History Exam Flashcards
1
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What year did the Civil War begin?
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1861
2
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Where did the Civil War officially begin
A
Fort Sumter
3
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Who owned the land that saw the first major land battle of the civil war
A
Wilmer McLean
4
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What was the site of the first major land battle of the Civil War
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Manssas
5
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What confederate spy drowned on the NC coast
A
Rose Greenhow
6
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When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued
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1863
7
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What famous battle was fought in Tennessee in 1862
A
Shiloh
8
Q
Which of the following killed or wounded most soldiers in the Civil War
A
Bullets
9
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Who were known as sawbones during the Civil war
A
Doctors
10
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What famous confederate was shot at Chancellorsville
A
Stonewall Jackson
11
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What famous battle occurred in Maryland in 1862
A
Antietam
12
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What was the bloodiest battle fought during the Civil War
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Gettysburg
13
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How did women participate during the civil war
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Nurses, soldiers, spies…
14
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Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so important to the Union
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It added a moral cause to the war
15
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When did Abraham Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
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November 19,1863
16
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Where did the 54th Massachusetts fight on July 18, 1863
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Fort Wagner
17
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What month did the Civil War begin and end
A
April
18
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What was the number one killer of soldiers, on both sides during the Civil War
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Disease
19
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What woman was considered a great spy for the Union during the Civil War
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Elizabeth Van Lew
20
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Who did Gen. Johnston surrender to on April 26,1865 in NC
A
Sherman
21
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Name a strength of the South
A
Better military leaders
22
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Which of the following battles was considered a major turning point in the Civil War
A
Gettysburg
23
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What union victory on July 4th 1863 split the Confederacy
A
Vicksburg
24
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True? Joseph Johnston surrendered to Gen. Sherman after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant
A
Trye
25
False? Grant and Sherman’s use of Total War helped bring the Civil War to an end
No, True
26
T or F? Sherman neckties were bent rails from destroying southern railroads
T
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T or F? Sherman’s army captured Atlanta in 1865
F
28
Joseph Johnston surrender to Willian Sherman occurred in NC…t or f
T
29
How many Southern Colonies were there?
5
30
What war created debt for the colonists?
French and Indian
31
Who assisted Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
32
How many men signed the Declaration if Independence
56
33
What is the capital of Delaware
Dover
34
Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill actually occur
Breed’s hill
35
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
36
What treaty ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
37
Who wrote the us national anthem
Francis Scott Key
38
What did the colonists send to King George lll asking for peace
Olive Branch Petition
39
How many votes did each state under the Articles of Confederation
1
40
What event caused the Constitutional Convention
Shays rebellion
41
Who is known as the father of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
42
Who was the first American president assassination
Abe
43
What fraction were slaves to be counted for representation in the us constitution
3/5
44
How many amendments are there in the us constitution
27
45
How many states were needed to ratify the constitution
9
46
How many amendments are in the bill of rights?
10
47
How many people are there in senate
100
48
What state threatened to secede due to the Nullification Crisis
SC
49
What state fought the excise tax placed on whiskey?
PA
50
What killed the most soldiers during the civil war
Diseases
51
Who was the first us pres to survive an assassination attempt
Andrew Jackson
52
What branch of govt is responsible for making the laws for our country
18
53
What president won the election in 1864
Abraham Lincoln
54
What amendment protects individuals rights not listed in the constitution
9
55
What amendment prevents troops from entering your home
3
56
What amendments protects people from cruel or unusual punishment
8
57
What amendment is the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
6
58
What amendment protects your property rights
5
59
What amendment protects you from illegal seizures and searches
4
60
What is the capital of New Hampshire
Concord
61
What killed most of the soldiers in battle
Bullets
62
Who determines who will president if no candidate red I ever enough electoral votes
House of reps
63
Who tries all cases of impeachment
Senate
64
How many justices make up the Supreme Court
9
65
What battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero
Battle of New Orleans
66
During what war was the White House burned
1812
67
What is the right to decide on the issue of slavery called in the Kansas-Nebraska territories
Popular sovereignty
68
A tax on an imported good is a
Tarrif
69
What year was the Louisiana purchase
1803
70
What legislation added Maine to the US as a free state
Missouri Comprise
71
What year was the Indian Removal Act passed
1830
72
Which of the following was responsible for the first national debate on the issue of slavery
Tallmadge Amendment
73
Which of the following events came first
Nat Turners Rebellion
74
What ruling stated that slaves weren’t citizens and couldn’t file a suit in federal court
Dried Scott Case
75
What are the South’s weaknesses in the Civil War
- The South’s economic health depends on trade with Europe
- Slaves in the South cannot be counted on to support the Confederacy
- Many of the South’s supply routes lie near the border between the north and a larger navy
- Most banks, factories and ships are in the North
- The North’s population is twice as large as the South’s
- The North have more railroads than the South
- The North has a larger navy
- More states have stayed with the Union than have joined the Confederacy
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What are the South’s strengths in the War?
1. The South has an excellent group of military leaders
2. Leaders in Britain and France sympathize with the South
3. The Confederacy is fighting for independence
4. Southern Soilders are convinced of the rightness of the Confedrate cause
77
North’s strengths in the Civil War
1. Most banks, factories and ships are in the North
2. The North’s population is twice as large as the South’s
3. The North has more railroads than the South
4. The North has a larger Navy
5. The Union has government institutions that have been tried and tested over the years
78
North’s weakness in the war…
1. Northerners disagree about the rights and wrongs of slavery
2. weaker military leaders
79
What are the causes of the war of 1812
1. BRITAIN - VIOLATES US Neutrality
by seizing US ships, goods, and sailors
2.Britain- armed Indians and encouraged attacks on US western settlers
3. US agreement with France (stop trade with GB) (Britain blockades US coast in retaliation)
4. Territory - US wants to expand
80
What is impressment
The British were getting sailors to sail with them
81
Who was the biggest war hawk
Henry Clay
82
Who declares war for the first time in our nations history
James Madison
83
When was the battle of Lake Erie
September 10
84
What was the USS constitution’s nickname
Old Ironsides
85
How did we resolve the War of 1812
The treaty of Ghent
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Why was winning the Battle of New Orleans ironic
It was ironic because it happened two weeks after the treaty had been signed
87
Why is the treaty if Ghent called the treaty of. Ghent be
Cause the treaty was signed in Ghent
88
What is 1.
George Washington
89
Who designed and made the original American flag
Betsy Ross
90
What war does the national anthem talk about
The war of 1812
91
Where is the place where the British tried to take the flag down
Fort McKendrick
92
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed
Independence hall
93
Stereotype
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thinng
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Bias
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
95
Prejudice
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
96
Point of view
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter
97
Frame of Reference
A set of criteria or stated values in redaction to which measurements or judges can be made
98
Perception
The power too see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses
99
What moral have you learned from the sacred rac
Never judge something without understanding it first
100
Primary Source
An artifact, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any source of information that was created at the time under study
EX…Diary of Anne Frank
101
SEcoundary Source
A source of information that was created later by someone who didn’t experience first hand or participate in the events or conditions you are researching.
EX… magazine articles
102
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
| A biography about Honest Abe
Secondary Souce
103
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
| The Declaration of Independence
Primary
104
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
| Autobiography
Primary
105
When did the Beatles play
1958-1970
106
Who was in the Beatles
Paul McCartney, Riage Star, George Harris, and John Lennon
107
Number one best selling album. For the Beatles
White album
108
What are the New England Colonies?
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
109
What are the middle colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
110
What are the southern colonies
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Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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111
What is the capital of Massachusetts
Boston
112
The capital of Rhode Islnad
Providence
113
The Capital of Connecticut
Hartford
114
Capital of New York
Albany
115
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
116
Cap of NJ
Trenton
117
Cap of Maryland
Annapolis
118
Virginia capital
Ricjmond
119
North Carolina
Raliegh
120
Cap of SC
Columbia
121
Cap of Georgia
Atlanta
122
What are our country’s 5 founding ideals
Equality, Liberty, Rights Opportunity, democracy
123
When did Paul Revere yell the THE BRITISH ARE COMIMG!
April 18, 1775
124
Why did Paul revere go to concord
To seize the weapons and let people know the British coming
125
Why were the British in debt
French and Indian War
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Why did the British tax the colonists
Cause they were in debt cause of the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
