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FIRST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO WON: BULL RUN

SOUTH
person with a trade: skilled worker
president of the united states during the civil war: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
to set free: emancipate
BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR: SHILOH
PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR: JEFFERSON DAVIS
WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR: ROBERT E. LEE
when workers did not get their demands for better wages they went on _________.: strike
Name the connecticut man and the invention he made that helped the cleaning of cotton?: Eli Whitney

cotton gin
Name the Senator that was able to solve the problem of Missouri becoming a state?: Henry Clay
SOUTHERN GENERAL THAT WAS KILLED IN ACTIONBY HIS OWN MEN: THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
THIS BATTLE ENABLED THE NORTH TODIVIDE THE SOUTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: VICKSBURG
What machine did Cyrus McCormick invent?: Mechanical Reaper
1. What did the Mechanical Reaper do? 2. It did the work of how many people?: 1. mowed wheat and other grains

2. 5
How did Henry Clay solve the problem of Missouri becoming a state? Explain: The Missouri Compromise -

Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a Free territory.
workers that formed a group to fight for better wages and working conditions for workers: trade union
WAS ONE OF THE BEST NORTHERN GENERALS: ULYSSES GRANT
What was name of the road taken to the west?: Oregon Trail
a person who wants to end slavery: abolitionist
IN THIS BATTLE TOTAL WAR WAS INTRODUCED: MARCH TO SEA
Who invented the telegraph?: Samuel B. Morse
IN THE BATTLE MARCH TO SEA WHO DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH: SHERMAN AND HIS MEN
a device that sent electrical signals along a wire: telegraph
IN THE MARCH TO THE SEA WHERE DID THIS WAR PATH TAKE PLACE: FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA
WAS UNION COMMANDER THAT MARCHED TO THE SEA THAT WENT THROUGH STATE OF GEORGIA: WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
Who did Mexico allow to bring Americans into Texas to develop land?: Stephen Austin
What was the telegraph code system called?: Morse code
WHO WROTE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLOMATION: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Why did Americans go into Mexico?: To develop the land.
block off the seaports and trade of a country: blockade
Mexico allowed Stephen Austin to bring Americans into Texas. What did Americans have to agree to.: a. they had to become Mexican citizens

b. they had to become members of the Catholic Church

c. No Slavery allowed
WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?: IT FREED THE SLAVES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION
what did the trade unions ask their workers to do if they did not get what they asked for?: strike
define strike: workers refuse to work until they get their demands
Moderates supported what idea that allowed the people in a new territory to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery or not?: Popular Sovereignty
Who was the Mexican leader sent to make americans obey the rules they agreed to.: Santa Anna
1. Name the spanish mission where all 188 americans were killed and defeated. 2. Who were two men who were among the dead?: 1. The Alamo

2. Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
WHAT BATTLE DID TOTAL WAR TAKE PLACE: MARCH TO SEA FROM ATLANTA, GEORGE TO
THE SEA
What was the name of the new political party that developed in 1848?: Free Soil Party
-THIS BATTLE WAS THE TURNINGPOINT OF THE WAR: GETTYSBURG
What was the main goal of the Free Soil Party?: To keep slavery out of the western territories.
WHY WAS GETTYSBURG THE TURNINGPOINT OF THE WAR?: 1 LEE MADE A BIG ATTEMPT TO INVADE THE NORTH

2 HE WAS DEFEATED BECAUSE HE FOUGHT FROM A BAD POSITION

3 HE WAS FORCED TO RETREAT TO THE NORTH
1. What was texas known as 2. Why was Texas named this: 1. Lone Star Republic

2. Texas was a slave state and the norther states would not let another slave state in the union
What did the souther states talk about doing if California became a free state?: seceding
What was the Name (phrase) given to the american's feeling that U.S. should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific?: Manifest Destiny
What States did president polk say he would add to the United States?: California
Oregon
Texas
Who did the Congress turn to to try to resolve the problem of balance of power and the states seceding.: Henry Clay
How did the United States and Mexico disagree on the boundary between United States and Mexico: United States said RIO GRANDE RIVER was the border

Mexico said NEUCES RIVER was the border
What is the term we give to runaway slaves?: Fugitive
Polk sent which General into the disputed territory?: General Zachery Taylor
Who was the senator that worked to get Henry Clay's plan through Congress when Henry Clay became ill?: Stephen Douglas
wHAT DID SOUTHERNERS DO TO STOP SLAVES FROM RUNNING AWAY AND REBELING:: SLAVE CODES
How were the new territories to determine the question of slavery when they became states?: popular sovereignty
1. what was the name of the antislavery book that was published in 1852? 2. Who was the author?: 1. Uncle Toms Cabin

2. Harriet Becher Stowe
Where was Abraham Lincoln from?: Kentucky
What party did Lincoln represent?: Republican- he was opposed to slavery
What sentaor proposed dividing the NEBRASKA TERRITORY: STEPHEN DOUGLAS
AFTER PROSLAVERY FORCES ATTACKED THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE IN KANSAS, _____________ AN ABOLITIONIST FROM NEW YORK MURDERED FIVE PEOPLE: JOHN BROWN
WHO WAS THE SLAVE THAT WAS TAKEN TO A FREE STATE TO BE TO LIVE BY HIS OWNER: DRED SCOTT
STEPHEN DOUGLAS WHO HELPED SET UP THE NEBRASKA - KANSAS ACT BELIEVED IN POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY LINCOLN OPPOSED POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT SLAVERY TO SPREAD: .
WHO DID JOHN BROWN,( AN ANTISLAVERY MAN FROM N.Y.) RAID: THE U.S. ARMY ARSENAL AT HARPER'S FERRY, VA.
IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS WHO WON THE ELECTION FOR THE ILLINOIS SENATE?: STEPHEN DOUGLAS
who won the election: lincoln
what happened shortly after lincoln won: -south carolina seceded from the union
- confederate states of america formed
with Jefferson Davis as their president

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father of the american navy, fouth the british in the north sea: john paul jones
a person who wanted to preserve the country for the natives: natavist
what did the nativist want to do: they wanted to limit immigration
because they felt the country should be preserved for natives only
author of the pamphlets "common sense and the crisis": thomas paine
power of government is divided among three branches: legislative, executive, judicial

this is called division of powers
when the president rejects a bill: veto
what is a bill: a proposed law - a law that is presented and may be accepted
each branch of federal government has some way to check or control the other two branches: check and balances
what is it called when congress can vote against a proposed bill: override
to override a veto(when the president votes against a bill) how much of congress must vote for the bill again for it to be passed: two thirds
to bring charges against a president and take him out of office: impreach
writer of the declaration of independence: thomas jefferson
commander in chief of the continental army: george washington
who was our first president: george washington
known as the "swamp fox" because of his fighting style, he kept the british off balance in the south: francis marion
helped america win the battle of saratoga but later betrayed the country: benedict arnold
when one betrays his country by going against it: traiter
ones who were loyal Britain: loyalist
one who was loyal to the colonies: patriot
who invented the mechanical reaper: cyrus mccormick
who invented the telegraph: samuel b morse
items andarticles left behind that we use today to receate the past: artifacts
a person that looks for evidence of the past in an effort to find out how people lived years ago: archaeologist
native americans that lived in what is today new yoirk state built homes called __________: long houses
people that signed a contract to work a certain number of years in return for their passage to america: indentured servants

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