American History Final Review 2

Civil War 2

100

His 1865 "March to the Sea" can be considered the birth of modern "Total War"

General Sherman

200

Although women were barred from military service both North and South, they contributed to the war effort in many ways. Two examples of this service included work as _____________ and ___________.

Nurses

Spies

Factory workers

Agricultural workers

300

Both North and South instituted military drafts in 1862. In the South, you could obtain an exemption if you owned 20 slaves or more, in the North men could _______________ if they wanted an exemption.

pay $300

400

In 1859, John Brown was hanged for treason by Virginia. Brown's plan - before it was stopped by federal troops at Harpers Ferry, VA - was to initiate and lead a __________.

Slave Revolt in the South

500

Despite the secession of 7 states prior to his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln did not immediately initiate war upon becoming president. Following THIS EVENT, however, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to enlist into the Union army and crush the Southern Confederacy by force.

The Confederate attack on Fort Sumpter

Surprise

100

Eli Whitney's __________ revolutionized cotton production in the South. Although slavery had begun to decline, his invention made it wildly profitable and southern cotton production skyrocketed throughout the early 1800s.

Cotton Gin

200

The Kansas Nebraska Act resulted in massive vigilante bloodshed because it allowed settlers in new states to _______________ .

Vote on whether they would allow slavery or not (Popular Sovereignty).

300

In 1811, the US Government began work on the first federally funded overland route for public use, it was called "The ________ _______ ."

National Road

400

The Confederacy's greatest hope was that THESE TWO nations would - through the desperate need for southern cotton - eventually join their cause against the North.

Britain and France

500

The "First Wave" of European immigration into the United States included several ethnic groups. TWO examples include:

Germans, Irish and Jews

Andrew Jackson & Jacksonian Democracy

100

By the 1830s, this group of Americans enjoyed full voting rights in all states, regardless of financial, tax or property considerations

White Males

200

Andrew Jackson first gained national fame through THIS in 1815

His victory at the Battle of New Orleans

300

This was the name given to forced movement of five Native American nations from the southeastern United States westward to Oklahoma

Trail of Tears

400

As a populist, Andrew Jackson often opposed the interests of "big business." As such, he spent years of bitter struggle opposing the creation of a (Second) National ________ .

Bank

500

The 1832 "Nullification Crisis" occurred when this state argued that it had the right to ignore any federal laws it chose, such as enforcing federal tariffs. When this state threatened to secede, President Jackson quickly threatened military action and the crisis abated.

South Carolina

Reform

100

The abolition of slavery throughout the __________ and ________ Empires in the 1830s and 1840 increased the moral pressure upon the United States to follow suit. 

British, French

200

Many social reformers in the United States during the early 1800s drew inspiration from a simultaneous religious revival that swept America, called the Second Great ___________ .

Awakening

300

This 1848 Convention in upstate New York is typically considered the birthplace of the Women's Rights movement 

Seneca Falls

400

The ______________ Movement sought to end alcohol abuse in the United States; their efforts eventually led to Prohibition in the 1920s.

Temperance

500

In the 1831 case of Worcester vs. Georgia, reformers helped THIS Native American nation take their case against relocation all the way to the US Supreme Court.

Cherokee