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what caused the Whiskey Rebellion |
opposition to taxes |
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what event encouraged the president to create a Department of the Navy |
Quasi War |
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The main effect of Jay's treaty was that it |
averted war with Britain |
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Who was generally considered the leader of the early Republican party |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What Secretary of the Treasury has been called 'the greatest administrative genius in American?" |
Alexander Hamilton |
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which of the following was not accomplished during the first session of Congress |
Proclamation of Neutrality |
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what act was passed to ensure that the Federalists would have a lasting influence on the judiciary |
Judiciary Act of 1801 |
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in what document did James Madison suggest that states have the right to secede when the federal government acts unconstitutionally |
Virginia Resolutions |
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what document did Thomas Jefferson write against the unpopular Alien and Sedition Acts |
Kentucky Resolutions |
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what four acts did the Federalists pass in an attempt to silence their Republican opponents |
alien and sedition acts |
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what peace negotiations brought this response from Americans: "Millions for defence, not one cent for tribute" |
XYZ Affair |
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during what undeclared was did France begin seizing American shipping |
Quasi War |
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Who was America's second president |
John Adams |
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what uprising took place when farmers became angry over a new tax on liquor |
WHiskey rebellion
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what party supported the common people and distrusted centralized government |
Republicans |
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what party supported industry and commerce and believed that the government should be run by property owners |
federalists |
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what do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution |
Bill of Rights |
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what act established the national judicial system |
Judiciary Act of 1789 |
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what Secretary of the Treasury introduced the first National Bank and supported other Federalist policies |
Alexander Hamilton |
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What Secretary of State strongly opposed Federalist policies |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Why was the U.S.S. Constitution called "Old Ironsides" |
enemy cannonballs bounced off its oak sides |
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who was America's popular president during "the Era of Good Feelings" |
James Monroe |
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what american policy banned European intervention in the western hemisphere |
monroe doctrine |
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who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" |
francis Scott Key |
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what American was the victor at the Battle of New Orleans |
Andrew Jackson |
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what was the name for representatives in the 1810s who were intensely nationalistic and prowar |
war hawks |
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what American explorer crossed the Great Plains and discovered a mountain in Colorado that is now named for him |
Zebulon Pike |
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what tract of land did Napoleon Bonaparte sell to the United States |
Louisiana Purchase |
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what region in North Africa raided American shipping and demanded high ransoms |
Barbary States |
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what influential chief justice of the supreme court handed down numerous landmark decisions |
John Marshall |
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which amendment separated the ballots for the president and vice president |
12th amendment |
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what was the dominant political philosophy in America from 1801 to 1825 |
Jeffersonian Republicanism |
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who was the talented third president of the United States |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Tecumseh was a threat to the United States because he |
attempted to unite the Indian tribes into one nation |
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why was Aaron buss acquitted of the charge of treason |
there were not two witnesses to the alleged act of treason |
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which word or phrase best describes Aaron Burr |
inordinate ambition |
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Zebulon Pike explored all of the following regions except the |
Pacific Northwest |
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Jeffersonian Republicans strongly supported |
states rights |
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what president said, "Science is my passion, politics my duty" |
thomas jefferson |
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during what brief war in 1832 did a group of Indians attempt to reclaim their land in northern Illinois |
Black Hawk War |
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what policy did Jackson adopt toward the Indian problem |
Indian Removal policy |
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what bank system did Jackson set up to replace the National Bank |
pet banks |
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what presidential candidate used the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" |
William Henry Harrison |
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Which tariff caused the nullification crisis |
"Tariff of Abominations" (1828) |
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Who was the "Little Magician" who helped to organize Jackson's successful campaign of 1828 |
Martin Van Buren |
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what "Great Compromiser" helped to defuse the crisis over the admission of Missouri and the nullification of the Tariff of 1828 |
Henry Clay |
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during what long war did Indians resist American efforts to remove them from Florida |
Seminole War |
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what chartered national bank did Jackson kill |
Bank of the U.S. |
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what is the name for Jackson's practice of rewarding his supporters with government offices |
spoils system |
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what was Jackson's practice of rewarding his supporters with government offices |
spoils system |
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what was Jackson's close circle of advisors called |
"Kitchen Cabinet" |
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what party of 'the common man' is still in existence today |
Democratic party |
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what party opposed Jackson and supported Adams and the expansion of the national economy |
National REpublicans |
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what agreement allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state if further slavery was banned north of 36 degrees 30 min |
Missouri Compromise |
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what famous road did the national government build from Baltimore westward |
National Road |
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what do we call Henry Clay's three part effort following the War of 1812 to boost America's economic strength |
