stuff from just the review thing bc i did it wrong the first time

Question 1

abolitionist that attacked proslavery men, killing five people, called the pottawatommie (idk how to spell it) creek massacre. also tried to arm slaves and lead them in a revolt against their owners in raid on harper’s ferry.

Answer 1

john brown

Question 2

leader of the jayhawkers, convinced people to end slavery by leading an army

Answer 2

james lane

Question 3

republican candidate, against kansas-nebraska act, lost popular vote but won presidency. runs for senator but ends up losing. caused six states beginning with south carolina to secede.

Answer 3

abraham lincoln

Question 4

nickname given to the violence in kansas in the 1850’s over the issue of slavery, several acts of violence that led up to the war.

Answer 4

bleeding kansas

Question 5

four part agreement that included admitting california as a free state, banning slavery in d.c., using popular sovereignty to decide on slavery in areas gained from mexico, and creating a new fugitive slave act.

Answer 5

compromise of 1850

Question 6

slaves are determined property not citizems. unconstitutional to prohibit slavery.

Answer 6

dred scott v. sandford

Question 7

written by stephen douglas and andrew butler. created the kansas and nebraska territories. stated that popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in the new territories. led to “bleeding kansas”.

Answer 7

kansas-nebraska act

Question 8

john brown wanted to raid weapons to arm slaves and lead them in a revolt against their owners. the raid failed as he was caught and convicted of treason.

Answer 8

raid on harper’s ferry

Question 9

a missourian that crossed the border into kansas to illegally vote in kansas elections.

Answer 9

border ruffian

Question 10

the location of the first shots in the civil war being fired. the place refused to surrender to the confederacy. when the place was taken, the u.s. sent troops to the south to stop the rebellion.

Answer 10

fort sumter

Question 11

confederate president during the civil war

Answer 11

jefferson davis

Question 12

union general that was elected president in 1869. battle of vicksburg, lee surrendered to him at the appomattox court house.

Answer 12

ulysses s. grant

Question 13

leader of confederate army

Answer 13

robert e. lee

Question 14

confederate leader of bushwhackers. known for attacking lawrence.

Answer 14

william clarke quantrill

Question 15

union general in the civil war. used total war in march to georgia.

Answer 15

william t. sherman

Question 16

how did the civil war affect the economies of both sides?

Answer 16

the north and south both suffered economically during the war, but the south faced more than the north. inflation and shortages are examples.

Question 17

__________ (1863) started with lee’s invasion of the north. he moved his men into pennsylvania and eventually encountered the union. the end results are that the confederacy lost and they never regained the strength they had going into battle. considered a major turning point in the war.

Answer 17

gettysburg

Question 18

when the union found lee’s battle plans, they knew he was headed north into maryland. the union pursued him and that is how the battle of antietam started. the end result was lee’s retreat and a union victory.

Answer 18

antietam

Question 19

this battle helped the union gain control of the mississippi river. grant led battle. union victory.

Answer 19

vicksburg

Question 20

what battle led to the emancipation proclamation?

Answer 20

antietam

Question 21

bushwhackers attacked and burned lawrence under the leadership of william c. quantrill. his men killed many antislavery men in lawrence.

Answer 21

burning of lawrence

Question 22

emancipation proclamation

Answer 22

declared all slaves in states fighting the union to be free

Question 23

antislavery kansans

Answer 23

jayhawkers

Question 24

proslavery missourians

Answer 24

bushwhackers

Question 25

african americans that moved to kansas from deep south to get away from reconstruction

Answer 25

exodusters

Question 26

john wilkes booth

Answer 26

assassinated abraham lincoln

Question 27

won the presidential election in 1876.

Answer 27

rutherford b. hayes

Question 28

vice president for abraham lincoln. first president to be impeached.

Answer 28

andrew johnson

Question 29

forgiveness for any crimes committed. government pardon for wrongdoings.

Answer 29

amnesty

Question 30

a set of laws meant to control freedmen.

Answer 30

black codes

Question 31

separation of people by race.

Answer 31

segregation

Question 32

a person that rents land from a landowner in exchange for a percentage of the value of the crop that person farms.

Answer 32

sharecroper

Question 33

the process of bringing formal charges against a public official. house of representatives accuses someone of a crime.

Answer 33

impeach/impeachment

Question 34

13th amendment

Answer 34

abolished all slavery

Question 35

14th amendment

Answer 35

protected citizenship of african americans. established that all citizens are equally protected under the laws of the u.s. constitution

Question 36

15th amendment

Answer 36

gave voting rights to african american males

Question 37

grandfather clause

Answer 37

a law that made it harder for african americans to vote

Question 38

a set of laws that required all african americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place. they had to separate facilities because he believed that the african americans were far from equal.

Answer 38

jim crow legislation

Question 39

plessy v. ferguson

Answer 39

the court ruled that segregation was legal as long as african americans had access to public places equal to those of whites.

Question 40

radical reconstruction

Answer 40

a plan that worked to give rights to freedmen and take away power from confederates.

Question 41

reservation

Answer 41

an area of land set aside for native americans to live on.

Question 42

transcontinental railroad

Answer 42

a railroad that stretched from the atlantic to pacific coasts.

Question 43

ceremonial dance performed by native americans. the dance was supposed to return the buffalo, ancestors and native children from eastern schools. the idea was to get rid of the white men and bring back the native american’s way of life

Answer 43

ghost dance

Question 44

wounded knee

Answer 44

ended up killing 300 men, women, and children when police tried to stop the ghost dance.

Question 45

sand creek massacre

Answer 45

a battle that john chivington led and killed 100-200 old men, women, and children, instead of the warriors he claimed to have killed.

Question 46

battle of little bighorn

Answer 46

in 1876, the army went to war with cheyenne and lakota. custer was defeated.

Question 47

fred harvey

Answer 47

first person to develop chain restaurants called harvey houses along the rail line.

Question 48

homestead act

Answer 48

it gave pu to 160 acres of land to any head of a family who paid a $10 filing fee and lived on the land for five years.

Question 49

what were cattle drives?

Answer 49

movement of herds of cattle on trails over great distances

Question 50

why did cattle drives end?

Answer 50

they ended because of teas fever, barbed wire fence, and new railroads that went directly to the cattle towns.

Question 51

what were some of the effects of the railroads on the u.s.

Answer 51

the population in the west grew which allowed states to develop and the country to expand. the landscape changed, buffalo were killed, resources were gained, time zones wee created, etc.