Westward Expansion
Who did Thomas Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who is against slavery and wants to end it right away.
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who killed President Lincoln. Why?
John Wilkes Booth. He was angry the South had lost the war.
Where did Santa Anna and the Texans fight?
The Alamo
Which invention increased the amount of cotton the South could produce and therefore increased the demand for slaves?
The Cotton Gin
Who was the Head of the Confederate Army during the Civil War? What kind of General was he?
Robert E. Lee - he was a great military strategist.
What was the South like after the war? Were former slaves able to live new lives?
The South was in ruins. The former slaves were not able to do anything but farm, but they had no money to buy their own land. They had to rely on sharecropping which was not much better than slavery.
What were some of the hardships travelers on the Oregon Trail faced?
Disease, Hunger, Death, Loss of Livestock etc.
How did the Underground Railroad work? Who was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
It was a network of safe houses and conductors that lead runaway slaves to freedom in the North.
Who had the upper hand at the beginning of the war? Why?
The South - because they had better generals.
What were the Black Codes?
Laws made to prevent the black Southerners from having equal rights.
What were the men that left their homes to search for gold in California called?
The "49ers"
What were two of the main differences between the North and the South before the Civil War began?
The North was more urban with big cities and factories. The South was more rural with lots of farmland.
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg such an important battle?
It was a major victory for the North - the South would never again win any major victories.
What was the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?
The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that it was God's plan for the United States to spread from East to West.
Explain the Fugitive Slave Law - Why was this so disheartening for Abolitionists?
Slave Owners could retrieve their runaway slaves from the North. This meant that there was no place in the United States that slaves were truly free.
Why was the North able to outlast the South and win the war?
They had more men, more supplies, more access to railroad lines.
How was the Presidential Reconstruction plan different from Congressional Reconstruction?
Presidential: Southern states only had to pass the 13th Amendment. Focus was on bringing the South back into the Union quickly.
Congressional: Southern states had to promise to treat black people equally, pass the 14th Amendment, and it punished those involved in the Civil War.