or capture | Fugitive Slave Act |
US policy that stated that further efforts by europe governments to colonized land would be viewed to us as acts of aggression. | Monroe Doctrine |
most Indians moved west of the Mississippi | Indian Removal Act |
encouraged people to reform themselves and society | Second Great Awakening |
Where did Lee surrender to Grant? | Appomattox Court House |
What did Antietam and Gettysburg have in common? | Both were Confederate invasions |
Who was the leader of the Confederates? | Robert E. Lee |
Who was the leader of the Union troops? | Ulysses Grant |
What was the name of the battle that the Star Spangled Banner was written after it? | Attack on Baltimore Fort McHenry |
Why did the South lay in ruins by 1865, what type of war strategy did the North have? | Total War |
What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal for the Civil War? | Reunite the Nation |
What General led the famous March to the Sea? | William T. Sherman |
What did the North and South think about the war after the battle of Bull Run? | Realized the war would be a long, hard struggle |
What side did African Americans fight on during the Civil War? | Union Side |
What happened to the price of goods in the North and South during the Civil War? | Prices went up |
Why did the Union army not draft African Americans? | Union leaders feared it would turn northern whites against the war |
What could you tell about the war when the draft was eventually applied to the slaves in the South? | The South was not doing well in the war |
What do you think were Lincoln’s motives in limiting the reach of the Emancipation Proclamation? | He wanted to hurt the southern war effort in those areas not under Union control |
Did the Merrimack succeed in sinking the Monitor? | NO |
What happened to the era of wooden ships after the first battle of the ironclads? | It was at an end |
What law was enacted that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state? | Compromise of 1850 |
What was the first attack that started the Civil War? | Ft. Sumter |
What did Abraham Lincoln insist about the territories in the Lincoln Douglas Debates? | Territories be kept free of slavery |
What help decide the Election of 1860? | Regional attitudes toward slavery |
What point was made as a result of the Dred Scott decision? | Slaves were property even if they lived in a free territory |
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln’s election of President in 1860? | Seven southern states seceded |
Why did John Brown lead an attack on Harper's Ferry? | To raise an army of African Americans and lead them in a revolt |
What upset the balance between free and slave states in the Senate? | Admission of California as a free state |
What effect did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo have on the U.S.? | Mexico ceded a large area of territory to the U.S. |
What border was disputed that led to the Mexican American War? | Rio Grande |
Why did most Americans think that the U.S. should extend to the Pacific Ocean? | Believed it was their right |
Who came to California from all over the world and became permanent residents? | Gold Seekers |
During the 1800s what led to a wave of reform movements? | Belief that people could improve themselves and society |
What allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state? | Missouri Compromise |
After the passage of the Missouri Compromise, what was the number of free and slave states? | 11 free and 11 slave |
What allowed western farmers to ship goods to New York City? | Erie Canal |
What was the primary purpose of the slave codes? | Control every aspect of an enslaved person’s life |
What physical obstacle did many of the roads going from East to West across the U.S. have to overcome? | Appalachian Mountains |
Why were slavery and cotton growing closely linked? | Yes, Cotton growing required a huge amount of labor |
How did the Industrial Revolution affect some children in the United States? | They worked in factories for long hours instead of going to school |
What document warned European nations to stay out of Latin American affairs? | Monroe Doctrine |
Why did the North and South have different attitudes toward higher tariffs? | They had different industries |
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