U.S. History: Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering westward expansion, the Mexican-American War, rising sectional tensions, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

The border dispute that initiated the Mexican-American War centered on whether the border of Texas was the __________ or the Rio Grande.

Nueces River

The California Gold Rush began after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill by __________.

James Marshall

The strongly anti-Catholic nativist movement known as the Know-Nothings organized politically under the name of the __________ Party.

American

The American Colonization Society was founded with the goal of freeing enslaved people and sending them to the African nation of __________.

Liberia

Reflecting the breakdown of sectional compromise prior to the Civil War, Representative Preston Brooks severely beat Senator __________ in the Senate chamber.

Charles Sumner

To prevent Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky from seceding, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of __________.

Habeas Corpus

Illustrated in this 1861 political cartoon, the Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and cut off Confederate supply lines was known as the __________.

Anaconda Plan

The battle of __________ on September 17, 1862, saw 23,000 casualties in 12 hours, halted the Southern invasion of the North, and led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Antietam

Union control of the Mississippi River was secured after Ulysses S. Grant captured about 32,000 Confederates following a 47-day siege at __________.

Vicksburg

In late 1864, General William T. Sherman led roughly 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile destructive march from Atlanta to __________, Georgia.

Savannah

Freed African Americans were briefly promised 40 acres of abandoned land along the South Carolina coastline and islands under General Sherman's __________.

Special Field Order 15

During Reconstruction, __________ became the first African American U.S. Senator, filling the seat previously held by Jefferson Davis.

Hiram Revels

Under Radical Reconstruction, the South was divided into __________ military districts governed by military commanders until acceptable constitutions were approved.

five

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines met at __________, Utah.

Promontory

Ratified in 1868 to overturn the Dred Scott decision, the __________ Amendment ensured that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens entitled to equal rights under federal protection.

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