Extra Category 1
What portion of the states were mainly agricultural?
The southern portion of the states
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman
Homestead Act
The Homestead Acts stated that applicants could own government land.
What type of economy is a "free market" economy?
A free market is a system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and by consumers.
What did Grant famously state?
"Fight it out along this line if it takes all summer."
Why were the Southern States so dependent on slaves?
They needed them to farm
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that all states held should be freed.
What was at an all time high during the Civil War?
Cotton
What is a "slave labor" economy?
An economy based on slave labor.
What benefited the Northern States during the war?
The Northern State were industrialized.
William T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
Legal Tender Act
The Legal Tender Act issued the issuance of paper money.
What was the largest railroad by the end of the war?
United States Military Railroads
Between the North and the South, Which produced the most firearms.
The North
Morrill Act
The purpose of the act was "to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts."
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States
Pacific Railway Act
The Pacific Railway Act issued the construction of the railroad.
What were paper money called?
What did the transcontinental railroad link?
The east and the west.
What document enraged the Southern States?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What act was approved by President Lincoln for the construction of the railroad?
The Pacific Railroad Act
The National Bank Act
The National Bank Act allowed the creation of the national banks.
What was the main export of the South?
Cotton
What did "free soilers" believe?