American System |
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What type of high tax on imported goods is designed to protect national manufacturers against foreign competition |
protective tariff |
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what popular religion of early American leaders such as Thomas Paine pictured God as a "clock-maker" who set the universe in motion and then stood back to let it run by natural laws |
Deism |
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what colorful company carried mail between Missouri and California from 1860 to 1861 |
pony express |
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what movement (1820-65) emphasized the emotional and the imaginative |
Romanticism |
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what popular ballad writer created such American favorites and "Camptown Races" and "Oh, Susanna" |
Stephen Foster |
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what were the inexpensive daily newspapers called in this period |
penny newspaper |
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what do we call the western revival services that lasted several days and were often held outdoors |
camp meetings |
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what unorthodox religion's preaching was limited to "the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, and the neighborhood of Boston" |
Unitarianism |
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what invention made cotton "king" in the South |
cotton gin |
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which of the following groups was started primarily by a famous American writer |
transcendentalists |
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Transcentalism did all fo the following except |
encourage immoral living |
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where was the greatest camp meeting revival |
Cane Ridge |
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what religion was popular among prominent Patriots such as Thomas Paine |
Deism |
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What do we c all the revival that affected the entire nation at the turn of the 18th century |
Second Great Awakening |
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who became famous for short stories and poems that exploored the dark side of human nature |
Edgar Allan Peo |
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what famous architect helped to design the U.S. Capitol |
Charles Bulfinch |
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what early school of painters turned from European models to America's majestic landscapes |
Hudson River School |
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what was America's first economically successful railroad |
Baltimo0re and Ohio |
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what is a corduroy road |
road made from a series of logs |
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what is a turnpike |
private road paid for with tolls |
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the most important early American road was |
the National Road |
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in 1860 what was America's most important export |
cotton |
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what single cash crop dominated Southern agriculture in the middle of the 19th century |
cotton |
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what did Eli Whitney introduce to American industry |
interchangeable parts |
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which of the following was not true of Sam Houston |
He supported secession during the Civil war |
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who was perhaps the hardest working president in our nation's history |
James Polk |
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what dispute was the immediate cause of the Mexican War |
Texas-Mexico border |
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what third party arose to protest the admission of Texas as a slave state |
Liberty Party |
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what do we call a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public |
dark horse |
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what strategy can Congress use to pass a treaty without a two-thirds majority |
joint resolution |
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what dark horse president kept all of his campaign promises |
James K. POlk |
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what Catholic mission became the rallying cry of the Texans during their war for independence |
Alamo |
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what missionary to the Cayuse Indians attracted American settlers to Oregon |
Marcus Whitman |
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what popular idea held that it was America's destiny to stretch from sea to sea |
Manifest Destiny |
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which state was the "Bear Flag Republic" |
California |
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what president led America during the Mexican War |
James Polk |
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who may have lost a presidential election because he hedged his position on the annexation of Texas |
John Tyler` |
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the_____ Trail was a trade route between Mexico and the United States |
Santa Fe |
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the _____ Trail was the most important trail in the settlement of the far West |
Oregon |
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America's "manifest destiny" was to |
overspread and to possess the whole of the continent |
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what was probably the most effective propaganda tool for abolition |
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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which provision of the Compromise of 1850 actually worsened tensions between the North and South |
Fugitive Slave Act |
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who was the strongest opponent of the Compromise of 1850 |
Zachary Taylor` |
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the Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced to |
ensure that the transcontinental railroad would benefit Illinois |
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which of the following men was an abolitionist |
John Brown |
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Proslavery forces were responsible for the |
sack of Lawrence |
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what was the basic position of the Freeport Doctrine |
territories can prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt laws that establish it |
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where was the first spot formed in the Civil War |
Fort Sumter |
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what term refers to a state's leaving the Union |
secede |
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what state unanimously passed the Ordinance f Secession |
South Carolina |
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what party was created in 1860 by conservative Northerners and Southerners who wanted to preserve the Union |
Constitutional Union Party |
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what fanatic became an abolitionist martyr when he was hanged for treason |
John Brown |
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what federal arsenal was attacked in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt |
Harpers Ferry |
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what two Illinois politicians held seven influential debates on the issue of slavery |
Lincoln/Douglas |
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who masterminded the Pottawatomie Massacre |
John Brown |
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what free state town in Kansas was sacked by proslavery ruffians |
Lawrence |
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during what infamous episode did a Southern representative beat an antislavery senator in the Senate Chamber |
