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160. Between what years did the U.S. encourage Americans to undergo vast territorial expansion, exploration and expansion westward? 1801 - 1861

161. What new territories became part of the United States between 1801 and 1861? Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California

162. Which territory did Jefferson purchase from France, which doubled the size of the United States? Louisiana Territory

163. Which territory was added after the U.S. bought it in a treaty with Spain? Florida

164. This territory was added after it became an independent republic. Texas

165. Which territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. Oregon

166. Which territories were added after a War with Mexico? The southwest and California.

166. What factor in the eastern states pushed Americans to migrate westward? population growth

167. The availability of what kind of land out west influenced westward migration? cheap and fertile

168. Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves) influenced what? westward migration

169. What kind of cheaper and faster transportation, influenced westward migration? rivers, canals (Erie Canal), steamboats?

170. Name the two trails that allowed Americans to migrate westward. Oregon and Santa Fe

168. The belief in the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country was called what? Manifest destiny

169. The cotton gin was invented by? Eli Whitney.

170. The cotton gin increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for what? slave labor

171. Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the what? the reaper

172. The reaper increased the productivity of who? the American farmer.

173. The steamboat was invented by who? Robert Fulton.

174. What provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries. The steamboat

175. The steam locomotive provided faster what? land transportation.

176. Which organization worked to end slavery in America? The Abolitionists

177. What is the name of the movement that helped women gain equal rights? The Suffrage movement

178. Most abolitionists demanded immediate freeing of the who? slaves

179. Who believed that slavery was morally wrong, cruel and inhumane and a violation of the principles of democracy? Abolitionists

180. People like Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass were leaders of which movement? Aboltionists

181. “All men AND WOMEN are created equal,” was the declaration of which group? The Suffrage Movement

182. Who supported a women’s right to vote, educational opportunities, especially higher education, equal opportunities in business, rights to own property? The Suffrage Movement

183. Isabel Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were all leaders of the which movement? Suffrage Movement

184. There were three major differences between the North and the South that eventually resulted in the Civil War. What were they? Cultural, economic, and constitutional

185. Which region of the U.S. supported slavery? the South

186. Which region of the U.S. was mainly an urban society in which people held jobs? The North

187. Which region of the U.S. was primarily an agricultural society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations? The South

188. Because of their cultural differences, people of the North and South found it difficult to agree on what kind of issues? social and political issues.

189. Which region of the U.S. was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition? The North

190. Which region of the U.S. opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to increase? The South

191. Which region of the U.S. was concerned that England might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added? The South

192. The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, so Southerners began to proclaim WHAT as a means of self-protection? States’ rights

193. Which region of the U.S. believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided? The North

194. An important issue separating the country related to the power of the what? the Federal government.

195. Which U.S. region believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal? The South

196. Which U.S. region believed that the national government’s power was supreme over that of the states. The North

197.Which U.S. region felt that the abolition of slavery would destroy their region’s economy? The South

198. Which U.S. region believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons? The North

199. What was the Missouri Compromise (1820)? Missouri would join as a slave state and Maine, a free state.

200. What was the Compromise of l850? California would join the Union as a free state and the Southwest territories would decide about slavery.

201. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? People could decided the slavery issue in their state (“popular sovereignty”).

202. Following whose election, did the southern states secede from the Union? president Lincoln’s

203. Confederate forces attacked WHAT in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Fort Sumter

204. Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that could not be WHAT? Separated or divided.

205. Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the union and could WHAT? freely leave it.

206. Who was President of the United States during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln

207. Which political leader opposed the spread of slavery? Lincoln

208. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln

209. Who determined to preserve the Union—by force if necessary? Lincoln

210. Who believed the United States was one nation and not a collection of independent states? Lincoln

211. Who wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Lincoln

212. Who was president of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis

213. Who was the general of the Union army that defeated Lee Ulysses S. Grant

214. Who was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia? Robert E. Lee

215. Who was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia? Lee

216. Who opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force? Lee

217. Who urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to fight on? Lee

218. Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia? Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

219. Who was a former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist? Frederick Douglass

220. What was the first major battle of the Civil War? The first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)

221. The signing of the WHAT made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the Civil War and allowed freed slaves to joined the Union The Emancipation Proclamation

222. Which battle divided the South and allowed the North to control the Mississippi? The Battle of Vicksburg

223. Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War where the North repelled Lee’s invasion? The Battle of Gettysburg

224. Where did Lee surrender to Grant, thus ending the Civil War in 1865? Appomattox Court House

225. To defeat the Confederacy, the Union bloackaded what? southern ports (e.g., Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans)

226. After the the Confederate loss at Vicksburg, the Union controlled which important River? the Mississippi River (e.g., Vicksburg)

227. At which battle did the Union control the high ground, thus allowing them an advantage? Gettysburg

228. During the Civil War, families and friends were often WHAT? pitted against one another

229. As the Civil War dragged on which sides’ troops became increasingly younger and more poorly equipped and clothed. Confederate or Southern

230. Which side in the Civil War was devastated at the end of the war (e.g., burning of Atlanta and Richmond)? The South or Confederate

231. During after the Civil War disease was WHAT? a major killer.

232. The Civil War nurse who created the American Red Cross was ? Clara Barton

233. During the Civil War,combat was WHAT brutal and often man-to-man.

234. During the Civil War, who were left to run businesses in the North and farms and plantations in the South? Women

235. The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate money WHAT? worthless.

236. What were thre effects of the war on African Americans African Americans fought in both the Confederate and Union armies.

237. What did the Confederacy often used slave as ? naval crew members and soldiers.

238. The Union moved to enlist African American sailors early in the war but were paid how? less than white soldiers.

239 Who were discriminated against and served in segregated units under the command of white officers. African American soldiers

240. Who was the sailor and later a Union naval captain, who was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman after the Civil War. Robert Smalls

241. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories? 13th Amendment

242. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law 14th Amendment

243. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude 15th Amendment

244. Which three amendments to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens. 13th, 14th and 15th

245. After the Civil War, Southern military leaders could not hold what? public office.

246. After the Civil War, Southerners resented northerners who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction. What did many Southerners call these Northerners carpetbaggers

247. After the Civil War, African Americans could hold what? public office.

248. After the Civil War, African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the what Act of Congress which authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement? Act of 1866

249. After the Civil War, who supervised the South. Northern soldiers

250. When did Reconstruction end? After the election of 1876