Early Republic
What was the cost per acre in regards to the Louisiana Purchase?
4 cents/acre
By the mid 1800s Northerners would abandoning an agrarian lifestyle for what type of lifestyle?
Urban (City Living)
Where were the first shot of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
What was the single worst engagement, not only during the Civil War, but in US history?
The Battle of Antietam (Antietam Creek)
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
Thomas Jefferson would purchase the Louisiana Territory from France for how much money?
$15million
What was the primary crop grown on plantations in the south?
Cotton
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the commander of all northern forces during the Civil War?
General Ulysses S. Grant
How many men died at the Battle of Gettysburg?
50,000
Who was George Washington's Secretary of State?
Thomas Jefferson
Prior to western expansion what was the dividing line between the free states in the north and the slave states of the south?
The Ohio River
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the commander of all southern forces during the Civil War?
General Robert E. Lee
What Union victory finally gave the north control of the Mississippi River?
According to the US Census taken in 1790, roughly how many people lived in the United States at the time?
Just over 4 million
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress in 1830. Who was the President that wanted the legislation passed?
Andrew Jackson
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What General was given the task of executing total war?
General William Tecumseh Sherman
What was the largest battle fought during the Civil War?
Gettysburg
What were the first three states added to the original 13?
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont
In what decade would the idea of Manifest Destiny come into being?
The 1840's
What Supreme Court case determined that blacks had no legal rights whatsoever?
The Dred Scott Case
What famous piece of executive decree freed 3.5 million slaves from bondage?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What two cities did William Tecumseh Sherman famously burn to the ground?
Atlanta and Savannah