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Historyfinalexamy
History final? Durr.
| 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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