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8TH grade
1-21 facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jamestown | the first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607. |
| Fort Sumter | 10. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ___in South Carolina. |
| 11. The Battle of Gettysburg | was the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again. |
| Vicksburg, Mississippi | The capture of ___by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. |
| 13. Appomattox Court House | is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. |
| Sectionalism | is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
| Temperance Movement | was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol. |