Midterm Review Terms

Question 1

49

Answer 1

Parallel that currently makes up the northern boundary of the US

Question 2

1877

Answer 2

Year that Northern troops are pulled out of the South - Reconstruction ends

Question 3

“40 Acres & a Mule”

Answer 3

Promise of the Freedman’s Bureau to former slaves, although they eventually lost both

Question 4

“Positive Good”

Answer 4

Southerners argued that slavery was good for their slaves because they were clothed, fed, and disciplined

Question 5

“Redeemers”

Answer 5

Southern Democrats elected when the Union troops leave - They take rights from AA’s

Question 6

“Solid South”

Answer 6

The idea that the South voted solidly for Democrats for about 100 years after the Civil War

Question 7

13th Amendment

Answer 7

Amendment that freed the slaves

Question 8

14th Amendment

Answer 8

Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, gives all”Equal protection”, and guarantees “Due process”

Question 9

15th Amendment

Answer 9

Amendment that gives voting rights to all male citizens

Question 10

19th Amendment

Answer 10

Gave women the right to vote

Question 11

2nd Great Awakening

Answer 11

Religious revival that stressed reforming society - led to rise of the abolitionist movement

Question 12

3/5 Compromise

Answer 12

Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining the # of representatives per state

Question 13

54 50

Answer 13

Polk wanted to claim the Oregon Territory up to this like of latitude, but wasn’t able to get it

Question 14

54th Massachusetts

Answer 14

Famous black regiment that fought @ Ft. Wagner

Question 15

Abolitionists

Answer 15

People who wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery

Question 16

Alice Paul

Answer 16

Radical protester for women’s suffrage known for hunger strikes & national protests

Question 17

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 17

Laws passed in the early 1800’s stating that people who spoke out against the government could be imprisoned and foreigners could be deported. KY & VA passed resolutions refusing to obey these laws.

Question 18

American System

Answer 18

Henry Clay’s compromise - the West would support the tariff and the North would send $$ to the west for internal improvements - this upset the south

Question 19

Anaconda Plan

Answer 19

Union’s battle plan: Blockade the south, take the Mississippi, control Richmond

Question 20

Andrew Jackson

Answer 20

1st President from the West - “Age of the Common Man” - Democrat - Trail of Tears

Question 21

Yorktown

Answer 21

Final battle of the Revolutionary War

Question 22

William Tecumseh Sherman

Answer 22

Led the “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah, GA - Destroyed everything in his path

Question 23

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 23

Failed bill in Congress proposing that all the land gained from Mexico enter as “Free Soil” states

Question 24

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 24

Treaty ending the Mexican War. Forced Mexico to give us land including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah for $15 million.

Question 25

Treaty of Paris

Answer 25

Treaty that formally ended the Revolutionary War