History Test 7, Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
Q

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?

A

Henry Clay

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2
Q

The admission of what state in 1850 temporarily upset the balance between free and slave states?

A

California

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3
Q

Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?

A

Fort Sumter

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4
Q

Which two men met at Appomattox Court House to discuss terms of surrender?

A

Lee and Grant

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5
Q

Who was known as the ‘‘Angel of the Battlefield’’?

A

Clara Barton

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6
Q

John C. Calhoun was a famous ‘‘states’ rights’’ spokesman from what state?

A

South Carolina

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7
Q

How many states joined the Confederacy?

A

11

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8
Q

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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9
Q

Which man introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A

Stephen Douglas

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10
Q

What officer was responsible for capturing John Brown in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?

A

Robert E. Lee

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11
Q

first major battle of the war

A

Bull Run

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12
Q

bloody battle fought in Tennessee

A

Shiloh

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13
Q

battle in which the Confederate army split and lured the Union into a trap

A

Chancellorsville

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14
Q

bloody battle fought in Pennsylvania

A

Gettysburg

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15
Q

bloodiest single day of the war

A

Antietam

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16
Q

Fredericksburg

A

A. E. Burnside

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17
Q

Chancellorsville

A

Joseph Hooker

18
Q

Antietam

A

George B. McClellan

19
Q

New Orleans

A

David Farragut

20
Q

Vicksburg

A

U. S. Grant

21
Q

Which Confederate general won the Battle of Chickamauga?

A

Braxton Bragg

He liked to brag about the Battle of Chickamauga.

22
Q

Name the Confederate general who won his nickname at Bull Run.

A

Stonewall Jackson

23
Q

Which Confederate general led the dramatic charge on Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg?

A

George E. Pickett

24
Q

Which Southern general did Lee call the ‘‘eyes of the army’’?

A

Jeb Stuart

(Only Shafe will get this..
Minecraft.)

25
Q

What Confederate navy ship fought against the Monitor?

A

Merrimac

26
Q

The Emancipation Proclamation of ___ freed slaves in the states which has seceded

A

1863

27
Q

General ___ burned Atlanta, Savannah, and Columbia.

A

Sherman

28
Q

After the Confederates surrendered, General ___ allowed them to keep their animals and rifles.

A

Grant

29
Q

In the ____, a man could avoid the draft by paying a $300.00 exemption.

A

North

30
Q

By 1865, the Confederate dollar was worth little more than ___.

A

$.01

31
Q

____ ran for the Presidency as a Union party candidate in 1864.

A

Lincoln

32
Q

______ men died in the Civil War.

A

600,000

33
Q

The __ Amendment outlawed slavery.

A

13th

34
Q

A ____ was a Southerner who helped the carpetbaggers.

A

scalawag

35
Q

President Lincoln was shot by ______

A

John Wilkes Booth

36
Q

Who was the first President to be impeached?

A

Andrew Johnson

37
Q

Which amendment made former slaves citizens of the United States?

A

14th Amendment

38
Q

What agreement ended Reconstruction in the South?

A

Compromise of 1877

39
Q

Who won the Presidential election of 1868?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

40
Q

Name the man who invented the symbols for the leading political parties: a donkey for the Democrats and an elephant for the Republicans.

A

Thomas Nast

41
Q

What did Booker T. Washington believe the freed slaves should do to take their proper place in American society?

A

Booker T. Washington believed that hard work, practical education, and spiritual development would put the freed slaves on a level of integrity and character that would win the respect of all Americans.

42
Q

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South in the beginning of the Civil War.

A
  • The South had several advantages: (1) they were motivated by protection of home and family, (2) they had stockpiled supplies in anticipation of the war, and (3) they had better military leaders. Disadvantages in the South included: (1) no means of insuring future supplies, (2) no industrial base, and (3) small population.
  • The North also had several advantages: (1) they had a larger population (4 times more than the South), (2) they had a large industrial base to manufacture war materials, (3) they had a rail system to transport troops and supplies. The North did have the disadvantage of having to attack rather than defend.