Early America
Who was President during the "Era of Good Feelings"?
James Monroe
These were the years following the War of 1812 characterized by strong nationalist feelings!
Oregon originally belonged to which European nation?
Great Britain
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This was a popular anti-slavery novel published in the 1850s that increased tensions between the North and the South.
What executive order changed the goal of the Civil War to explicitely abolish slavery in the rebelling Confederate States?
Emancipation Proclamation
What year was Lincoln elected?
What was his political party?
Who gained suffrage during the Age of the Common Man?
ALL white men
Religious and property owning qualifications no longer necessary to vote
Roughly 350,000 people in 1824 could vote, but over 2.4 million could vote by 1840
What region would members of the Free Soil party most likely be found in?
the North
The Missouri Compromise added __________ as a “free state” and __________ as a “slave state”.
Write your answers in the order of the blanks!
free state: Maine
slave state: Missouri
What are the first six words of the Ghettysburg Address?
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
Escaped enslaved people who made it to Union camps were known as _____.
Contraband
or Contraband of War
What SCOTUS case established "judicial review", where the Supreme Court has the ability to determine if a law is constitutional?
What legislation passed under Andrew Jackson's presidency caused the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act in 1830
Which compromise allowed for the creation of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
-First battle
-Turning Point
-Final battle
-First: Ft. Sumter
-Turning point: Gettysburg
-Final: Appomattox Court House
What was the name of the 1800s movement that promoted "ideal" roles for women in the house? cooking, cleaning, caretaking, etc...
Cult of Domesticity
What was the cause of the Panic of 1819?
Caused by overspeculation: people overestimated their potential success of buying up large chunks of land out west. Many ended up losing this land.
(This is similar to the cause of the Great Depression... people overspecuated their success of playing in the stock market and invested borrowed money)
Identify four technological advancements that contributed to westward expansion.
Agriculture
-Steel plow (John Deere)
-Mechanical reaper (Cyrus McCormick)
-Cotton gin
Transportation
-Interstate roads / early highways
-Canals
-Steam engine / steam boats
-Railroads!!!!!!!!!
Communication
-Telegraph - the first text message!
What system was used to determine the legality of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories?
Popular Sovereignty: Allowed people who settle a new territory to decide whether or not they want slavery in that region through voting
Identify TWO strengths of the North
Identify TWO strengths of the South
North:
-navy
-more people
-more money
-more factories and RRs
South:
-better generals
-fighting a defensive war
-home field advantage
-more food (at first)
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
Old Hickory
Identify the three main aspects of Henry Clay's American system
The purpose of the American System was to foster economic growth within the United States
-strong banking system
-strong protective tariffs
-infrastructure: construction of roads, canals, bridges
Identify the five "civilized" Native American tribes that were most greatly impacted by the Trail of Tears.
Seminole
Creek
Chickasaw
Cherokee
Choctaw
Identify all five border states that did NOT secede from the Union at the onset of the Civil War.
Kentucky
Delaware
Missouri
Maryland
West Virginia
Identify a major event of the Civil War from each of the following years:
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1861: fighting begins, Battle of Ft. Sumter, Battle of Bull Run
1862: Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredricksburg, Monitor vs Merrimac naval battle, Union captures New Orleans
1863: Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, north goes on the offensive
1864: Sherman's March to Sea, food supply to the south is cut off
1865: Richmond falls, Battle of Gettysburg
The term for Democrats that opposed the Civil War and wanted peace
Copperheads