Inventors
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
The law which gave 160 acres of land to families settling parts of the West was the Homestead Act
True
The first battle of the Civil War began at _______ in 1861
Ft. Sumter
People who spent much time trying to outlaw slavery were called _________
Abolitionists
Who invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Sections of land set aside by the government for Indian tribes are called provinces
Reservations
One of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad was _____________
Harriet Tubman
The system of escape routes and hiding places that developed in the mid-1800s to help slaves flee to freedom was called the _________
Underground Railroad
Who invented the steamboat
Robert Fulton
One of the greatest land rushes was in what is now the state of Indiana
Oklahoma
The Union's ironclad ship was the __________
Monitor
A decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument is called a ___________
Compromise
Who invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
A person who comes into a new country to live is an abolitionist
Immigrant
President Lincoln's announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any state fighting against the Union was called ____________
the Emancipation Proclamation
The southern states that left the Union formed their own nation, the __________________ of America
Confederate States
Who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller organized America's oil industry
True
The general who became commander of all Union armies in 1864 was _________
Ulysses S. Grant
Why was the battle of Vicksburg important
The Union Army cut the South in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River