Chapters 14-19 Flashcards
Lee’s farthest advance to the north resulted in the Battle of ___ in July of 1863.
Gettysburg
The three years of the Mexican War were ___ to ___.
1846 to 1848
The famous battle of the iron-clad ships involved two ships called the ___ and the ___.
Virginia; Monitor
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 ___.
George McClellan; Ambrose Burnside; Ulysses S. Grant
The document that Lincoln signed freeing the slaves in the Confederate States was called the ___, signed in ___.
Emancipation Proclamation; 1863
accomplished very little during his one term as the 14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
Ulysses S. Grant made a very poor President because …
he viewed the presidency as a reward for his military service during the Civil War and he showed poor political judgement
Five days later, Lincoln was assassinated by ___ at ___ Theatre in Washington.
John Wilkes Booth; Ford’s
The American Civil War lasted from ___ until ___.
1861 until 1865
The first President from the Republican Party was ___. This political party is also known as the G.O.P., which stands for ___.
Abraham Lincoln; Grand Old Party
The first President of the Confederate States of America was ___, and his Vice President was ___.
Jefferson Davis; Alexander H. Stephens
The election of 1876 saw __ allowed to become President in exchange for an end to ___.
Rutherford B. Hayes; Reconstruction
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 ___.
Manifest Destiny
Famous Civil War nurse and principal founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
The Confederate general admired by most people for his “nobility of character”
Robert E. Lee
The treaty that ended the Mexican War was ___.
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The three theaters of war during the Civil War were the ___, ___, and ___.
eastern, western, trans-Mississippi
Northern opponents of the were called ___.
copperheads
During Andrew Johnson’s administration, the future state of ___ was purchased from ___ for the price of ___.
Alaska; Russia; $7,200,000
The idea that states should decide for themselves whether to be free or slave was known as ___.
Popular Sovereignty
The ___ Republicans imposed a military occupation and very strict rules on the South.
Radical
The first capital of the Confederacy was ___, ___. The second and longest-lasting capital of the Confederacy was ___, ___.
Montgomery, Alabama; Richmond, Virginia
Running short of food, ammunition, clothing, and troops, Lee finally surrendered to Grant on ___ (complete date), at ___, ___.
April 9, 1865; Appomattox Court House; Virginia
the anti-slavery fanatic who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA, and was hanged.
John Brown
The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was propsed by Senator ___, from ___ (state), whose nickname was ___.
Stephen Douglas; Illinois; the Little Giant
Lincoln’s Vice President, ___ took office as the 17th President, and was the first President to be ___.
Andrew Johnson; impeached
The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was fired upon on ___ (complete date). The first state to secede was ___.
April 12, 1861; South Carolina
The first President of the Confederate States of Amercia was ___, and his Vice President was ___.
Jefferson Davis; Alexander H. Stephens
The President during the Mexican War was ___, whose nickname was ___.
James K. Polk; Old Rough and Ready
