Sixth Grade Flashcards
When was the Monroe Doctrine?
1823
The Erie Canal enabled travel across which state?
New York
Who was president from 1829-1837?
Andrew Jackson (Jacksonian Democracy)
What established the South in the Industrial Revolution?
The cotton gin
Who brought about the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
When was slavery in the south ended, and through what amendment?
1865, 13th amendment
Where was the Cherokee Trail of Tears?
From Georgia to Oklahoma
When was the Cherokee Trail of Tears?
1830
What war took place in 1846-1848?
War with Mexico
What happened in 1849?
California Gold Rush (49ers)
Who was the 16th president, and what was he known for?
Abraham Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address
When was the War between the States?
1861-1865
When was the Battle of Gettysburg?
July 1-3, 1863
How many states seceded (left) the Union and established the Confederate States of America?
11 southern states
Who was the general of the south in the War Between the States?
Robert E. Lee and Jackson
Who was the general of of the north in the War Between the States?
Ulysses Grant
What year was the transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
How long did a trip from California to New York take after the transcontinental railroad was completed?
10 days
When was reconstruction in the south?
1865-1877
When was the Battle of Little Big Horn?
1876
Who defeated General Custer and all of his men in the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
What war took place in 1898?
Spanish-American War
Who cleared a path between the oceans with the Panama Canal?
President Teddy Roosevelt
What inventors were famous in the early 1900s?
Thomas Edson and the Wright Brothers
