Test IV: The Civil War Flashcards
bill that inducted California into the Union as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose
Compromise of 1850
government established by seceded states
Confederacy
Massachusetts Senator known as greatest U.S. orator
Daniel Webster
slave who appealed to Supreme Court for freedom
Dred Scott
land purchased from Mexico for railroads
Gadsden Purchase
settlers moving to the West to become rich
Gold Rush
treaty that ended the Mexican War
Guadalupe Hidalgo
author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom
Harriet Tubman
president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
American pioneer who conquered California
John C. Fremont
commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
general of the Mexican Army
Santa Anna
commander-in-chief of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Union general who burned Atlanta
William T. Sherman
American general who captured Mexico City
Winfield Scott
American general who defeated Santa Anna
Zachary Taylor
Year of the Gold Rush
1849
Year of the Mexican War
1846-1848
“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”
Davy Crockett
Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this Union.”
John Quincy Adams
Place where Lee surrendered to Grant
Appomattox
Battle during which 150 Texans fought the Mexican army
Alamo
Battle that changed the course of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War
Fort Sumter
War fought over boundaries between Texas and Mexico
Mexican War
Date of the Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3, 1863
Date of the Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Date of the surrender at Appomattox Cothouse
April 9, 1865
Date of the Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
What was the system during the Civil War that secretly transported slaves to Canada?
the Underground Railroad
What was the event during which President Lincoln declared all slaves free?
the Emancipation Proclamation
Who said, “If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard,” and of what was he speaking?
President Lincoln; slavery
Who said, “Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done the best I could for you. My heart is too full to say more”?
General Robert E. Lee
Which was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
List the states that constituted the Confederacy.
South Carolina, Mississippi Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee
