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100

Name one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?  (1,000 point secret question)

  • Lack of power to enforce any of its own laws.

  • Lack of power to regulate trade

  • States made their own money.  No national currency

  • Lack of power to tax citizens.  Only states could tax their citizens

  • No national military to protect from outside forces (France, Britain, etc.)

  • States controlled land west of the Appalachian Mountains

  • All 13 states had to agree to change the Articles of Confederation

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
100
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200

Who was Henry Clay?

Played a major part of the Corrupt Bargain scandal.

200

What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

200
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
200

What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

Gettysburg, PA

200

The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.

Northern; Southern

300

How did the Union become so efficient in maintaining supplies for their military?

Government controlled the vast railway system

300

What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?

The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations

300

Who were two Confederate disadvantages?

Number of soldiers

Lack of mass production for military supplies

Limited Navy

300
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What is the 5th Amendment state?

Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property

400

Which state left the Union first?

South Carolina

400

Name one of Jackson's policies.

The Indian Removal Act

400

What was the name of the Confederate strategy to win the war.  (Two answers)

Attrition

Stand your ground and defend

400

What state is the Appomattox Courthouse located?

Virginia

500

Name another cause of the Civil War other than slaves and state's rights that increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy.

slavery being a part of westward expansion

Lincoln being elected (tipping point)

500

What is one reason there are a high population of African Americans along the Mississippi River and other major rivers?

Most plantations were along large rivers to transport goods to other countries

500

What actual piece of legislation helped Andrew Jackson defeat John Quincy Adams in a landslide in 1828?

The Voting Rights Act.

500

Name the battle where there were no casualties.

Fort Sumter

500

Name the mountain range that hindered westward expansion until the rail system was built.

The Appalachian Mountain Range