history studyguide for midterm

what is the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there called?

popular sovernity

what are armed pro-slavery groups of missourians who traveled to kansas to vote in the election in the mid-1850’s called?

border ruffians

what temporarily resolved the issue of whether new states would be slave states or free states?

missouri compromise

who proposed the missouri compromise

henry clay

who wrote “civil disobedience”

henry david thoreau

the confederacy was formed on

feburary 4, 1861

the attack on fort sumter, in the charlestion harbor, south carolina, marked the beginning of what?

civil war

what was the proposal that prohibited slavery in any lands that might be acquired from mexico?

wilmont proviso

who saw slavery as morally wrong, admitted there was no easy way to stop it, and was certain it should be allowed to spread?

abraham lincoln

who hoped to arm enslaved african americans and start a revolt against slave holders with his raid on the arsenal at harpers ferry, virginia?

john brown

fort sumter was bombarded on

april 12, 1861

douglas’s stand that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protecting slave holders’ rights came to be known as what?

freeport doctrine

fort sumter surrendered on

april 14, 1861

to close off a country’s ports by stopping supplies or people from coming in or going out is called

blockade

what is an armored naval vessel?

ironclad

what is a piece of US paper money first issued by the North during the civil war?

greenback

who cast the civil war as a battle for the union rather than as a fight against slavery?

abraham lincoln

who became famous for working with wounded soldiers?

clara barton

who capturedfort henry and was the general at the battle of shiloh?

ulysses s. grant

who was an abolitionist orator?

frank douglas

the battle of antietam- the bloodiest day of the civil war occured on

september 17, 1862

president abraham lincoln signed the emantcipation proclamation on

janurary 1, 1863

what plan was when the North intended to gain control of the mississippi river and split the confederacy in two called?

andaconda plan

the four border states, delaware, maryland, kentucky, and missouri, belonged to the

union

who were the “peace democrats” from ohio, indiana, and illinois?

copperheads

the north consisted of what troops and were also called the what?

union and yankees

the south consisted of what troops and were also called the what?

confederate and rebels

where was the union capital located?

washington dc

where was the confederate capital located

richmond, virginia

how many days was the battle of shiloh and who won?

2 days and union

what battle was named after a small church?

shiloh

how many days was the first battle of bull run and who won?

1 day and confederate

what is a military blockade called?

siege

what lasted 47 days with both siddes suffering heavy casualties?

vicksburg siege

what was the speech made by president abraham lincoln

gettysburg address

who captured atlanta in early july, 1864?

william t. sherman

when was the battle of gettysburg

july 1, 1863

when was the gettysburg address given?

november 19, 1863

when did the civil war end?

april 19, 1865

when battle began when the confederate troops entered a town for supplies and encountered the union troops?

the battle of gettysburg

who lost the vicksburg siege?

confederate

what general’s strategy was the total war in atlanta

william t. sherman

Who was named commander of all the uion armies in march, 1864?

ulysses s. Grant

david farragut led a fleet of 18 ships through a narrow channel into what bay in alabama?

mobile bay

on the last day of the civil war, who surrendered to ulysses s. Grant?

robert e. Lee

during what battle did pickets charge take place and for how long?

the battle of gettysburg and 1 hour.

how long did president abraham lincoln’s gettysburg address last?

2 minutes

how long did the battle of gettysburg last and who won?

3 days and union won

what abolished slavery throughout the US?

The thirteenth admendment

What act was passed in 1866 that granted full citizenship yo African Americans an gave the federal government the power to intervene in state affairs to protect their rights?

civil rights act

What act prohibited the president from removing government officials, including members of his own cabinet without the senates approval?

tenure of office act

what did lincoln and congress set up to help former african americans adjust to freedom in march 1865?

Freedmens bureau

who became president when lincoln died?

andew johnson

who lent money to help african americans buy land?

Freedmens bank

what helped the south rebuild its economy?

reconstruction

What was lincolns plan for accepting southern states back into the union?

Ten percent plan

What was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among US congressmen, that settled th intensely disputed 1876 presidential election?

compromise of 1877

Who won the presidential election of 1868 and again in 1872?

ulysses s. Grant

The compromise of 1877 firmally ended what era?

Reconstruction era

What was the name given by former confederate’s to southern whites who supported republican reconstruction of the south?

scalawags

What is the granting of pardon to a large number of persons called?

amnesty

What were northerners who moved to the south after the civil war carrying all of their belongings in cheap suitcases called?

carpetbaggers

to formaly charge a public official with misconduct in office is called what?

Impeach

what does it mean to end seperation of different races and bring into equal membership in society mean?

intergate

what is the system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and in return receives a share of the crop?

Sharecropping

who are people who take the law in their own hands?

vigilante

moving from place to place with no permanent home is called

nomadic

What were towns that developed almost over night around mining sites called?

boom towns

When the ore was gone and the people left, the boom towns were called what?

ghost towns

what occured on april 22, 1889 when the government opened oklahoma to homesteaders?

Oklahoma land rush

who won the presidential election of 1896

william mckinney

What was the final spike that was used to connect the union pacific ad the central pacific railroad?

The golden spike

the transcontinental railroad began in the 1850’s and spanned the continent to connect what two coasts?

alantic and pacific

Riding, roping, and branding skills were first developed in the spanisg southwest by who?

vaquero’s

thousands of african americans migrated to kansas in the late 1870’s called themselves what?

Exodusters

What battle was an armed engagement between combined forces of the lakota, northern cheyenne, and arapaho tribes ad the 7th calvary regiment of the united states army?

battle of little big horn

where was gld found in 1858?

Pikes peak, colorado

Texas ranches that were not fenced in or divided into lots were called?

open range ranches

Who was the leader of the apache, and the last native american to surrender formally to the united states?

geronimo

What was one of the worlds richest deposits of sver- bearing ore, found near nevdas carson city?

comstock load

Dry farming, planting seeds deep in moist ground, was one approach of who?

Sodbusters

who were the leaders of the sioux on the great plains that both strongly resisted the efforts of the united states government to confine their people to indian reservations

sitting bull & crazy horse

what were powerful and aggressive business men who controlled the nation’s railroads called

Raiload barons

what is a system with machines and corkers arranged so much that each person performs an assigned task again and again called

assembly line

what is a shop or factory where workers work long hours at ow wages under unhealthy conditions called?

Seatshop

who was one of the first railroad barons who’s railroad empire from new york to the great lakes

corneileus vanderbilt

who introduced the telegraph in 1844

samuel morse

who was a eading figure in the early years if the american steel industry

andrew carnegie

Who developed the telephone in 1876

alexander graham bell

who made the worlds first flight in an engine-powered glider at kill devil, near kitty hawk, north carolina in 1903?

orville and wilbur wright

who built the model T car and pioneered the assembly line

Henry ford

who laid a telegraph line cable across the atlantic ocean bringing the united states and europe closer together

cyrus field

pittsburg, pennysilva became what capital of the united states in the 1880’s

steel capital

what telegraph company managed most of the thousands of miles of telegraph line in the united states by 1860

western union

who invented air breaks that improved the system for stopping trains and built transformers that could send electric power more cheaply over long distances

george westinghouse

who was the most famous figure of the oil industry and organized the standard oil company of ohio in 1870?

john d. rockefeller

who invented the kodak camera in 1888

george eastman

whos most important invention was the electric lightbulb

Thomas edison

due to his many inventions, thomas edison known as who?

wizard of menlo park

Who were 2 great philanthropists

john d. rockefeller & andrew carnegie