Test IV: The Civil War Flashcards

1
Q

bill that inducted California into the Union as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose

A

Compromise of 1850

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2
Q

government established by seceded states

A

Confederacy

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3
Q

Massachusetts Senator known as greatest U.S. orator

A

Daniel Webster

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4
Q

slave who appealed to Supreme Court for freedom

A

Dred Scott

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5
Q

land purchased from Mexico for railroads

A

Gadsden Purchase

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6
Q

settlers moving to the West to become rich

A

Gold Rush

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7
Q

treaty that ended the Mexican War

A

Guadalupe Hidalgo

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8
Q

author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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9
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former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom

A

Harriet Tubman

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10
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president of the Confederacy

A

Jefferson Davis

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11
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American pioneer who conquered California

A

John C. Fremont

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12
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commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army

A

Robert E. Lee

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13
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general of the Mexican Army

A

Santa Anna

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14
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commander-in-chief of the Union Army

A

Ulysses S. Grant

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15
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Union general who burned Atlanta

A

William T. Sherman

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16
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American general who captured Mexico City

A

Winfield Scott

17
Q

American general who defeated Santa Anna

A

Zachary Taylor

18
Q

Year of the Gold Rush

A

1849

19
Q

Year of the Mexican War

A

1846-1848

20
Q

“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”

A

Davy Crockett

21
Q

Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this Union.”

A

John Quincy Adams

22
Q

Place where Lee surrendered to Grant

A

Appomattox

23
Q

Battle during which 150 Texans fought the Mexican army

A

Alamo

24
Q

Battle that changed the course of the Civil War

A

Gettysburg

25
Q

Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War

A

Fort Sumter

26
Q

War fought over boundaries between Texas and Mexico

A

Mexican War

27
Q

Date of the Battle of Gettysburg

A

July 1-3, 1863

28
Q

Date of the Battle of Fort Sumter

A

April 12, 1861

29
Q

Date of the surrender at Appomattox Cothouse

A

April 9, 1865

30
Q

Date of the Emancipation Proclamation

A

January 1, 1863

31
Q

What was the system during the Civil War that secretly transported slaves to Canada?

A

the Underground Railroad

32
Q

What was the event during which President Lincoln declared all slaves free?

A

the Emancipation Proclamation

33
Q

Who said, “If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard,” and of what was he speaking?

A

President Lincoln; slavery

34
Q

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”?

A

General Robert E. Lee

35
Q

Which was the first state to secede from the Union

A

South Carolina

36
Q

List the states that constituted the Confederacy.

A

South Carolina, Mississippi Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee