The Southwest & Random Questions
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100
Why was the invention of the Cotton Gin so important to the South’s economy?
It made it easy to clean cotton and less labor intensive = bigger profits
100
Which ocean did the supporters of Manifest Destiny say that the Unites States should expand to?
The Pacific
100
Why was Harriet Tubman known as the “Moses of her people?
She helped lead many people out of slavery
100
What is the word to describe when the Southern states left the union?
Secession or secede
100
Who was the President of the U.S.A. during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
200
How did Texas become part of the U.S.?
First Texas revolted against Mexico and won their independence, 10 years later the U.S. annexed Texas.
200
Which country was the Louisiana Territory purchased from?
France
200
What state was admitted as a Free State as part of the compromise of 1850?
California
200
Explain the Blockade strategy of the North, what advantage did the north have that allowed them to use this tactic?
They had a larger navy, and they used it to cut off trade from the major southern seaports
200
Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
300
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief by many Americans that the U.S.A. had a right and duty to expand all the way to the Pacific
300
The Oregon Territory was eventually split in two with the U.S. getting the Southern part and which country controlling the Northern part?
Great Britain
300
What made the South better suited than the Northeast for growing cotton and rice on plantations?
Mild climate, good soil, abundant rainfall, long growing season
300
What was the official goal of the Union at the start of the war?
Restore the Union
300
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
400
What caused the War with Mexico & What lands were gained?
Texas was annexed by the U.S.A. but Mexico never recognized Texan independence, then Polk sent Gen. Zachary Taylor to secure the disputed border area between the Rio Grande and the Rio Nueces. A battle broke out and the U.S. declared War on Mexico.
400
Which president won the election of 1844 in large part because he favored national expansion?
James K. Polk
400
What was the Dred Scott case?
This was the case of a slave who sued for his freedom because he had been taken to a free territory by his master. The court ruled against Scott, saying slaves were property and did not have the right to sue. They also ruled that Congress can not ban slavery anywhere in the U.S. because the 5th Amendment protects property.
400
Which battle was considered the turning point in the war, when lee tried to invade the North for the second time but was defeated?
The Battle of Gettysburg
400
Who was the final commanding general of the Union forces?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
What was the name of the important first women’s rights convention in the U.S.A?
The Seneca Falls Convention
500
Who was the leader that brought the Mormon people to the Great Salt Lake valley establishing the new home for the Mormons because of its isolation from persecution?
Brigham Young
500
Which abolitionist was an escaped slave, wrote an autobiography, and became a publisher of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper?
Frederick Douglass
500
Why did Lincoln establish martial law in the loyal Border States at the start of the war and what does that mean?
To keep more states from seceding, it means those states were put under the control of the military with limited civil rights.
500
Who said, "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion."
-Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863
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