Chapters 14-18

Question 1

The three years of the Mexican War were ___ to ___.

Answer 1

1846 to 1848

Question 2

The President during the Mexican War was ___, whose nickname was ___.

Answer 2

James K. Polk; Old Rough and Ready

Question 3

The treaty that ended the Mexican War was ___.

Answer 3

the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 4

The idea that the United States would control all territory between Canada and Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans was known as ___.

Answer 4

Manifest Destiny

Question 5

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was propsed by Senator ___, from ___ (state), whose nickname was ___.

Answer 5

Stephen Douglas; Illinois; the Little Giant

Question 6

The idea that states should decide for themselves whether to be free or slave was known as ___.

Answer 6

Popular Sovereignty

Question 7

accomplished very little during his one term as the 14th President of the United States

Answer 7

Franklin Pierce

Question 8

The first President from the Republican Party was ___. This political party is also known as the G.O.P., which stands for ___.

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln; Grand Old Party

Question 9

the anti-slavery fanatic who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA, and was hanged.

Answer 9

John Brown

Question 10

The American Civil War lasted from ___ until ___.

Answer 10

1861 until 1865

Question 11

The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was fired upon on ___ (complete date). The first state to secede was ___.

Answer 11

April 12, 1861; South Carolina

Question 12

The first President of the Confederate States of America was ___, and his Vice President was ___.

Answer 12

Jefferson Davis; Alexander H. Stephens

Question 13

The Confederate general admired by most people for his “nobility of character”

Answer 13

Robert E. Lee

Question 14

The first capital of the Confederacy was ___, ___. The second and longest-lasting capital of the Confederacy was ___, ___.

Answer 14

Montgomery, Alabama; Richmond, Virginia

Question 15

Northern opponents of the were called ___.

Answer 15

copperheads

Question 16

The document that Lincoln signed freeing the slaves in the Confederate States was called the ___, signed in ___.

Answer 16

Emancipation Proclamation; 1863

Question 17

Famous Civil War nurse and principal founder of the American Red Cross

Answer 17

Clara Barton

Question 18

The three theaters of war during the Civil War were the ___, ___, and ___.

Answer 18

eastern, western, trans-Mississippi

Question 19

The first President of the Confederate States of Amercia was ___, and his Vice President was ___.

Answer 19

Jefferson Davis; Alexander H. Stephens

Question 20

The famous battle of the iron-clad ships involved two ships called the ___ and the ___.

Answer 20

Virginia; Monitor

Question 21

Lee’s farthest advance to the north resulted in the Battle of ___ in July of 1863.

Answer 21

Gettysburg

Question 22

After the failure of such Union generals as ___ and ___, Lincoln finally found one that would sacrifice large numbers of men in order to win. His name was ___.

Answer 22

George McClellan; Ambrose Burnside; Ulysses S. Grant

Question 23

Running short of food, ammunition, clothing, and troops, Lee finally surrendered to Grant on ___ (complete date), at ___, ___.

Answer 23

April 9, 1865; Appomattox Court House; Virginia

Question 24

Five days later, Lincoln was assassinated by ___ at ___ Theatre in Washington.

Answer 24

John Wilkes Booth; Ford’s