American Experience Week Nine

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?