American History 2 Midterm Review Grade

Workers who had the same skills formed

Trade Unions

Who led a group of enslaved African Americans in rebellion against their slaveholders in 1831?

Nat Turner

Writers Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, & Henry David Thoreau were

Transcendentalists

Which movement called for drinking little or no alcohol?

Temperance

Who was a leader of educational reform?

Horace Mann

The first woman’s rights convention was held in

New York

A community based on a vision of the perfect society is called a

Utopia

The North’s war plan came from a hero of the war with Mexico named

Winfield Scott

The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to

Reunite the country

Stonwall Jackson was a casualty of what battle?

Chancellorsville

What did Congress pass to prohibit the president from removing government officials without the Senate’s approval?

Tenure of Office Act

Northerners who supported the Republicans and moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?

Carpetbaggers

Which amendment grants full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States?

14th Amendment

After the Civil War, the period of rebuilding the South was called

Reconstruction

To all white Southerners, except Confederate leaders, Lincoln offered

Amnesty

Which agency helped African Americans by establishing schools?

Freedmen’s Bureau

Who was the African American Senator elected during Reconstruction?

Blanche K. Bruce

Who was the war hero who became president?

Ulysses S. Grant

Which of the following were Union states during the American Civil War?

NY, PA, OH, MA, NJ

Which of the following were Confederate states during the American Civil War? (Select all that apply)

VA, SC, GA, AL, NC, MS

Which of the following were Border States during the American Civil War? (Select all that apply.)

DE, MD, KY, MO, WV

In the 1800s, there was a wave of religious fervor known as the

Second Great Awakening

The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the

Underground Railroad

Who was the most famous person who helped runaway slaves reach freedom?

Harriet Tubman

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who sought prison reform and reform for the mentally ill?

Dorothea Dix

Henry Clay’s compromise became known as

The Missouri Compromise

According to the __, a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding fugitives?

Fugitive Slave Act

Which Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?

Dred Scott case

Enforcement of the Fugitive Act led to

Anger in the North

Who won the election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln

Which plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico?

Wilmot Proviso

Who wrote “Civil Disobedience”?

Henry (Thoreau)

The bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of

Battle of Antietam

“Peace Democrats” became known as

Copperheads

On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed the

The Emancipation Proclamation

Because the war disrupted their supply of cotton, the South expected support from

Britain and France

Pickett’s Charge took place during the Battle of

Gettysburg