Chapters 8-10 (Unit 1.2)

Question 1

cotton gin

Answer 1

machine that filters cotton; made it so you needed fewer works for cleaning cotton

Question 2

Factory System

Answer 2

A manufacturing system in which products are created on a large scale by using machines in factories rather than by individuals

Question 3

Indian Removal Act

Answer 3

Law passed in 1830 by congress to authorize the forced resettlement of indigenous groups living east of the mississippi river in an area of the west of the mississppi that later became Oklahoma

Question 4

manifest destiny

Answer 4

the belief held by many americans that america was destined to spread across the north american continent and beyond

Question 5

market revolution

Answer 5

the transition of a society from having a traditional economy to a market economy

Question 6

Marshall Court

Answer 6

The Supreme Court when Marshall was chief justice from 1801-1835

Question 7

Second great awakening

Answer 7

from 1795-1835 period of renewed religious fervor among Christians in the US

Question 8

Seneca Falls Convention

Answer 8

Held on July 19-20 1848; women’s’ rights; launched women’s suffrage movement.

Question 9

Spoils System

Answer 9

practice of giving appointment positions in government to people loyal to the party in power (Andrew Jackson used this)

Question 10

Federalists vs Dem Reps

Answer 10

Key difference is the federalists wanted a strong central government to control the states; the Dem-Reps did not (National Republican party also supported strong central)

Question 11

One reason people didn’t support the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 11

Unconstitutional for the President to purchase foreign teritory

Question 12

Who identified with the Democratic party when Andrew Jackson created it 1828?

Answer 12

Ordinary farmers and workers

Question 13

Backbone of Early US Economy

Answer 13

Agriculture

Question 14

Whisky Rebellion made what clear?

Answer 14

Made clear that the federal government would enforce its laws

Question 15

In what way did society treat colonial women as inferior to men in the 1800s?

Answer 15

Couldn’t vote; couldn’t control own money or property; stay home and take care of domestic duties

Question 16

compromise of 1850

Answer 16

Measured passed to admit California to the union as a free state; divide the rest of the southwest into New mexico & Utah territories

Question 17

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 17

in 1857 Supreme Court ruling that legalized slavery in the territories and declared the missouri compromise unconstitutional; heightened tensions between north and south over slavery

Question 18

Fort Sumter

Answer 18

Where the Civil Started - Federal fort in South Carolina

Question 19

Fugitive Slave Law

Answer 19

Enslaved person who escaped were to be captured and returned; it intensified the debate over slavery between the north and south

Question 20

John Brown’s Raid

Answer 20

Raid in hopes of seizing federal arsenal in Virginia; in order to give weapons to enslaved people and spark a revolt

Question 21

Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 21

1854 established Kansas and Nebraska as territories; with popular sovereignty; led to the Bleeding Kansas conflict

Question 22

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 22

Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 23

President of the Confederacy

Answer 23

Jefferson Davis

Question 24

First state to secede

Answer 24

South Carolina

Question 25

Missouri compromise did not include?

Answer 25

agreement to allow slavery in oregon territory

Question 26

What was the republican party made of?

Answer 26

Anti-Slavery activists and colonists

Question 27

What is the significance of the 36 30 line?

Answer 27

Separated slave states from free states

Question 28

54th Massachusetts regiment

Answer 28

Civil War - First entirely african america regiment in the Union Army

Question 29

Anaconda Plan

Answer 29

Civil War strategy by Lincoln & Scott; which Union forces established a blockade of the southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River

Question 30

Bread Riot

Answer 30

People who sought food and other goods that were becoming scarce in the south

Question 31

Copperhead

Answer 31

Nickname used to describe Democrats who opposed the war and were sympathetic to the south

Question 32

Draft Riots

Answer 32

Series of deadly riots that took place in US cities to protest the military draft

Question 33

The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 33

edict issued by lincoln to free people enslaved in the confederate states

Question 34

Gettysburg Address

Answer 34

Speech given by Lincoln at the civil war battle of Gettysburg in memory of the union soldiers who died there

Question 35

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Answer 35

Sherman went through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying everything along the way