Final

Question 1

In 1804, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) Rufus King

C) Aaron Burr

D) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Answer 1

Aaron Burr

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true of Jefferson’s Embargo?

A) It was aimed primarily at punishing Britain for its policy of impressment.

B) It succeeded in changing Britain’s naval policies, resulting in better relations with the U.S.

C) It was enacted in the wake of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.

D) It hurt the U.S. economy and created outrage at home, particularly among the Federalists in New England.

Answer 2

It succeeded in changing Britain’s naval policies, resulting in better relations with the U.S.

Question 3

James Madison asked for Congress for a declaration of war against Britain in 1812

A) because of Britain’s impressment of American sailors.

B) because Americans believed British agents were arming and inciting the Indians of the Northwest U.S.

C) because of the urging of “War Hawks” in Congress such as John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay.

D) all of the above.

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

This American naval officer sent the message: “We have met the enemy and they are ours” after his victory on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

A) Chester W. Nimitz

B) David Farragut.

C) Oliver Hazard Perry.

D) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Answer 4

Oliver Hazard Perry

Question 5

Which of the following did NOT happen during the War of 1812?

A) American forces successfully invaded British Canada.

B) The White House and other federal buildings were burned by British troops.

C) Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner while observing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry.

D) The USS Constitution won rousing victories over the HMS Java and Guerriere.

Answer 5

American forces successfully invaded British Canada

Question 6

The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812

A) by ceding approximately 1,200 square miles of southern Canada to the U.S. (which later became the state of Maine).

B) on a status-quo antebellum basis.

C) after the British formally agreed to abandon their policy of impressment.

D) after the American victory at New Orleans.

Answer 6

on a status-quo antebellum basis.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT trust of the Battle of New Orleans?

A) It made Andrew Jackson an American hero.

B) The British army seized New Orleans shortly after the American retreat.

C) It was a crushing American victory.

D)
The British commander, General Pakenham, was killed in the assault

Answer 7

The British army seized New Orleans shortly after the American retreat.

Question 8

The “Era of Good Feelings” happened during the presidency of

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) James Madison

C) James Monroe

D) John Quincy Adams

Answer 8

James Monroe

Question 9

This treaty between the US and Spain ceded Florida to the US and fixed the SW border of the Louisiana Territory.

A) The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

B) The Adams-Onis Treaty

C) Pinckney’s Treaty

D) The Tyler-Herrera Treaty

Answer 9

The Adams-Onis Treaty

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT true of the Missouri Compromise?

A) It was authored by Henry Clay.

B) It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

C) It fixed a boundary line at 36, 30 degrees in the Louisiana Territory, banning slavery north of that line.

D) It permitted the Annexation of Texas by the US and (temporarily) prevented a war with Mexico.

Answer 10

It permitted the Annexation of Texas by the US and (temporarily) prevented war with Mexico.

Question 11

The ___ called for an end to European colonialism in the New World and promised the US would stay out of European affairs.

A) Jackson Force Bill

B) Monroe Doctrine

C) Embargo Act

D) Treaty of San Luis

Answer 11

Monroe Doctrine

Question 12

John Quincy Adams was

A) the son of John Adams.

B) Secretary of State under James Monroe.

C) president from 1825-29.

D) all of the above.

Answer 12

all of the above

Question 13

The “Corrupt Bargain” refers to

A) the charge by supporters of Andrew Jackson that the presidency had been stolen from him in 1824.

B) the deal between Britain and the US to keep other European powers out of the New World.

C) the agreement between pro-slavery Senators and pro-war Senators to expand US territory westward.

D) the agreement to allow slavery south of the Mason-Dixon Line, but not north of it.

Answer 13

the charge by the supporters of Andrew Jackson that the presidency had been stolen from him in 1824.

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT true of Andrew Jackson?

A) He owned a large number of slaves at his home, the Hermitage, in Tennessee.

B) He engaged in several (sometimes deadly) duels with rivals.

C) He was born into a family of wealth and privilege.

D) He was seen by many Americans as a great military hero.

