Cards #5:1-16

A

100

The Erie Canal was built across what state?

New York

200

Why was the Erie Canal built?

faster, cheaper transportation for trade/goods

300

___________, a hero of the War of 1812, earned the nickname "Old Hickory" and became the first President not from one of the original 13 colonies.

Andrew Jackson

400

What do we call the policy view that wants to prohibit European control over countries in the Western Hemisphere?

The Monroe Doctrine

500

Where did the First Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s begin?

England/UK/Britain

B

100

Who invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney

200

Harriet Tubman was a famous "conductor" on the "____________" that secretly moved slaves to freedom.

Underground Railroad

300

Who outlawed slavery first, the Northern or Southern US states?

Northern (1818)

400

What was the first country to sell Africans into slavery outside of Africa?

Portugal

500

After the Civil War, the _____(#) amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed slavery.

13th

C

100

The Cherokees refused to move to Oklahoma but ultimately made the difficult journey west. So many Indians died that we call refer to it as _______________.

Trail of Tears

200

What Act (law) required all Indian tribes in the U.S. to move west?

Indian Removal Act

300

The Battle at the Alamo occurred after Texans declared independence from _____________.

Mexico

400

Texans ultimately defeated ________ (what Mexican leader?) at the Battle of San Jacinto, winning their independence.

Santa Anna

500

Texas won independence in _______ (what year?) and became the Republic of Texas.

1836

D

100

Name a famous American who died during the Battle at the Alamo in San Antonio.

Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, W.B. Travis

200

During the Civil War, the South was led by Robert E Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson. What general led the North and later became a President?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

There were 4 major trails leading west during the U.S. Westward Expansion in the 1840s. Name 2.

Oregon, California, Santa Fe, Mormon

400

Latter-Day-Saints (aka, Mormons) were led to Utah by _____________ (whom?)

Brigham Young

500

Ten years after Texas gained its independence, from 1846-1848, the U.S. entered a war with __________, largely over disputed land territories, including Texas again. Who won this war?

Mexico, U.S. won

E

100

In 1849, thousands went to California in search of ______ on John Sutter's land.

gold

200

Who invented/sent the first transcontinental telegraph?

(Samuel) Morse

300

President Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg Address during what war?

U.S. Civil War

400

The Civil War was fought between the Northern and Southern states over disagreements over slavery and _____________ (name another reason).

states' power vs federal power (from notes)

sectionalism, tariffs, expansion (from book)

500

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

Jefferson Davis