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Aaron Burr
Who was Jefferson's running mate in the election of 1800?
Eli Whitney
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
Andrew Jackson
Which American General won a decisive victory over the British at New Orleans in 1815?
War Hawks
According to chapter 7 of the American Yawp, what is the name given to the pro-war group of younger politicians pushing for war against Britain during James Madison's presidency?
John Quincy Adams
Which of the following men won the election of 1824 as a result of a 'corrupt bargain'?
the Whigs
What is the name of the political party that developed in opposition to Andrew Jackson following the 1828 election?
the Clermont
What is the name of Robert Fulton's steamship?
abolition of slavery
Which of the following is not one of the proposals made by the Federalists at the Hartford Convention?
Alien and Sedition Acts
What is the name of the laws passed by Federalists in 1798 which targeted Republicans and their supporters?
False
Support for the Federalists was strongest in the South. T/F
The election of 1860
The union was broken during which election?
moderate
Abraham Lincoln was seen as a ___ republican during the election of 1860.
Slave
The democratic party split over ___ issues during the election of 1860.
Stephen Douglass
Who ran in the election of 1860 as a pro popular sovereignty candidate?
John Bell
Who did the Constitutional Unionist party elect as their candidate for during the 1860 election?
60
Lincoln won 40% of the poplular vote, but ___% of the electoral votes.
True
The south felt like the north had a political advantage after the election of 1860. T/F
Abraham Lincoln
Who became the 16th president of the United States?
7
By the time of Lincoln’s inauguration, how many states has succeeded the Union?
Jefferson Davis
Who became the president of the Cofederate States of America?
rebellion
The United States sees the confederate as a ___ not a nation.
slavery
What was the reason for the secession of southern states?
Congress attempted to provide compromise
What does the United States do about the seccession?
Crittenden’s Compromise
What was the name of the compromise proposed to maintain the Union?
John Crittenden’s
Who wrote the Crittenden’s Compromise?
slavery
Crittenden’s Compromise was a series of constitutional amendments that 1. Guaranteed ____ in southern states and territories.
Federal Government
Crittenden’s Compromise was a series of constitutional amendments that 2. Denied the _____ _____ interstate slave trade power.
Compensate
Crittenden’s Compromise was a series of constitutional amendments that 3. Offered to _____ owners for unrecovered fugitive slaves.
True
Lincoln made statements about slavery and conflict in his innaugural speech. T/F
Fort Sumter
Confederate troops bombarded this federal fort held by union troops. Initial confederate initiated conflict.
April 1861
What year did the Battle of Fort Sumter occur?
Charleston Harbor
Where was Fort Sumter?
Fort Sumter
What battle was seen as a declaration of war?
75,000
How many volunteers did Lincoln call for after Fort Sumter?
Battle of Antietam
Ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
September 17, 1862
When was the Battle of Antietam?
Anaconda Plan
Long term plan to defeat the confederate
blockade the coast, and gain control of the Mississippi River
What were the goals of the Anaconda plan?
Battle of Bull Run
First Major Battle of the Civil War
July 21, 1861
When was the Battle of Bull Run?
Worse
The Battle of Bull Rul highlighted that war would be ___ than anticipated.
the Mississippi River
War in the West was a fight to gain control of what?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Union General in the West?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Shiloh was a major victory in April of 1862 for who?
Richmond
War in the East was geared toward the Confederate capturing ___.
Robert E. Lee
Who was the general for the confederate?
Emancipation Proclamation
What document freed slaves in the confederacy as they were captured by the union?
slavery
The Emancipation Proclamaion transformed the civil war into a fight against ___?
Battle of Vicksburg
What battle resulted in the Union Siezing control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Gettysburg
The charge was repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire, at great loss to the Confederate army. Lee led his army on a torturous retreat back to Virginia
the south
The Battle of Gettysburg was a major defeat to who?
Sherman’s March to the Sea
_____ was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864, in which Union Major General led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties.
Battle of Atlanta
The Union victory in the largest ______ Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city and opened the door for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s most famous operation—the March to the Sea and the capture of Savannah.
Appomattox Courthouse
cultural landscape marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War. This is the site of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant
John Wilkes Booth
is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
April 14, 1865
When was President Lincoln Assassinated?
Battle of the Alamo
General Santa Anna defeated Texas rebels at which famous battle in 1836?
William Lloyd Garrison
Which prominent abolitionist burned the constitution as an act of protest against the institution of slavery?
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks assaulted which northern senator in 1856?
William Lloyd Garrison
Which abolitionist wrote, founded, and edited the newspaper The Liberator?
Joseph Smith
Who founded Mormonism?
Frederick Douglass
Which abolitionist gave a powerful speech asking the question, "What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?"
Horace Mann
Which of the following people promoted tax-supported public schools during the age of reform?
Fort Sumter
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at which fort in South Carolina
Manifest Destiny
What is the term used to describe the belief or idea that America had a divine right/mandate to expand westward?
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