Answer 14

He was born into a family of wealth and privilege

Question 15

During the so-called “Age of Jackson”

A) democracy became more widespread as property restrictions on voting were lifted in many states.

B) numerous great works of literature were written by American authors.

C) a “Market Revolution” took place in America as the Industrial Revolution took hold in the US.

D) all of the above.

Answer 15

all of the above

Question 16

The “American System” of internal improvements (roads, canals, banks, etc.) was championed by

A) Andrew Jackson

B) Henry Clay

C) Martin van Buren

D) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Answer 16

Henry Clay

Question 17

The cotton gin, invented by ___, helped in the processing of cotton but also increased the demand for slaves in the South.

A) Samuel Colt

B) Samuel Morse

C) Samuel Barber

D) Eli Whitney

Answer 17

Eli Whiteney

Question 18

Which of the following was NOT true of Edgar Allen Poe?

A) He helped pioneer the genre of detective and horror stories.

B) He lived a fairly tragic life and died in his forties of mysterious causes.

C) He wrote such classics as The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Pit and the Pendulum.

D) He lived a long life and achieved great wealth and success before his death.

Answer 18

He lived a long life and achieved great wealth and success before his death.

Question 19

This Transcendentalist author wrote “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” and was opposed to slavery and the Mexican-American War.

A) C. Clayton Toombs

B) Nathaniel Hawthorne

C) James Fenimore Cooper

D) Henry David Thoreau

Answer 19

Henry David Thoreau

Question 20

The Temperance Movement sought to

A) reduce alcohol consumption.

B) reduce the levels of slavery in the territories.

C) temper the hard feelings between Britain and the US after the War of 1812.

D) none of the above.

Answer 20

reduce alcohol consumption

Question 21

Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison were two of the most prominent

A) states rights advocates.

B) abolitionists.

C) manufacturers in New England.

D) advocates of the Mexican-American War.

Answer 21

abolishinists

Question 22

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott helped to organize the first women’s rights convention at

A) Albany, NY

B) Philadelphia, PA

C) Boston, MA

D) Seneca Falls, NY

Answer 22

Seneca Falls, NY

Question 23

The Underground Railroad

A) helped thousands of slaves escape to freedom in the North.

B) was assisted by people such as Harriet Tubman and Levi Coffin.

C) was heavily criticized by Southern slave owners, who pushed for a stronger fugitive slave law.

D) all of the above.

Answer 23

all of the above

Question 24

Which of the following was NOT true of the Nullification Crisis?

A) It resulted in violence when Andrew Jackson sent US Army units into South Carolina to enforce federal laws.

B) John C. Calhoun proposed the idea that states should “nullify” laws they deemed unfair or unconstitutional.

C) Andrew Jackson supported the “Force Bill” which authorized him to use force to ensure federal laws were obeyed.

D) Henry Clay guided a compromise solution thru Congress which largely ended the crisis.

Answer 24

It resulted in violence when Andrew Jackson sent US Army units into South Carolina to enforce federal laws.

Question 25

The "Trail of Tears" refers to A) slaves who were "sold down the river" into the deep South. B) Henry Clay's supporters after he lost the election of 1832. C) The movement of the Cherokee Indians from their native lands to the Indian Territory. D) The numerous deaths of workers who dug/built the Erie Canal.

Answer 25

the movement of the Cherokee Indians from their native lands to the Indian Territory.

Question 26

Texas gained its independence from Mexico with the victory at A) The Alamo B) Goliad C) San Jacinto D) San Antonio

Answer 26

San Jacinto

Question 27

The issue of whether to admit Texas to the Union was highly controversial since A) Texas was a slave state. B) Texas had little to offer the US since it was mostly barren desert. C) Texas was a free state. D) Britain and France both laid claim to large portions of Texas territory.

Answer 27

Texas was a slave state

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT true of the Presidential Election of 1840? A) It is usually regarded as the first "modern" political campaign with its slogans, rallies, songs, memorabilia, and active campaigning by the candidates. B) It saw the election of the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison. C) It was thrown into the House of Representatives after neither candidate won a majority of the electoral vote. D) The candidacy of Martin van Buren suffered due to the economic problems caused by the Panic of 1837.

