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Trivia
100
Define the Gang system.
Possible Answer: A system where slaves were divided into groups, which were directed by an overseer. They were forced to work for as many hours as the overseer felt necessary
100
How did the Virginia militia know to stop Gabriel Prosser’s revolt?
Two slaves gave them away
100
Name two of the people who organized a convention in Seneca Falls, New York to to discuss women’s rights after being turned away by man at a convention in 1840.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Susan. B. Anthony - Lucretia Mott
100
Where did the Battle on July 21 where General Irvin McDowell brought inexperience troops to fight P.T.G Beauregard's army take place?
Bull Run river, Massachusetts
100
How did Zachary Taylor die?
Stomach disorder
200
Define the Task system and state which type of plantation it was most common on.
Possible answer: a) A system where slaves were given specific tasks in the morning to do and once they had finished they were free for the rest of the day b) It was most common on rice plantations
200
Name the leader who gathered 1000 rebellious slaves outside Richmond in 1800.
Gabriel Prosser
200
What is the ‘Declaration of Sentiments’ and where was it created?
Possible answers: a)Created at Seneca Falls Convention in Seneca Falls, NY b) It is a declaration of women’s patterned on the 1776 Declaration of Independence. It states, “all men and women are created equal”
200
Who was the commander of the Army of the Potomac and “the most controversial general of the war”?
George B. McClellan
200
Name two characteristics of a participant of ‘Midnight Rides’?
Bands of men in white sheets, masks, horses covered with robes and muffle hooves
300
Define “Sambo”.
-What the slave who acted the role white society gave him/her was called (was an extreme racial stereotype)
300
How many followers did Denmark Vesey have during his 1822 slave revolt?
About 9000 followers
300
Which famous women’s rights advocate said, "Many women are considering what they need and what they have not," ?
Margaret Fuller
300
On what date did South Carolina secede from the union?
December 20, 1860
300
What does the book say happened to many soldiers when they got shot?
They would commonly lose the appendage they were shot in
400
What was the name of the language that combined African and English words?
'Pidgin'
400
Who ran the only actual large scale slave revolt in the nineteenth century? (stated by the book)
Nat Turner
400
Name the two women’s rights advocates said, “Men and women were CREATED EQUAL. They are both moral and accountable beings, and whatever is right for man to do, is right for women to do.”
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
400
What was the name of the 2-day battle in 1862, where P.T.G Beauregard and Albert Sidney Johnson took Ulysses Grant by surprise?
Battle of Shiloh
400
What is the name of the man who made prescriptions for bread made from coarsely ground flour to cure the Cholera epidemic and which a famous cracker is named after him?
a)Sylvester Graham b)The Graham Cracker
500
How did the famous occurrence between Charles Sumner and Preston Brook define the different cultural values between the North and South?
Possible answer: Preston Brook, South Carolina Congressman, beat Massachusetts senator, Charles Sumner with a cane over some situation like an insult of a relative He was a hero in the south but a savage in the north, this showed that violence was much more supported in the south than in the north.
500
About how many people did Nat Turner and his followers kill during his slave revolt?
About 60 people
500
What effect did Ann Lee have on gender roles beginning in the 1770’s?
Lee created a Utopian society in 1770's that made a redefinition of traditional sexuality and gender roles (e.g. power was exercised by more women than men)
500
Where and when did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses Grant?
Appomattox Court House, April 9
500
Who was warden of Albany County Jail in 1801?
Nathan Hawley