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What are the first ten amendments of the Constitution called?
Bill of Rights
Women on both sides worked mainly as what during the Civil War?
nurses
Who agreed to help Lewis and Clark as a translator?
Sacagawea
What killed more than cannons, guns, or men during the Civil War?
Diseases
Why did the Spanish want to colonize the Americas?
Gold, God, Glory
The conflicts between white settlers and Native Americans had mainly to do with
Land
Who was chosen to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
The growth of what allowed raw material and goods to be transported cheaply and quickly?
Railroads
Many of the settlers of the New England Colonies were looking for what?
Religious Freedom
What amendment officially banned slavery throughout the United States?
13th Amendment
The earliest organized opposition to slavery was based on what beliefs?
Religious beliefs
What was most significant about the Louisiana Purchase?
It doubled the size of the U.S.
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What was Grant’s plan to destroy everything that could be used to help the enemy called?
Total War
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Advises the President
What book affected attitudes toward slavery in the North?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Federalist Party began to slowly decline, what happened to Alexander Hamilton?
Died in a duel against Aarom Burr
What is a cash crop?
Crops grown to be sold.
What was the choosing of able bodied men between the ages of 18 - 45 to go to war called?
The draft
What invention made it easier to fix muskets by using identical parts that would fit with other parts?
Interchangeable Parts
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for only $15 million?
He needed money for his wars in Europe
What happened to Charles Sumner after he criticized Andrew Butler in the Senate?
He was beaten with cane by Preston Brooks
What bold move did George Washington do on Christmas day?
Crossed the ivy Delaware River
Who tried to lead a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
What invention connected the United States in an entirely new way?
Telegram
What was the long, slow process that changed the way goods were produced that began to spread to the United States?
Industrial Revolution
One result of the invention of the cotton gin was?
Increase in slave production
What happened five days after Lee surrendered?
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
What was Lincoln's famous speech called?
Gettysburg Address
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to a section or state, rather than the nation.
What happened at Appomax Court House?
General Lee surrendered
Under the Alien Act, if you were deemed a dangerous foreigner what could happen to you?
Expelled from the U.S.
What did Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves in Confederate controlled territory
Because of the Sedition Acts, what was happening to Democratic Republicans that criticized the Federalist led government?
Jailed or fined
What battle was turning for the Union during the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Southern states began to secede largely because they felt that
They believed Lincoln was a threat to their way of life
What is Mr. Torres' favorite country.
Peru
What General did both the Union and Confederacy try to recruit at the beginning of the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
What helped Ulysses S. Grant win the election of 1868?
The 500,000 votes from African Americans
What was significant about the battle between the Virginia and Monitor?
First battle between ironclads
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NEW JERSEY!!!!
The main goal of the Republican Party in the 1850s was to
Stop the spread of slavery into the West