Brooks Sumner episode |
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what sectional party appealed to a broad following by opposing slavery and supporting tariffs and inexpensive land |
Republican party |
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what do we call the radical Southerners who believed that secession was the only way to protect their way of life |
fire eaters |
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what powerful novel aroused public opinion against slavery |
uncle tom's cabin |
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what escape route did fugitive slaves use to pass through the Northern states |
underground railroad |
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what compromise was necessary before California could be admitted as a free state |
Compromise of 1850 |
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what were the gold seekers called who first arrived California |
fourty niners |
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what party had the slogan " Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men" |
Free Soil party |
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According to the textbook, what was the central issue that sparked the Civil War |
states rights |
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what general played a critical support tole in all the following Confederate victories: first manassas, seven days battles, second manassas, and chancellorsville |
stonewall jackson |
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what event made the North realize that the Civil War would not be quickly over |
First Battle of Manassas |
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the significance of the clash between the Monitor and Merrimac was that the |
age of wooden ships began to cone to a close |
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which of the following statements about the Peninsular Campaign if false |
the Army of the Potomac kept advancing despite its losses |
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which of the following was not true of the Second Battle of Manassas |
the Union soldiers proved to be great cowards |
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which of the following battles was the first clear cut defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia |
Battle of Gettysburg |
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which of the following battles was not related to the capture of the Mississippi |
Battle of Missionary Ridge |
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during what early battles in the Civil war did Grant first gain fame |
Forts Henry and Donelson |
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during what daring campaign did Grant cut his army off from his supply base to surprise his enemy |
siege of Vicksburg |
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which of the following battles was not related to the Kentucky Tennessee Campaign |
Antientam |
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what caused a major riot in New York in 1863 |
conscription |
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a border state was a |
slave state that did not secede |
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which of the following was not a border state |
Tennessee |
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what were copperheads |
southern sympathizers in the North |
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what event almost brought Britain into the war |
Trent affair |
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what event dashed all the Southern hopes of British intervention in the civil war |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves |
in Confederate controlled territory |
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation for all of the following reasons except his desire to |
reduce competition for jobs among Northern factory workers |
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what was Grant's greatest defeat |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
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which of the following statements abut the Wilderness Campaign is false |
Lincoln dismissed the army general after the campaign |
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the capture of what city ensured Lincoln's reelection in 1864 |
Atlanta |
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the loss of what railroad junction was the final blow to the confederacy |
Petersburg |
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what did Grant demand at the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia |
the soldiers weapons |
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what term describes the south's view that each state retains its identity even after it joins a compact of union with other states |
states rights |
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what Confederate general won the nickname "Stonewall" for his bravery in battle |
Thomas J. Jackson
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during what unsuccessful campaign did McClellan attempt to capture the Confederate capital by attacking from the east along the James River |
Peninsular campaign |
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what do we call the metal plated warships that were introduced during the Civil war |
ironclads |
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what political document was made possible by the victory at Antietam which halted Lee's invasion of the North |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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what famous battle halted Lee's last invasion of teh North |
Gettysburg |
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During what valiant but vain charge did Confederate troops attempt to storm Cemetery Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg |
Pickett's Charge |
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what famous speech did Lincoln give to dedicate a war cemetery for one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War |
Gettysburg Address |
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what do we call the Southern merchant ships that brought supplies to Southern ports in spite of the Blockade |
blockade runners |
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what do we call the compulsory enrollment of men into military service |
conscription |
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what British ship was illegally stopped by Union ships |
Trent |
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what famous document freed all slaves in rebel territory |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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the "Anaconda Plan" was a derisive term poking fun at Winfield Scott's plan for a lengthy, difficult war |
true |
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The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day of the Civil War |
true |
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Pickett's Charge was a bloody, last ditch effort by Confederate troops to win the Battle of Gettysburg |
true |
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even though Grant was surprised at the Battle of Shiloh he still managed to win a costly victory |
true |
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Grant won a stunning victory at Missionary Ridge when the Union troops advanced up an enemy hill without orders
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true |
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the confederate blockade runners became more and more effective as the Civil War progressed |
false |
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the independence minded Confederates adopted conscription before the Union did |
true |
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during the Wilderness campaign, Grant lost more battles and many more men than Lee |
true |
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the important siege of Petersburg lasted less than one month |
false |
