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Who won the election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Which battle started the Civil War?
Siege of Fort Sumter
What warned European nations not to colonize the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
Which leader helped to influence the election of 1824?
Henry Clay
Who won the election of 1828?
Andrew Jackson
The first major land battle of the Civil War was called what?
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Landmark U.S. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In what year was gold discovered in California?
1848
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Which Confederate general earned the nickname "Stonewall" for his defensive tactics.
Thomas Jackson
What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?
It considered enslaved people in Confederate territory free.
What was Manifest Destiny?
Belief that Americans needed to move westward.
Who surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House?
General Robert E. Lee
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Law that allowed the government to negotiate with Native Americans over removal.
Indian Removal Act
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to a region rather than a country.
Which general led a destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia?
William Tecumseh Sherman
During this battle, the bloodiest day in American history occurred.
Battle of Antietam
Stated that all escaped slaves in free states must be returned to their owners.
Fugitive Slave Act
What years did the Civil War occur?
1861-1865