unit 1
West Point grad that led the Union army in 1864 until the end of the war.
Ulysses S. Grant
Slave that sued for freedom in the Supreme Court
Dredd Scott
Saved James town by introducing and planting Tabaco plants
John Rolfe
Abolitionist that led a raid on federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
The Father of history
Herodotus
Said that Missouri could enter as a slave state if Maine entered as a free state.
Missouri compromise
Continental General that was the hero of Saratoga and most famous traitor
Benedict Arnold
Led Union army into Atlanta then on the “March to the Sea” Destroying everything in their path
William T. Sherman
Confederate commander that was key to victory at the First Battle at Bull Run
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
The early years at Jamestown can best be described as
bad, terrible, down right no good, gross, sad, hard, totally not the vibe!
Believed people have Natural Rights that can’t be taken away
John Locke
This man was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The first amendment guarantees what individual freedoms?
speech, press, assembly, protest, and religion
What speech does Lincoln give when he dedicates a portion of a battlefield as a cemetery for the soldiers that died there.
Gettersburgh address
The Emancipation Proclamation promised to
free the slaves in the CSA
An exchange of crops, animals, technology and diseases between Europe and America between 1400-1500 was known as the:
Colombian exchange
Which battle happened before America declared independence?
Lexington and Concord
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US
Napoleon
Which document abolished slavery in the whole of the United States?
13th amendment
This woman was influential in the Underground slave “railroad.”
Harriet Tubman
The Souths plan to win the war
fight a war of attrition
The Constitutional Convention had to balance states’ rights with the need for
a stronger national government
what stated that the American continent was not open to European colonization
The Monroe Doctrine
How are the British finally able to defeat the French in the French and Indian war?
They take Quebec
The North’s greatest resource in the Civil War was
their industry