Pre-Civil War
This abolitionist leader and former slave was credited with organizing the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This battle, which was generally considered to be a "draw," saw the largest loss of life on both sides after the Battle of Antietam, as well as the death of the Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
A Democrat, he was President between 1845 and 1849
James K. Polk
A movement of intense religions revival, this widespread phenomenon saw the birth of Methodism, especially in the American South and on its Western frontiers
This pre-Civil War Era measure proposed a division of free and slave states on the basis of geography
Missouri Compromise
TRUE or FALSE: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation proposed that all slaves in North America would be freed
FALSE!
This controversial President was criticized as largely "helpless" or "inactive" at the outbreak of the Civil War, at which time he preceded Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
This man was America's only Federalist President
John Adams
This violent event forever changed the sentiments of Southern slaves, who it emboldened, and white Southerners, who it caused to become more suspicious
Nat Turner Rebellion
A hero of the War of 1812, this Union general developed a plan that deigned to blockade Southern ports and divide the Confederacy in two by capturing the Mississippi River
Winfield Scott
A Democratic-Republican, he was America's fifth President between 1817 and 1825
James Monroe
A staunch anti-liberal, this Spanish monarch saw the loss of Mexico among the viceroyalties of New Spain during his intermittent reign
Ferdinand VII
This phrase refers to the "spiritual" quest of America to expand geographically "from sea to shining sea."
Manifest Destiny
Under the leadership of Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy delivered a striking blow to the Union in this battle, resulting in the Union's replacement of General Ambrose Burnside with General Joseph Hooker
Fredericksburg
DAILY DOUBLE: Prior to his death in office, this man served as America's first Whig President
William Henry Harrison
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled in effect that slavery could not be decided on the basis of popular sovereignty, thereby overturning the Missouri Compromise and even the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford
BONUS (+ or - 10): Who is the only President from Cincinnati, Ohio?
William Howard Taft
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia
Martin van Buren (President 1837 - 1841) belonged to which political party?
Democratic
EVERYBODY WRITES: Explain the political philosophy of the Whigs. Who were they and what did they stand for or believe in?
Whigs were the party of "good governance." They favored a blend of centralized, or "big government," and decentralized, or "small government" policies, including westward expansion, the construction of transcontinental railroads, and protective tariffs.