Expansion
What technology pushed expansion westward?
Steam Engine/Railroads
What major issue split the North and South?
Slavery
What compromise split the Louisiana Purchase "in half"?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
What is Harriet Tubman famous for?
Underground railroads
What farming industry was at an all-time high leading up to the Civil War?
Cotton industry
What purchase did Thomas Jefferson make to expand America?
Louisiana Purchase
What was the reasoning for South Carolina's secession?
President Lincoln winning the election.
How much was the Louisiana Purchase, purchased for?
15 Million Dollars
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What woman from the Civil War is being considered to be placed on the twenty dollar bill?
Harriet Tubman
Why was the Kansas Nebraska Act created?
Issue of slavery expanding westward.
Why did Robert E. Lee side with the Confederacy?
His home state Virginia, sided with the Confederacy.
What compromise resulted in bloodshed over slavery?
Kansas Nebraska Act
Did Frederick Douglass win his court case?
No, he lost
What technology caused the cotton industry to be at an all-time high?
Cotton Gin
Why did the United States purchase Gadsden?
To complete the transcontinental railroad.
What was the bloodiest slave rebellion before the Civil War?
Nat Turner's Rebellion
What compromise pushed the Gold Rush?
Compromise of 1850
What did Harriet Tubman due to help the Union during the Civil War?
She was a spy, and run her own small military unit.
What did the Civil War do to the South's economy?
It disrupted it badly, by freeing slaves. Which was the major work force, and then destroyed railroads, and other transportation systems causing short term damage.
Who originally pushed for the Texas annexation?
John Tyler
What was the date when the first Confederate state seceded from the Union?
December 20, 1860
Oregon Treat of _____
1846
Did Abraham Lincoln initially want to free the slaves?
No, he wanted to send them to Liberia.
What was the National Bank Act of 1863?
A design to create a national banking system, float federal war loans, and establish a national currency.