Opening the Oregon Territory
What is the date for Opening the Oregon Territory?
1850
What is the date for Lincoln, the 16th President
1861-1865
What is the date for the War Between the States
1861-1865
What is the date for The Battle of Gettysburg?
1863
Who were among the first to settle the Northwest?
Fur trappers and traders
Identify three personal characteristics of Abraham Lincoln.
Honest, wise, and funny.
What were were the Northern soldiers referred to as? What were the Southern soldiers referred to as ?
Northern was the Union.
Southern was the Confederates.
How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?
3 days
In 1846 where did the U.S. and Great Britain agree to divide the Oregon Country?
The 49th Parallel.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation? When was it issued and by whom?
It was a decree by Abraham Lincoln stating that all slaves in the rebellious states were now free!
How did the war end in April 1865?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered his confederate army at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
To turn Union public opinion against the war and to get badly needed supplies.
Who was the Christian doctor who went to the Cayuse Indians? What happened to him?
Marcus Whitman. The Indians blamed him for the measles epidemic and killed him and his family.
Describe Lincoln's Political career.
He practiced law in Illinois, became a congressman, then became the Republican candidate for president.
Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
How many men were lost on each side?
About 22,000
What present day states were in the U.S. portion of the Oregon Territory?
Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
When and how did Abraham Lincoln Die
What did the eleven seceding states become and who was their president?
The Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis was their president.
Name three generals who led in the Battle of Gettysburg.
General Lee, General George Pickett, and General James Pettigrew.