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What was the main advantage What was the main advantage of the South in the Civil War?of the South in the Civil War?

The strong support of its white population.

In boomtowns, people who In boomtowns, people who dealt out their own brand of dealt out their own brand of

justice without benefit of judge justice without benefit of judge or jury were calledor jury were called

Vigilantes

The plan that preserved the The plan that preserved the balance between slave and balance between slave and free state in the Senate was free state in the Senate was

thethe

Missouri Compromise

Railroad construction was Railroad construction was made possible by government made possible by government financial aid and land grants financial aid and land grants

calledcalled

subsidies

What railroad connected the What railroad connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts?Atlantic and Pacific coasts?

Transcontinental railroad

Which of the following marked Which of the following marked the end of the Cattle Kingdom?the end of the Cattle Kingdom?

Price collapse of mid-1880’s

One of the greatest dangers of One of the greatest dangers of a cattle drives wasa cattle drives was

The stampede

The first college in the United The first college in the United States to admit women and States to admit women and

African Americans wasAfrican Americans was

Oberlin College of Ohio

The first president of the The first president of the Confederate States of America Confederate States of America

waswas

Jefferson Davis

Bull Run ( Manassas) Bull Run ( Manassas)

Where was the first major Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?battle of the Civil War?

Freedmen’s BureauFreedmen’s Bureau

What government agency set What government agency set up schools and helped up schools and helped

formerly enslaved African formerly enslaved African Americans in the South?Americans in the South?

TelegraphTelegraph

Which invention filled the Which invention filled the need for a method of need for a method of

communication that kept up communication that kept up with the industrial growth with the industrial growth

and fast-paced travel?and fast-paced travel?

The steel-tipped plowThe steel-tipped plow

What did John Deere invent What did John Deere invent in 1837?in 1837?

The mechanical reaperThe mechanical reaper

An invention that ensured An invention that ensured that raising wheat would that raising wheat would

remain the main economic remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern activity in the Midwestern

prairies was theprairies was the

Trade UnionsTrade Unions

To improve their working To improve their working conditions, workers formed conditions, workers formed

organizations calledorganizations called

NativistsNativists

People opposed to People opposed to immigration were known asimmigration were known as

Demand in Great BritainDemand in Great Britain

What kept the price of cotton What kept the price of cotton high in the years before high in the years before

1860?1860?

Nat TurnerNat Turner

Who was the religious leader Who was the religious leader who led a slave revolt in who led a slave revolt in

1831?1831?

Dorothea DixDorothea Dix

Who was the school teacher Who was the school teacher who helped reform attitudes who helped reform attitudes

toward the mentally ill?toward the mentally ill?

TranscendentalistTranscendentalist

People who stressed the People who stressed the relationship between human relationship between human

and nature and the and nature and the importance of the individual importance of the individual

conscience were called conscience were called

the antislavery movement the antislavery movement

By 1830, the most pressing By 1830, the most pressing social issue for reformers was social issue for reformers was

Women’s rightsWomen’s rights

Many leading abolitionist Many leading abolitionist were involved in the were involved in the

antislavery movement and antislavery movement and

medicinemedicine

Elizabeth Blackwell made Elizabeth Blackwell made contributions in the field of contributions in the field of

sectionalismsectionalism

An exaggerated loyalty to a An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the particular region of the

country is calledcountry is called

Fugitive Slave ActFugitive Slave Act

The law that required all The law that required all citizens to catch runaway citizens to catch runaway enslaved people was theenslaved people was the

Kansas-Nebraska ActKansas-Nebraska Act

What act did Sam What act did Sam Houston predict would Houston predict would “convulse the country “convulse the country from Maine to the Rio from Maine to the Rio

Grande”?Grande”?

KansasKansas

Rival proslavery and Rival proslavery and antislavery existed inantislavery existed in

The Dred Scott CaseThe Dred Scott Case

What Supreme Court What Supreme Court decision meant that decision meant that

the Constitution the Constitution protected slavery?protected slavery?

South CarolinaSouth Carolina

The first state to vote The first state to vote to secede wasto secede was

States rightsStates rights

Southerners justified Southerners justified secession with the secession with the

theory of theory of

the shelling of Fort Sumterthe shelling of Fort Sumter

The event that The event that marked the beginning marked the beginning of the Civil War wasof the Civil War was

MarylandMaryland

Perhaps the most Perhaps the most important border important border

state wasstate was

as an independent nation.as an independent nation.

For the South, the For the South, the primary aim of the primary aim of the

was to win was to win recognition as recognition as

Bull Run (Manassas)Bull Run (Manassas)

The victorious The victorious Confederate army was Confederate army was

only 20 miles from only 20 miles from Washington D.C., after the Washington D.C., after the

second battle atsecond battle at

AntietamAntietam

The single bloodies The single bloodies day of the entire war day of the entire war

took place attook place at

to preserve the Unionto preserve the Union

From the start of the From the start of the war, the North’s main war, the North’s main

goal wasgoal was

Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation

What law did Abraham What law did Abraham Lincoln formally sign on Lincoln formally sign on January 1, 1863, which January 1, 1863, which freed enslaved African freed enslaved African

Americans in the Americans in the Confederacy?Confederacy?

draftdraft

The law that required men The law that required men between certain ages to between certain ages to

serve in the army for three serve in the army for three years was called the years was called the

GettysburgGettysburg

President Abraham President Abraham Lincoln’s address at what Lincoln’s address at what

battlefield helped war-battlefield helped war-weary Americans focus on weary Americans focus on

their shared ideals?their shared ideals?

Appomattox CourthouseAppomattox Courthouse

General Robert E. Lee General Robert E. Lee surrendered to surrendered to

General Ulysses S. Grant General Ulysses S. Grant in a small Virginia village in a small Virginia village

calledcalled

ReconstructionReconstruction

The period of The period of rebuilding the South rebuilding the South after the Civil War after the Civil War

was calledwas called

Freedmen’s BureauFreedmen’s Bureau

African Americans African Americans were helped to make were helped to make

the transition to the transition to freedom by thefreedom by the

Civil Rights Act of 1866Civil Rights Act of 1866

African Americans African Americans were granted full were granted full citizenship by thecitizenship by the

Fourteenth AmendmentFourteenth Amendment

All individuals born in All individuals born in the United States the United States were granted full were granted full citizenship by thecitizenship by the

impeachimpeach

When President Andrew When President Andrew Johnson violated the Johnson violated the

Tenure of Office Act, the Tenure of Office Act, the House of Representatives House of Representatives

voted to voted to

Fifteenth AmendmentFifteenth Amendment

What amendment What amendment gave African gave African

Americans men the Americans men the right to vote?right to vote?

educationeducation

What did African What did African Americans see as an Americans see as an important step to a important step to a

better life?better life?

The Compromise of 1877The Compromise of 1877

What ended What ended Reconstruction?Reconstruction?

A poll tax, a literacy test or A poll tax, a literacy test or proof that “your” grandfather proof that “your” grandfather

voted.voted.

As a means of keeping As a means of keeping poor people and African poor people and African Americans from voting, Americans from voting, many Southern states many Southern states

required required