U. S. History Final Exam

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"What hath God wrought" May 24th 1844 was the 1st message sent by. from Washington D.C. to

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Samuel Morise &Baltimore

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Society felt that a wife and mother did not need an education so many________ didn't attend school in the 1800's

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Girls

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________ felt education was the key to economic opportunity.

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Horace Mann

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_____ were songs sung by slaves to communicate secret messages.

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Spirituals

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Industrial workers staged ______ in order to put pressure on employers to change unsafe working conditions.

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Strikes

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________ helped guide runaway slaves through the underground railroad.

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Harriot Tubman

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Suffrage {right to vote } was the most controversial issue at __________ Convention.

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Seneca Falls

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Cyrus McCormick constructed the 1st mechanical_______

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Reaper

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Factories hired________ during the early 1800's because they could be paid less.

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Children

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The thriving of the south depended on _________.

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Slavery

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Which book was banned in the South because of its antislavery message?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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______ is the name for war between citizens of the same country.

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Civil War

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_______ was part of the compromise of 1850.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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______ was against slavery and wanted to have a slave uprising at Harper's Ferry.

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John Brown

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The Civil War began on April 12th, 1861 at ______, SC

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Fort Sumter

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Which Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved person were property?

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Dred Scott

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Texas and ______ both became states in 1845.

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Florida

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____ viewed slavery as a moral wrong that needed to be stopped.

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Abolitionists

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Some schools and hospitals closed during the Civil War to serve as ______ for the wounded.

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Hospitals

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During the Civil War President Lincoln suspended ________ {legal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be grassing court. }

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Habeas Corpus

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The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to reunite the_____________.

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Country

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Vigilantes took the law into their own hands during the____________.

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Gold Rush

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_________ had the largest # of casualties and was the turning point of the Civil War.

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Gettysburg

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Reports of fertile land persuaded many Americans to settle in ________.

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Oregon Country

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The ______ left Illinois and moved to Utah due to religious persecution.

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Mormons

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Who were the 1st Americans to reach Oregon country?

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Fur Traders

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_______ admission to the US was delayed because they wanted to allow slavery.

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Florida

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The _______ department handles relations with other nations.

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State

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_________ are the 1st 10 amendments to the US Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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________ warned the nation that political parties would divide the nation.

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George Washington

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Name all 5 parts of the 1st Amendment.

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Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly,Petition

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Washington's group of advisors were called his___________?

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Cabinet

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What department deals with the nation's defense?

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War Department

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The case of _________ was the 1st time the Supreme Court reviewed & ruled on the acts of other branches of government.

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Marbury VS Madison

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Did President Jefferson believe in laissez-faire?

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Yes-reducing the power & size of the government

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What does it mean if a country considers itself neutral?

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Neutral

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During the war of 1812 the White House & Capitol buildings were burned by the __________.

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British

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__________ is an armed private ship.

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Privateer

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_____________

Revolution changed the way people worked-moving from farms to machines.

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Industrial

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Elite Whitney invented the __________.

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Cotton Gin

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A____________ gives inventors sole legal rights to their invention & it's profits.

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Patent

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Francis Cabot Lowell's mill launched the _____________ system.

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Factory

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Henry Clay believed strongly in the US and was known as?

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"The Great Compromiser"

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____________(president) had a "common man" background which ensured his population

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Andrew Jackson

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President Jackson was raised in what economic condition?

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Poverty

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Osceola was a ___________ Indian leader who went to war with the US to keep his nation's land.

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Seminole

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The Star-Spangled Banner was written by?

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Francis Scott Key

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In what position did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War?

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Nurse