Ch. 15 & 16

Question 1

Lincoln-Douglas debates

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debates on slavery between the Illinois Republics and Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate

Question 2

“Little Giant”

Answer 2

The nickname for Senator Stephen A. Douglas

Question 3

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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one of the best selling novels in american history written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 4

In the debate preceding the Compromise of 1850, John C. Calhoun didn’t argue

Answer 4

the people of the territories could exclude slavery before statehood

Question 5

The older generation of sectional leaders who played a final role in the debates of 1850 include

Answer 5

Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun

Question 6

The Fugitive Slave Act did not

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quiet abolitionist free blacks such as Frederick Douglass

Question 7

The document that proposed that the U.S. buy or seize Cuba from Spain

Answer 7

Ostend Manifesto

Question 8

The efforts of Commodore Matthew Perry led to an 1854 treaty that opened trade with the previously isolationist Asian nation of

Answer 8

Japan

Question 9

The legislation sponsored by Stephen A. Douglas which in effect repealed the Missouri compromise in return for southern support for a transcontinental railroad to be built west of Chicago

Answer 9

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 10

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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helped bring about the organization of the Republican Party

Question 11

The Missourians who crossed into Kansas to cast fraudulent ballots and promote the pro-slavery cause

Answer 11

“Border ruffians”

Question 12

The popular name for American Party members who often belonged to secret Protestant fraternal societies

Answer 12

Know-Nothings

Question 13

Navitism in the 1850s refers to the fear and hatred of

Answer 13

immigrants

Question 14

The Dred Scott decision did NOT

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declare that while blacks could bring cases to court, slaves were property

Question 15

The Panic of 1857

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convinced the South that its system was superior

Question 16

The Republican platform of 1860 did not include

Answer 16

a demand that slavery be ended everywhere immediately

Question 17

The first state to secede

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South Carolina

Question 18

The organization created by President Lincoln to promote healthier conditions at military camps and support the volunteer efforts to supply food and medicine

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United States Sanitary Commission

Question 19

The border states included

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Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri

Question 20

The North’s advantages in the Civil War did not include

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shorter supply lines

Question 21

The South’s actual advantages in the civil war did not include

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a belief that Britain would forced to intervene for cotton

Question 22

Lincoln’s primary goal early on was to

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keep the Union together and reconcile the south as soon as possible

Question 23

The paper bank notes issued by the federal government under the Legal Tender Act

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greenbacks

Question 24

The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

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introduced iron plating and revolving turrets

Question 25

The Emancipation Proclamation

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freed only the slaves in the Confederate controlled territory

Question 26

NOt a result of blacks serving in the Union army

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blacks gained self-esteem because they were immediately treated as equals by the army

Question 27

After the war began the political situation in the North did not involve

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Lincoln’s biggest supported being Salmon P. Chase of Ohio

Question 28

As the Civil war progressed the confederacy did not face

Answer 28

more unity in the government supporting Jefferson Davis

Question 29

Sherman’s Special Field Order 15

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set aside 400,00 acres to be given to freedmen in 40-acre parcels

Question 30

The election of 1864

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turned in Lincoln’s favor only after the fall of Atlanta

Question 31

First Bull Run

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first major battle of war in the east

Question 32

Shiloh

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bloodiest two day battle

Question 33

Forts Henry and Donelson

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Union victories on Confederate strongholds on rivers in Tennessee

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Petersburg

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In Virginia, Union laid siege for almost one year from 1864 to 1865

Question 35

Gettysburg

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bloodiest three day battle

Question 36

Vicksburg

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its capture gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Question 37

Peninsula Campaign

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failed attempt to take Richmond by McClellan

Question 38

Antietam

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bloodiest one day battle

Question 39

Wilderness

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12,000 Union dead in first encounter of Lee and Grant

Question 40

Fort Sumter

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first Confederate attack on Union fort