Semester 2 Finals

___ was the leader of the 20th Maine Regiment that successfully held off advances from Confederate soldiers.

_______ is the philosophical & literary movement that emphasized living a simple life & finding oneself in nature.

Henry Clay persuaded members of Congress to elect Adams in order to be rewarded with a cabinet position.

_____ were state legislation passed to restrict activity of slaves in an effort to discourage revolt.

The Treaty of Velasco granted independence to Arizona.

Major Union victory after a scout found battle plans mistakenly left behind in an abandoned Confederate campsite.

The nation was split on whether to add Texas as a new state because of the issue of slavery.

The Supreme Court denied states the right to tax the federal government in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Abraham Lincoln went on to serve a 3rd Presidential term & began leading the country in its Reconstruction efforts.

_________ was the Union army's plan to defeat the South by squeezing their forces into submission.

________ was a massive 3 day battle that took place in central Pennyslvania, resulting in about 51,000 casualties.

Top general of the Union army, known for being very cautious & fearful of making strategic mistakes.

The Force Bill allowed the federal government to use the army & navy against South Carolina after threats of secession.

________ is the American belief that God expected the United States to fully expand to the west coast.

Polk's scheme with Santa Anna was highly successful, leading to statehood for New Mexico & California.

The Missouri Compromise set the U.S. boundary at the Rocky Mountains .

________ set up a system of federally chartered banks, requirements for loans, inspection of banks.

The Mexican government offered abandoned mission lands to ranchers who used Native Americans as slaves.

______ is the practice of disobeying the law through peaceful means.

Entrepreneurism was not risky because the people starting a new business would make money no matter what.

In order to protect their lands from raiders, Mexican officials invited Americans to settle on their lands.

Wrote the book "Walden" after spending 2 years living in solitude in the woods.

Jackson's Vice President, John Calhoun, wanted South Carolina to withdraw from the union.

The __________ was signed February 2, 1848, allowing New Mexico & California to become states.

The idea that the North & South would swap materials/resources to boost each other's economy.

__________ risked their own money to invest in starting a new business.

The Trent Affair occurred because of the South's efforts to recruit military help from Great Britain.

______ is a tax that takes a specific percentage of an employee's earnings.

_____ slaves were taught skills & trades in order to earn more money for their owners

On December 29, 1845, _______ became the 28th state.

In the Election of 1848, James K. Polk won a 2nd term by defeating war hero Zachary Taylor.

American expansion met native resistance in modern day Illinois, in what is known as the ________________.

Both white & black women were given equal education opportunities.

Emancipation is the freeing of all slaves.

________ is an economic system in which private businesses & individuals control the means of production.

_______ reduced British exports & forced the South to purchase more expensive goods from the North.

Nat Turner's Rebellion led to political consideration of emancipating slaves in the Virginia government.

Shakers were a religious group that believed men were superior to women & encouraged large families.

_______ is the belief that national interests should be placed ahead of regional or foreign concerns.

The first major battle of the Civil War, fought 100 miles outside Washington D.C.

The charter for the _______ lapsed & it went out of business 5 years later.

_________ defeated Martin Van Buren to become the 9th President of the United States.

Machine that harvested cotton, removed seeds, & helped boost southern economy.

James Monroe became 5th President of the United States in the ___________

One of the reasons for the South's economic decline was _________.

______________ declared that American settlers were inciting rebellion & marched 4,000 soldiers to San Antonio.

How old was Jeff Bailey when Mr. Mooney had him for 9th grade English?

In ________, the Supreme Court ruled that Cherokee Nation was a political community & not subject to state laws.

The Treaty of Fort Laramie was to allow the native tribes to control the Central Plains to Canada.

The _____________ was a 780 mile long road that led from Missouri to New Mexico.

The Union allowed black troops to serve in leadership capacity & intermingle with white soldiers in the same regiments.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed by President Adams to move the Cherokee from Virginia to Florida.

James K. Polk defeated Henry Clay to become the 11th U.S. President in the ______________.

The Battle of Antietam was one of the smallest casualty rates of any American conflict.

The Whig Party replaced the Federalist Party as one of the two major political parties.

After surrendering at Appomatox, Confederate soldiers & generals were executed for treason.

Religious meeting held to awaken religious passion through spirited preaching & large crowds.

Many northerners rejected the idea of acquiring the new lands because they feared it would ___________.

The ________ allowed the U.S. to acquire the rest of Florida from Spain.

In the Election of 1836, Andrew Jackson was replaced by Martin Van Buren as 8th President of the U.S.

____________ religious movement that swept through the country in the mid-1800s.

The movement to abolish slavery passed in the Virginia House by a count of 73-58

The time period after the election of James Monroe.

Roughly 620,000 Americans were killed during the Civil War & another 500,000 wounded.

Large tracts of land were offered to Americans if they converted their religious beliefs to Protestantism.

_________ was an abandoned fort where American & Mexican forces clashed- all 187 American soldiers were killed.

Leader of the Confederacy at Bull Run, was one of General Lee's top generals.

Polk ignored Congress & declared war on his own.

The ________ Convention was the first women's right convention, held in New York.

By encouraging war with Mexico, President Polk thought the U.S. could acquire the lands of New Mexico & California.

_________ granted the federal government authority to regulate anything that crosses state lines.

Henry Clay put the issue to rest by introducing a bill that would combine South Carolina with North Carolina.

When tribes were forced to march 800 - 1,000 miles west at gunpoint & on foot.

The United States government honored its end of the Treaty of Fort Laramie & stopped expanding.

______ are people who advocate the outlawing slavery.

"Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" encouraged slaves to fight for their own freedom.

________ located off of South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

The _________ was a threat delivered to European powers to not colonize North America.

_______ was the first state to institute taxation in order to subsidize public schools.

_______ occurred in Mississippi as the Union sealed off the Mississippi River & separated Confederate forces.

After choosing to not pursue Confederate forces after Antietam, President Lincoln fired McClellan.

In the North, wealthy soldiers were unable to buy their way out of military service.

The Anaconda Plan has 3 distinct parts to it that the North would need to execute in order to win.

Robert E. Lee was the commanding general of the entire Confederate army.

Issued by Lincoln, it freed slaves in Confederate states & allowed black men to volunteer for the Union army.

Women were not allowed to vote nor sit on juries in the mid-1800s.

Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded after a Confederate guard accidentally shot him in the arm.

______ former slave taught to read & write; escaped to New York where he started an anti-slavery newspaper.

The purpose of the United States Sanitary Commission was to ________

Although he was the Vice President, the Whig Party did not want John Tyler to become President after Harrison's death.

__________ won the election of 1824 despite having less popular vote & electoral votes.

Conscription is the means of educating slaves to read & write before they volunteer for the army.

The ________ was opened in 1821, the first girls only school.

The economy of the South greatly improved during the Civil War as inflation decreased drastically.

The Battle of Gettysburg occurred after southern troops marched into town looking for pants.

The specialization of crops were of the main factors that led to the ________________.

In September, 1836, Sam Houston became President of the ________, which had both an army & a navy.

Oregon Territory became another point of contention between the United States & Great Britain.

The time period when hand tools were replaced by machinery is known as the _____________.

During the Panic of 1837, the U.S. had to borrow money from Puerto Rico in order to fund its Treasury.