Manifest Destiny
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is...
the belief that the United States had a divine mission to spread their territory westward.
Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
Who is...
Henry Clay
A Union military strategy proposed by General Winfield Scott early in the Civil War to "strangle" the southern states by cutting off any imported supplies and halting cotton exports.
What is...
The Anaconda Plan
How old was John Wilkes Booth when he assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
26 years old
Who was president during the majority of the reconstruction?
Who is...
Andrew Johnson
Who was responsible for colonizing Texas and its secession from Mexico?
Who is...
Stephen F. Austin
The ______ admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time.
What is...
The Missouri Compromise
A general from the Battle of Vicksburg lead the Union and pushed them to their best.
Who is...
General Ulysses S. Grant
How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
6'4"
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
It was a welfare program that helped Whites and African Americans hurt by the Civil war.
The ___________ (1848-1854) was a minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American History that opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
What is...
The Free Soil Movement
A series of violent civil confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces, roughly between 1855 and 1859, in the state of Kansas. This chain of events is known as, _______
What is...
Bleeding Kansas
Considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What is...
The battle of Antietam
Approximately how many men died in the Civil War?
625,000
What was life like for African Americans during reconstruction?
They usually still couldn't vote, were in sharecropping and poverty, and experienced hate crimes.
Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836 when Mexico's military-backed dictator, _______, fell prisoner to the Texan army.
Who was...
Antonio López de Santa Anna
A month after Lincoln was elected president, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. Following this, six more states seceded and four threatened to. These states would eventually form the Confederacy. Why did they do this?
*Extra 100 points for naming at least six of the states that seceded or threatened to.
What is...
Abraham Lincoln sought to abolish slavery, making the southern states fearful for their economy and their rights.
Seceded-Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas
Threatened to Secede- Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and said the Gettysburg Address?
Who is...
Abraham Lincoln
The most well known Confederate general was Robert E. Lee. What did the "E." in his name stand for?
Edward
What were the reconstruction amendments and what did they do?
13th Amendment - abolished slavery everywhere in the US.
14th Amendment - equal protection of rights.
15th Amendment - all US citizens can vote.
When was the American Progress painting created, and by who?
Who is...
John Gast, 1872
Who was Abraham Lincoln named after?
Who is...
His paternal grandfather.
History's first naval battle between Ironclad warships.
What is...
Monitor and the Merrimack (C.S.S Virginia) or Battle of Hampton Roads
Which act passed in 1850 caused the attempts of freedom, via the Underground Railroad, almost impossible?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was the Proclamation of Amnesty & Construction
It was a pardon to the Confederates who took an oath and accepted the slave emancipation. The state government of Confederate states was accepted once 10% of voters took oath (later changed to 50%).