Answer 28

it was thrown into the House of Representatives after neither candidate won a majority of the electoral vota

Question 29

John Tyler is notable for A) being the first vice president to assume the office of president after the death of a president. B) his staunch opposition to Texas statehood. C) his full-fledged support for the Whig system of banks and internal improvements. D) being the first president to die in office (after only 30 days).

Answer 29

being the first vice president to assume the office of president after the death of a president

Question 30

Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis were all killed at A) Fallen Timbers B) Gettysburg C) the Alamo D) Gonzales

Answer 30

the Alamo.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT true of Henry Clay? A) He ran for president multiple times but was never elected. B) He was a staunch supporter of Andrew Jackson and his "Jeffersonian" policies of limited government. C) He helped to found the Whig political party in America. D) He was a supporter of the "American System" of internal improvements.

Answer 31

He was a staunch supporter of Andrew Jackson and his "Jeffersonian" policies of limited government.

Question 32

President James Polk A) favored American expansionism B) was a Whig who detested Andrew Jackson. C) favored Texas statehood. D) both A and C are correct.

Answer 32

both A and C are correct

Question 33

The idea that America was pre-ordained to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific was known as A) popular sovereignty. B) manifest destiny. C) the American System. D) the Free Soil movement.

Answer 33

manifest destiny

Question 34

This explorer led 5 expeditions to the Rocky Mountain region and has a mountain named after him in Colorado. A) John Evans. B) Cornelius Pike. C) Stephen Long. D) Samuel Princeton.

Answer 34

Stephen Long

Question 35

This explorer was known as the Pathfinder and led 5 expeditions to Oregon and California, with the aid of mountain man Kit Carson. A) John C. Fremont. B) Alexander Polk. C) Benjamin Johnson. D) Jedediah Jones.

Answer 35

John C. Fremont

Question 36

Which of the following was NOT true of the Oregon Treaty? A) James Buchanan, US secretary of state, helped to negotiate the treaty. B) the treaty was between the US and Russia. C) it set the northern boundary of Oregon at the 49th parallel. D) the treaty encompassed an area that makes up most of the modern NW United States.

Answer 36

the treaty was between the US and Russia

Question 37

Which of the following was NOT true of the Mexican-American War? A) It was and extremely popular and un-controversial war in America. B) It was fought under the presidency of James Polk. C) It resulted in an American victory over Mexico. D) Its origins in a skirmish between American and Mexican troops in Texas is still somewhat murky.

Answer 37

It was an extremely popular and un-controversial war in America

Question 38

This American general, known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" due to his devotion to military spit and polish, won a major victory with his seizure of Mexico City. A) Zachary Taylor. B) Ulysses S. Grant. C) Winfield Scott. D) Jefferson Davis.

Answer 38

Winfield Scott

Question 39

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and A) made slavery illegal in most of the western territories. B) forced Mexico to pay more that $150 million in reparations to the U.S. C) allowed slavery to exist in the Utah and New Mexico territories, but not California or Texas. D) ceded the southwest of North America to the United States.

Answer 39

ceded the southwest of the North America to the United States

Question 40

The Wilmot Proviso A) was drafted by Henry Clay. B) called for popular sovereignty to determine the status of new territories in the west. C) passed both the House and Senate with huge majorities. D) none of the above.

Answer 40

none of the above

Question 41

The population of California expanded greatly in a short period of the late 1840s-early 1850s due to A) the military occupation by US troops during the Mexican-American War. B) the discovery of gold. C) the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad. D) the completion of the Panama Canal, which allowed for rapid travel from East Coast to West Coast.

Answer 41

the discovery of gold

Question 42

The driving force behind the Compromise of 1850 was A) John C. Calhoun B) Millard Fillmore C) Henry Clay D) Stephen A. Dougla

Answer 42

Henry Clay

Question 43

Which of the following was NOT true of the Compromise of 1850? A) it declared that the New Mexico Territory would be open to slavery but that the Utah Territory would be free soil. B) it admitted California as a free state. C) it enacted a harsh new fugitive slave law. D) it declared the slave trade to be illegal in Washington, DC.

