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This theory was proven incorrect as the first way Americans came to North America, it was named for the spear points.
What is Clovis First?
This man questioned what the Fourth of July meant to Black Americans in his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Who is Frederick Douglas?
After the battle of Antietam in 1862, Lincoln issued the __________.
Emancipation Proclamation
Fort Sumter is located in the state of ________.
What is South Carolina?
Used by the telegraph as a way of communicating messages with dots and dashes
What is Morse Code?
Plymouth brought families whereas Jamestown brought _________.
Single Men, Gentlemen
The _____________ legally freed all slaves by law.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was issued during what war?
What is the American Revolution?
Lincoln debated _________________ during the 1858 Illinois Senate Campaign
Who is Stephen Douglas?
The first two _____________ were known as the Monitor and the Merrimac.
Ironclads!
The Kansas-Nebraska Act split up the _____________ party.
What is the Democratic?
The term _______________ represents the dehumanization of the enslaved person; these people were considered slaves even before they were born.
What is Chattel Slavery?
_____________ raided the Federal armory at Harper’s Ferry and was captured by troops led by _____________
John Brown
Robert E Lee
Gettysburg was a ______ victory.
Vicksburg was a _______ victory.
Fredericksburg was a ______ victory.
Chancellorsville was a _______ victory.
Union
Union
Confederate
Confederate
The deadliest battle in the Civil War lasted three days and had over 60,000 casualties. Where did it take place? City/Town and State.
Where is Gettysburg, PA.
By 1860 cotton made up ________% of the GDP of the nation's exports
What is 60%?
Approximately _____________ (number) people were enslaved and brought to the Americas.
What is 10-12 million?
This court case ruled that the law “once free, always free” did not need to be followed.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
This battle convinced the French to support the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This line banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation line of 1763?
This President made supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act a test of his political party.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
This Treaty was an illegitimate treaty signed by members of the Cherokee who did not represent the will of the Cherokee people.
What is the Treaty of New Echota?
List all five parts of the Compromise of 1850.
New Fugitive Slave Act
California added as a Free State
Texas and New Mexico Settle Border
Slave Trade Banned in DC, but not the practice
SW Territories added under popular sovereignty.
Alexander Stephens said that the Confederacy is founded on the principle that blacks and whites are unequal in the _____________.
What is the Cornerstone Speech?
The five tribes removed during the Trail of Tears
What are the Seminole, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw?