Vocab Quiz 1 Study Guide for Brainscape

Question 1

Lincoln was elected this year.

Answer 1

1860

Question 2

This was the year the the Civil War Ended

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

This was the year that Union troops were pulled out of the South, ending Reconstruction.

Answer 3

1877

Question 4

This was promised to African Americans by the Freedman?s Bureau, but was taken away from them at the end of Reconstruction.

Answer 4

“40 Acres & a Mule”

Question 5

Southerners used this phrase to refer to slavery.

Answer 5

“Positive Good”

Question 6

Democrats who took political office in the South after Reconstruction

Answer 6

“Redeemers”

Question 7

This refers to the fact that the South voted for Democrats for almost 100 years.

Answer 7

“Solid South”

Question 8

This Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal in the United States.

Answer 8

13th Amendment

Question 9

This amendment to the Constitution guaranteed equal rights to all citizens

Answer 9

14th Amendment

Question 10

This amendment to the Constitution guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote:

Answer 10

15th Amendment

Question 11

The religious revival caused many to become abolitionists.

Answer 11

2nd Great Awakening

Question 12

The men at the Constitutional Convention solved the question of counting African Americans toward the South?s population with this agreement:

Answer 12

3/5 Compromise

Question 13

James K. Polk originally wanted the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory to extend to this line of latitude.

Answer 13

54 40

Question 14

This was the famous black regiment in the Civil War that proved their bravery at Ft. Wagner.

Answer 14

54th Massachusetts

Question 15

People who wanted to end slavery

Answer 15

Abolitionists

Question 16

These laws made it legal for the government to arrest immigrants and anyone speaking out against the leaders of the nation.

Answer 16

Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 17

Henry Clay created this agreement between the North and the West to ensure that the North would get a tariff passed in Congress.

Answer 17

American System

Question 18

This was the Union?s battle plan to defeat the Confederacy by blockading the South, taking the Mississippi, and capturing Richmond, VA.

Answer 18

Anaconda Plan

Question 19

This President forced the Cherokee onto the Trail of Tears:

Answer 19

Andrew Jackson

Question 20

This man became president after Lincoln was assassinated

Answer 20

Andrew Johnson

Question 21

This term means to add land to the country.

Answer 21

Annexation

Question 22

?Before the Civil War?

Answer 22

Antebellum

Question 23

This battle was the bloodiest day of the Civil War.

Answer 23

Antietam

Question 24

This was the location of the Robert E. Lee?s surrender to US Grant.

Answer 24

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 25

Before the Constitution was written, this was the document explaining the relationship of the central government to the states.

Answer 25

Articles of Confederation