Honors US History Exam Review

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What was William Seward's position?

Dem. VP under Whig president. refused to sign Whig legislation. Cabinet resigned. Annexed Texas

Vice President from Kentucky. Southern Democrat. Ran for prez in 1860

Union naval leader who assisted with the taking of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Invented safe elevator that would clamp to side if rope broke

Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War

Served as Vice President when the president suddenly died; saved Compromise of 1850

The number of disputed electoral votes in the 1876 election was:

The taking of this Fort along the Tennessee River caused Nashville to surrender w/o a fight

Led an uprising of slaves in Harper's Ferry, Virginia

8 story department store

Founder of the American Red Cross

Original mail order catalog

What was Edwin Stanton's job title?

"Old Fuss and Feathers"

Union general who took Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

What percentage of the House must vote "yes" in order for a president to be removed from office

Scientific managment, efficiency expert

Steamboat

Received the Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865

Erie Canal

All of these were leaders of the Army of the Potomac EXCEPT

When the president calls Congress back to D.C. for an emergency session, this meeting is called

Literacy test finally passed over the veto of which president?

Two Confederate diplomats removed from the Trent

VP under Andrew Jackson. Democrat also nominated under Free Soil Party

Brought 2 states into Union Drew line across US Terrtry South of line allowd slave. North no

Led a militia force in the massacre of 450 Arapaho and Cheyenne men, women and children

What state did John Wilkes Booth flee to before he was found and killed?

Lincolns plan for unification was called the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Former Union general who went west to fight the Indians

Dark Horse. Manifest Destiny. Acquired Oregon Country and ultimately Mexican Cession  

Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad; brought many to freedom in the North

Union defeated here; South lost Jackson; South decided to invade the North

Union leader who surrendered Fort Sumter

Either purchase Cuba from Spain or take it by force if they refused to sell

Major Union loss at this Virginia site led to removal of Burnside as Commander Army of Potomac

Texas Gen fought Mexicans, Captured Mexico City 1852 Whig Canidate-Lost

Govenor of New York; ordered an investigation of NY slums

Union leader with Grant at Shiloh

Not well like president. Prez after Lincoln died

Along with Uncle Billy, drilled for oil in PA

Site of the surrender by the Confederacy

Partnered with Roebuck to create a new catalog

The little Giant. Sen-Illinois Sought to win right for transcontinental RR to link Chicago

Worked on behalf of mentally ill

Built bridge across the Mississippi River

Published the newspaper called The Liberator

Founder of the Mormons

Led the Mormons to Utah

Sec of State. Congress man - Mass. "Old Man Eloquence" argued against the "gag rule"

People who farmed someone elses' land for a portion of the value of the crop were called?

Former slave and women's rights advocate

The Democratic Governor of New York who ran for president in 1876

Minister who published a book called Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

Pickett's Charge was the last ditch effort for the South to win this battle; unsuccessful

Given credit for blazing the Oregon Trail

What was the Congressional plan for Reconstruction called?

Secretary of War during the Civil War

Invented barbed wire; closed the range

Sec of State, prompted Ostend Manifesto to be issued. 

All of the following were involved in the conspiracy to kill Lincoln EXCEPT?

Author of books detailing crimes against the Indians

Interchangeable parts and the cotton gin

"Great Compromiser"tried for president(1844) Speaker of HoR Sec of State both Congress y Sen KY

Act vetoed by Johnson that would have allowed the fed govt to intervene in states' business

What date was Lincoln shot?

Union victory by Rosencrans in middle Tennessee; winter 1863

17th President of the United States

Led a last ditch Confederate charge at Gettysburg; unsuccessful

To bring charges against a public official (i.e. president, judge, etc)

South seceded from Union under his watch; Democrat

Union victory here resulted in taking of railroad hub and allowed Union to strike Atlanta

When Lincoln was assassinated, his assassin shouted what?

The 19th President of the United States was:

When a president refuses to sign a law into effect thus saying, "No!" is called

The battle between these two ships effectively ended the use of wooden ships in the navy

Founder of Standard Oil

Wrote about "garden cities"

Salve sued owner for freedom -taken to free state Supreme Crt decided he wasnt citzn-no rite

Transcendentalist writer

Led troops during the war with Mexico; victory in New Mexico and later moved west to California

Turning point of the American Civil War

Siege of this city along the Mississippi River ended on July 4, 1863

Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin 

Law allowed escaped slaves to be returned to their owners

Famous for the Atlanta to Savannah campaign

What was the name for the Republicans in Congress who attempted to take over Reconstruction?

According to the Constitution, where is the trial of an impeached president held?

Johnson suggested all Southern states do the following before coming back into the Union EXCEPT

Telegraph

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Civil War

Sen from Mass. Caned in Senate Chamber

"Buffalo Bill"; Famous buffalo hunter

Ended war w/Mex $15 mil for Cali, NM, Utah, Nevada and Arizona

Union general who successfully took Vicksburg

Amendment that defined citizenship and provided for equal protection under the law

Founded the Tuskegee Institution

Dem 1852. "expansionist"pres. Made Gadson Purchase. Served 1 term Talked about Alaska and Cuba

Northerners who came South to attempt to gain control of Southern governments were called:

Democratic candidate who ran against Lincoln in 1864; former General

Stephen Douglas idea about slavery and extension-came about during debates w/Abe Lincoln

Union victory; last stronghold on Mississippi; cut Confederacy in half

One of the organizers of the Women's Rights Convention in 1848

During Grant's administration, Congress voted themselves a big raise.  This was called:

What percentage of the Southern population had to take an oath under the Congressional plan?

Built an iron framed skyscraper

Laws passed in the South to keep Blacks from full participation in society were called?

"neither slave nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territoy"

After this disastrous campaign, McClellan replaced by Pope who was later replaced by McClellan

Union leader of the Army of the Potomac; replaced after the 2nd Battle of Bull Run

President of the United States during the Civil War

Scientific Management; efficiency expert

All of the following are powers of the president EXCEPT?

Thomas stood like a Stonewall at this battle

President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union; also worked for women's suffrage 

President of the Confederacy

Given credit for blazing the trail to New Mexico

First textile mill

Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Education reformer

2nd Sec of State Under Tyler: attempted to bring Texas into the Union

Confederate general who helped win at 1st Battle of Bull Run; died at Chancellorsville

Union naval leader who helped take New Orleans

Organization established to provide for newly freed Blacks after the Civil War

Clay Douglas y Webster agreement Cali would enter Union as free state and salve trade in DC end

An organization that grew after the Civil War using terror to keep Blacks from voting, etc.

Invented the "gun that tamed the west" 6-shooter

Englishmen who invented a new mass production steel furnace

What law did Andrew Johnson violate in order to bring about impeachment charges?

1842, settled Boarder issues with British. Dividing line between Us and Canada

According to the Constitution, where are charges against a President drawn up?

Virginia site...Confederacy was victorious twice there

Religious revivalist

Banker, bought out a major steel corporation

After the Union loss here, Pope was replaced & Britain began to consider recognizing Confed

Finished the job of his father- The Brooklyn Bridge

What was Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction called?

Sec of State under Wm H Harrison treaty with Brit define boarder between US y CAN comp of 1850

From Tenn. Constitution Union Party - Ran for Prez in 1860

1st African American to receive a PhD; founded the Niagara Movement

Mexican general and dictator who fought the Texans

Civil War general who became the 18th President of the United States

Amendment that freed the slaves

Sioux Indian leader fought at "last stand" later captured

Silver was found on his claim in Nevada

Rep 1860, South seceeded from Union B4 he was inaugurated. Shot by John Wilkes Booth

A person who roams around from place to place and doesn't have a job was called?

The owner of the company that built sleeping cars for trains and employees lived in Company twn

"Old Rough and Ready" Gen. in War w/Mexico. Whig. Died in office

Believed the truths of life could not be summed up in a clear and simple theology

Commander of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Union leader of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg

Nez Perce leader who made the famous statement "I will fight no more, forever"

Doctor who set John Booth's leg when he was on the run

Obtained a land grant from gov of Mexico enabling him to bring Americans to settle there

When Congress passes a bill despite a presidential veto, this is called:

Amendment that provided suffrage for Black males

Sen from KY sought to put forth some "unamendable" amendments in Constit to keep Union together

Congress' final plan for Reconstruction had the South be divided into _____ military districts

Two of the leading Radical Republicans were?

Although in the end a Union victory, Grant realized it would be a "war of exhaustion"

Established a settlement in California where gold was disovered

American general who got trapped near the Little Big Horn River in Montana He and force killed

According to the Constitution, who presides over the trial of an impeached president?

Union destroyed practically everything in site, except Savannah

What is the name for the time period after the Civil War until 1877?

This city at the delta of the Mississippi was taken by the Union in 1862

Southern (South Carolina) slavery defender

Laws that provided for segregation in the South were called:

Labor system based on women and child labor

After this city in Virginia fell to the Union, Richmond fell also

Confederates decided to go on the offensive at this site, battle was a draw, but heavy losses

Became a martyr because of his publications 

Whig; Served shortest time as president. Known as Indian fighter B4 becoming president

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Opened Hull House in Chicago

Architect of the Anaconda Plan

White southerners who attempted to gain control of state governments in the South were called

Law allowed "popular sovereignty" to be used in western territories. Resulted in violence

Who was fired by Johnson resulting in his impeachment?

Memorized plans for the first textile mill in the US

American Federation of Labor

Sen from SC. Spoke on issue of property rights and "states rights" served VP twice