Vocal Quiz #1 (#'s-C's)

Question 1

Year Abraham Lincoln was elected & SC fired on Ft. Sumter

Answer 1

1860

Question 2

Year that the Civil War Ended and Lincoln was killed

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

Year that Reconstruction ended

Answer 3

1877

Question 4

The Freedman’s Bureau promised this to every former slave - eventually they had to give it back, though.

Answer 4

40 Acres and a Mule

Question 5

Southern Nickname for slavery used to describe how it actually had some benefits to society

Answer 5

“Positive Good”

Question 6

White Democrats who were elected into office in the South after Reconstruction

Answer 6

Redeemers

Question 7

Term used to describe the South’s habit of voting exclusively for Democrats from the late 1800’s to the late 1900’s.

Answer 7

Solid South

Question 8

Amendment that freed the slaves

Answer 8

13th

Question 9

Amendment that guaranteed citizenship for anyone born in the US and promised equal protection for all citizens.

Answer 9

14th

Question 10

Amendment giving black males the right to vote

Answer 10

15th

Question 11

Amendment giving women the right to vote

Answer 11

19th

Question 12

Religious revival that emphasized changing society in addition to changing your life - many became abolitionists as a result

Answer 12

2nd Great Awakening

Question 13

Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count slaves as a fraction of a person for the purposes of representation in Congress.

Answer 13

3/5 Compromise

Question 14

James K. Polk WANTED this to be the northern boundary of the US.

Answer 14

54 40

Question 15

The actual current northern boundary of the US.

Answer 15

49

Question 16

Black regiment that fought and died at Ft. Wagner

Answer 16

54th Massachusetts

Question 17

A person who was against slavery

Answer 17

Abolitionist

Question 18

Laws passed during the Federalist period stating that you couldn’t speak out against the government or you could be arrested - if you weren’t a citizen, you could be deported.

Answer 18

Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 19

Agreement arranged by Henry Clay between the north and the west. The north would give $$ to the west for internal improvements if the west would vote in favor of a high tariff.

Answer 19

The American System

Question 20

The Union’s Battle Plan against the South. (Blockade southern ports, take the Mississippi, Capture Richmond)

Answer 20

Anaconda Plan

Question 21

President who represented the “common man” - Forced the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears

Answer 21

Andrew Jackson

Question 22

President after Lincoln who continued his 10% plan - one of only two presidents to be impeached

Answer 22

Andrew Johnson

Question 23

To add land to the US

Answer 23

Annex

Question 24

The Period before the Civil War

Answer 24

Antebellum

Question 25

Location where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War

Answer 25

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 26

Negotiations between a union and management that take place when the two sides disagree on a workplace issue. If this fails, the workers may go on strike.

Answer 26

Arbitration

Question 27

Bloodiest day of the civil war.

Answer 27

Antietam

Question 28

First document that set up the American government after the Revolutionary War.

Answer 28

Articles of Confederation

Question 29

Forcing a group of people to adapt to another culture - often against their will.

Answer 29

Assimilation

Question 30

The process by which iron is smelted into steel

Answer 30

Bessemer Process

Question 31

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

Answer 31

Bill of Rights

Question 32

Animal that was killed by railroads so trains could travel freely

Answer 32

Bison

Question 33

Laws passed after Reconstruction to keep African Americans in a state much like slavery

Answer 33

Black codes

Question 34

Period when pro and anti slavery supporters - including John Brown - fought violently over whether a midwestern state should be slave or free.

Answer 34

Bleeding Kansas

Question 35

Insect that attacked the cotton crop in the south in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s and forced many African Americans to move north

Answer 35

Boll Weevil

Question 36

African-American founder of the Tuskeegee Institute who gave the Atlanta Compromise speech, stating that black people would be willing to live with segregation of they could get jobs in the south.

Answer 36

Booker T. Washington

Question 37

Site where 5 American colonists were killed by British Troops - this sparked the Revolutionary War.

Answer 37

Boston Massacre

Question 38

First battle of the Civil War - Convinced the Union that the war would not be won easily.

Answer 38

Bull Run