Revolutionary War

Question 1

Eli Whitney

Answer 1

Invented the cotton gin, leading to an increased demand for slaves

Question 2

Andrew Jackson

Answer 2

President of the common man
Economic collapse
Destroyed the national bank

Question 3

Henry clay

Answer 3

Senator who authorized the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 to try to prevent civil war

Question 4

William Lloyd garrison

Answer 4

An abolitionist who published the liberator- advocating an immediate end to slavery

Question 5

Harriet Beecher stowe

Answer 5

Helped raise anti slavery feelings in the north
Wrote Uncle Toms cabin

Question 6

Nat turner

Answer 6

Lead a slave revolt in VA causing stricter slave codes

Question 7

Susan B Anthony

Answer 7

Worked to extend suffrage before and after the civil war

Question 8

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 8

Willing to go to war with the confederacy to restore the union
Issued the emancipation proclamation

Question 9

Stephen Douglas

Answer 9

Debated Lincoln over popular sovereignty
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska act

Question 10

Elizabeth cady Stanton

Answer 10

Worked with Susan b Anthony to extend suffrage to women

Question 11

Ulysses s grant

Answer 11

Commander of the Union Army
Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox
Served as president during most of the reconstruction years

Question 12

Jefferson Davis

Answer 12

President of the confederacy during the Civil War

Question 13

Robert E Lee

Answer 13

Commander of the Confederacy during the war
Wished for quick reconciliation
President of Washington college and stressed education