Unit 4 Flash Cards

Question 1

Known as Black Moses?

Answer 1

Harriet Tubman

Question 2

Group who supported tariffs.

Answer 2

Northern

industrialists

Question 3

The Fugitive
Slave Laws were
apart of what
compromise?

Answer 3

Compromise

of 1850

Question 4

The
Underground
Railroad was
created to help…

Answer 4

Escaped

slaves

Question 5

Name for those
who lead the
underground
railroad.

Answer 5

Conductors

Question 6

The Wilmot
Proviso tried to
block slavery from
areas gained by…

Answer 6

Mexico

Question 7

Who was
known as the
Great
Compromiser?

Answer 7

Henry

Clay

Question 8

When a
state ignores
federal law?

Answer 8

Nullification

Question 9

First state to
secede (leave)
the Union

Answer 9

South

Carolina

Question 10

This state's fast
growing population
led to the
Compromise of
1850.

Answer 10

California

Question 11

The Dred Scott
decision led to
the dismantling
of…

Answer 11

The Missouri

Compromise

Question 12

Who wrote
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?

Answer 12

Harriet
Beecher
Stowe

Question 13

The Republican
Party was
formed over
what issue?

Answer 13

Slavery

Question 14

Who did
Lincoln debate
for the IL US
Senate seat?

Answer 14

Stephen

Douglas

Question 15

Why was Kansas
nick named
“Bleeding
Kansas”?

Answer 15

Due to all of the
violence between
slavery and
anti-slavery groups
in the state.

Question 16

Popular
sovereignty
gives states the
right to…

Answer 16

To decide
important
issues through
voting

Question 17

He was beat
with a cane on
the floor of the
US Senate.

Answer 17

Charles

Sumner

Question 18

Where were the
first shots of
the Civil War
fired?

Answer 18

Fort

Sumter

Question 19

What year was
Lincoln elected
President of the
US?

Answer 19

1860

Question 20

Where is
Harper’s Ferry
located?

Answer 20

Virginia

Question 21

He led the raid
on Harper’s
Ferry?

Answer 21

John

Brown

Question 22

President of
the
Confederacy?

Answer 22

Jefferson

Davis

Question 23

Leader of the
Confederate
troops during
the Civil War.

Answer 23

Robert

E. Lee

Question 24

The Union’s plan
against the
South during the
Civil War.

Answer 24

Anaconda

Plan

Question 25

Democrats in
the North who
opposed the
Civil War

Answer 25

Copperheads

Question 26

Describe the
Emancipation
Proclamation

Answer 26

Executive order issued
by President Lincoln. It
changed the federal law,
freeing the slaves in the
South.

Question 27

Who made up
the 54th
Massachusetts?

Answer 27

African
American
Troops

Question 28

Describe
Sherman’s
March to the
Sea

Answer 28

Total destruction of
large sections of the
South including
houses, farms, roads,
bridges, and railroads.

Question 29

Who
assassinated
Pres. Lincoln?

Answer 29

John
Wilkes
Booth

Question 30

Describe the
13th
Amendment.

Answer 30

Ended

Slavery

Question 31

Describe
the 14th
Amendment

Answer 31

Gave civil
rights to
the slaves

Question 32

Describe
the 15th
Amendment

Answer 32

Gave the
right to vote
to the slaves

Question 33

This battle was
considered to be
the turning point
in the Civil War.

Answer 33

Gettysburg

Question 34

This battle was
the bloodiest of
the Civil War.

Answer 34

Antietam

Question 35

The battle cut
the
Confederacy in
half.

Answer 35

Vicksburg

Question 36

Where did
Lee surrender
to Grant?

Answer 36

Appomattox
Court
House