Answer 43

it declared that the New Mexico territory would be open to slavery but that the Utah Territory would be free soil.

Question 44

President Zachary Taylor A) Died suddenly in office and was replaced by Vice President Millard Fillmore. B) refused to sign the Compromise of 1850 since he considered it unfair to the South. C) was considered a "doughface" by his political enemies since he was a Northerner with Southern sympathies. D) both B and C are correct

Answer 44

died suddenly in office and was replaced by Vice President Millard Filmore

Question 45

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by A) Louisa May Alcott B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton C) Julia Ward Howe D) Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 45

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 46

Franklin Pierce is remembered as A) a weak and ineffectual president. B) the hero of the Blackhawk War. C) a Northerner who tended to sympathize with the South. D) both A and C are correct.

Answer 46

both A and C are correct

Question 47

The primary author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was A) Abraham Lincoln B) Jefferson Davis C) Stephen A. Douglas D) Daniel Webster

Answer 47

Stephen A. Douglas

Question 48

Which of the following was NOT true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? A) It was created to facilitate a transcontinental railroad originating in the North. B) It declared that slavery was illegal in Kansas and Nebraska. C) It allowed "popular sovereignty" to determine free or slave status in Kansas and Nebraska. D) It lead to sporadic violence in "Bleeding Kansas."

Answer 48

It declared that slavery was illegal in Kansas and Nebraska

Question 49

In "Bleeding Kansas" A) Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed repeatedly. B) Radical Abolitionist John Brown and his followers murdered 5 pro-slavery people. C) Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher sent rifles in boxes marked "Bibles" to anti-slavery forces. D) all of the above.

Answer 49

all of the above

Question 50

The nation was shocked in 1856 when SC Congressman Preston Brooks savagely beat NH Senator ___ with a cane on the floor of the U.S. Senate. A) Charles Sumner B) Nathaniel Hawthorne C) Daniel Webster D) James Taylor

Answer 50

Charles Sumner

Question 51

The Republican Party was created on a "free soil" platform and ran their first candidate ___ in the presidential election of 1856. A) Abraham Lincoln B) John C. Fremont C) Mortimer Q. Falkmore D) Stephen A. Douglas

Answer 51

John C. Fremont

Question 52

In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that A) a slave could not sue for his freedom since he was not a citizen. B) the slave Dred Scott should be freed since he had resided, briefly, in free territory in the North. C) the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional since it deprived slave owners of their "property" rights. D) both A and C are correct.

Answer 52

both A and C are correct

Question 53

The important result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was A) that Abraham Lincoln won a seat in the U.S. Senate, thus launching his political career. B) that the debates made Abraham Lincoln a national figure for the first time. C) that Stephen A. Douglas handily won the debates, setting himself up for victory in the 1860 presidential election. D) that Abraham Lincoln declared forcefully that slavery should be immediately abolished in the South.

Answer 53

that the debates made Abraham Lincoln a national figure for the first time.

Question 54

Which of the following was NOT true of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry? A) His original intent was to start a slave uprising in the South. B) The raid proved to be a failure as Brown was captured and put on trial and hanged for treason and murder. C) Brown's violent actions were utterly condemned by Northern abolitionists. D) Southern militias became more formidable forces as the fear of slave revolt and possible war swept the South.

Answer 54

Brown's violent actions were utterly condemned by Norther abolitionists.

Question 55

In the Presidential Election of 1860 A) Abraham Lincoln won on the Republican ticket. B) the Democratic Party was split between Northern and Southern Democrats. C) the South reacted with fury at the election of Abraham Lincoln. D) all of the above.

Answer 55

all of the above

Question 56

The first Southern state to secede from the Union was A) North Carolina. B) Texas. C) South Carolina. D) Georgia.

Answer 56

South Carolina

Question 57

President James Buchanan responded to Southern secession A) by declaring it unconstitutional but also stating that he was powerless to stop it. B) by sending federal troops into the South to restore order. C) by issuing a "Force Bill" which authorized the use of military force to end the rebellion. D) by resigning his office in 1860 and handing authority to his Vice President, John C. Breckinridge.

Answer 57

by declaring it unconstitutional but also stating that he was powerless to stop it.

Question 58

The president of the Confederate States of America was A) Alexander Stephens B) Jefferson Davis C) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson D) William Seward

Answer 58

Jefferson Davis

Question 59

Which of the following was NOT true of the bombardment of Fort Sumter? A) The Union garrison was forced to surrender the fort to the Confederates. B) It was the act which started the American Civil War. Correct Response C) It showed how bloody the war would be as more than 1,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in the bombardment. D) After the battle, President Lincoln declared the South to be in a state of rebellion and called on 75,000 volunteers to help end the revolt.

Answer 59

It showed how bloody the war would be as more than 1,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in the bombardment.

Question 60

In the aftermath of Fort Sumter, _____ more Southern states seceded, bringing the Confederacy to a total of eleven states. A) four B) six C) three D) five

Answer 60

four

Question 61

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 61

Written by Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. The Missouri Compromise resulted in Missouri coming into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also provided the 36°30′ line where above the line would be free states and below would be slave states.

Question 62

What was the abolition movement?

Answer 62

A historical movement in effort to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free.

Question 63

Who were some of the key players in the abolition movement?

Answer 63

- Frederick Douglass - William Lloyd Garrison - Harriet Beecher Stowe - Harriet Tubman

Question 64

What was Frederick Douglass' role in the abolition movement?

Answer 64

After Douglass escaped, he wanted to promote freedom for all slaves.

Question 65

What was William Lloyd Garrison's role in the abolition movement?

Answer 65

Garrison published a paper known as the Liberator. He was known as the "Father of the Abolition Movement".

Question 66

What was Harriet Beecher Stowe's role in the abolition movement?

Answer 66

She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was a very Christian book that placed a spotlight on the horrors that a slave had to go through.

Question 67

What was Harriet Tubman's role in the abolition movement?

Answer 67

She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad.

Question 68

What was the Underground Railroad?

Answer 68

The Underground Railroad was a secret network organized by people who helped men, women, and children escape from slavery to freedom.

Question 69

What was the Nullification Crisis?s [e]

Answer 69

John C. Calhoun proposed a theory of nullification, wherein a state could nullify a law that was unconstitutional.

Question 70

What brought about the Nullification Crisis? [e]

Answer 70

The Tariff of 1828 (also known as the Tariff of Abominations)

Question 71

What was the Tariff of 1828?

Answer 71

A tariff that was imparted on imported goods, which according to Calhoun, was unfairly partial to the north and hindered the growth and wealth of the south due to the south's reliance on foreign imports.

Question 72

How did Jackson respond to the Nullification crisis?

Answer 72

First, Jackson passed a new tariff in 1832, but when that was declared unconstitutional, he again passed a new tariff. However, he also signed the force bill.

Question 73

What was the force bill?

Answer 73

Jackson was to use force to ensure that federal laws were obeyed.

Question 74

Who came up with the compromise that ended the Nullification Crisis?

Answer 74

Henry Clay

Question 75

What was the Texas Question?

Answer 75

Whether Texas would enter as a free state or a slave state.

Question 76

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo accomplish?

Answer 76

- It ended the Mexican-American War - The US gained what would later be the rest of the continental US (the southwestern portion between California and Texas)

Question 77

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

Answer 77

The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. It did not pass, however, due to the controversy over the provision.

Question 78

What was the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 78

Due to the surge of people going to California, it wanted to be entered as a state, but it would have upset the balance of the states, so Henry Clay drafted five provisions that would later become the Compromise of 1850.

Question 79

What were the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 79

- Popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico - Slave trade abolished in Washington D.C. - Texas' debt was shared by all the states in return for giving up land - Fugitive Slave Act was amended so that the north had to comply and enforce the act - California was brought in as a free state

Question 80

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Answer 80

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was made in response to Stephen A. Douglas' want for a transcontinental railroad and whether the territories of Kansas and Nebraska would be admitted as slave or free states. The two states were not under the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, which meant that they were not subject to the 36°30′ line.

Question 81

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Answer 81

- Allowed for the formation of the transcontinental railroad that would pass through the north - Kansas and Nebraska would vote for whether their states would be a free or slave state - Led to "Bleeding Kansas"

Question 82

What was "Bleeding Kansas"?

Answer 82

Due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, both pro-slavery southerners and abolitionist northerners entered the state in order to gain control of the state and turn it into either a slave state or a free state. Due this influx of people with opposing views, small battles broke out all over the territory of Kansas where each side would battle for control of the territory.

Question 83

Who were some influential people during Bleeding Kansas?

Answer 83

- John Brown | - William Beecher

Question 84

What did William Beecher do during Bleeding Kansas?

Answer 84

The pastor William Beecher sent rifles to abolitionists in Kansas in boxes that were labeled bibles.

Question 85

What was John Brown's role during Bleeding Kansas?

Answer 85

John Brown, a radical abolitionist who believed that the only way to free the slaves was through violent revolution, led group of men to massacre five people in response to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas.

Question 86

Who was Dred Scott and why did he go to the Supreme Court?

Answer 86

Dred Scott was a slave whose owner had died and he went to the Supreme Court in order to gain his freedom. He had lived in Missouri - a free state - for a few years and his master had died, but his master's wife had not given him his freedom, so he appealed to the Supreme Court.

Question 87

What was the Dred Scott decision and why was it supported by the South and reviled by the North?

Answer 87

The Supreme Court ruled that all blacks could not sue and that because a slave was a property, the Missouri Compromise, which stated that above the 36°30′ line there was to be no slavery, was unconstitutional because a slave was property and compromise went against a slave holder's fifth amendment rights to not be deprived of property without cause.

Question 88

What happened at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 11859 and why was it so important?

Answer 88

John Brown led a group of abolitionists to Harper's Ferry, where a large amount of munitions were stored. He wanted to collect weapons to arm slaves so that they could revolt against their owners, but they were intercepted by the Virginia militia and were defeated. As a result, Born was tried and executed as a martyr, which boosted the moral for the abolitionists, but also made the southern militias become serious and start training, where before they were liable to goofing around.

Question 89

Describe the election of 1860 and the resulting Secession Crisis.

Answer 89

The election of 1860 saw the split of the Democratic party between two candidates, John C. Breckinridge for the south and Stephen A. Douglas for the north, as well as Abraham Lincoln as the Republican Party nominee. Due to the split in the party, Abraham Lincoln won the election. However, the Southern states, staring with South Carolina, declared that they were seceding due to Lincoln's election as the president of the United States.

Question 90

In what order did the seven southern states secede?

Answer 90

- South Carolina - Mississippi - Florida - Alabama - Georgia - Louisiana - Texas

Question 91

What were the remaining states that seceded?

Answer 91

- Virginia - Arkansas - North Carolina - Tennessee

Question 92

What was the primary weapon for both sides during the Civil War?

Answer 92

The rifled musket and the miniball, which left horrendous wounds where limbs that were hit usually had to be amputated and if someone was shot in the stomach or lower gut they were likely to die. Overall, both sides still used the same tactics, where both sides would have a slow controlled march towards each other and firing at one another.

Question 93

What was the make up of the armies?

Answer 93

There were three separate branches on both sides. These were the Infantry, the cavalry, and the artillery. The infantry were the foot soldiers and fought directly on the ground and were in a majority of the battles. The cavalry were primarily for scouting due to the danger presented from the enemy infantry firing volley after volley at the cavalry. The primary purpose of the artillery was to inflict damage to forts or cities or inflict heavy casualties to the opposing side.

Question 94

What were some of the advantages of the south?

Answer 94

- Better Generals initially - Knew the lay of the land - Fighting on 'home turf' led to a boosted morale - They were on the defensive, not offensive - They only had to hold out until the invaders gave up

Question 95

What were some of the advantages of the north

Answer 95

- Access to the railroad - Access to finances and more supplies (especially after the blockade started to take effect) - Factories - Just about everything