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History Test 2

Terms in this set (63)

Foraging
Searching and raiding for food
Siege
Cutting off its food supplies and bombarding the city until its defenders give up
Torpedo
A mine
Mandate
Clear sign from the voters
Telegraph
System of transmitting messages
Pragmatist
An approach that's assesses truth
Ploughshares
Cutting blade of a plow
Munitions
Military weapons
Minnie ball
The bullets used in the Civil War
Invisibility
Incapable of being conquered
Emancipation
Set free from restriction
De facto
Denoting someone
Chloroform
Formally used as a general anesthesia
Cavalier
Idk I missed this one lol
-Rips through body in fraction of the time
-Approved accuracy and range
-Faster to reload
How did the invention of the Minnie bullet shape the Civil War?
-Postal service
-Railroad
-Telegraph
-Industry
-Cameras
What were some inventions that affected the corse of the war?
-Battlefield nurse
-Founded the American Red Cross
Who was Clara Barton and why was she significant?
-Mass communication
-Brings all info back to Lincoln so he can is sure direct orders
How did the telegraph help the Union side achieve victory in the Civil War?
January 1, 1863
When was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
-Freed slaves
-Black soldiers fought for the Union
How did the emancipation proclamation shape the Civil War?
Confederacy lost what was considered their best chance of invading the Union and lost a lot of their support
Why was Gettysburg remembered as the turning point in the Civil War?
1.5 million
How many casualties in the Civil War?
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark had to follow what river to its source?
-Studious
-Brave
-Soldier
Describe Lewis
-Practical and plain
-Accurate with details
-Map maker
Describe Clark
To find a water way to the pacific
What was the main mission of the expedition?
The U.S. Claimed their land and more white people will be coming
What message from President Jefferson did Lewis and Clark give each tribe they met?
The waterfall
They continued west on the Missouri until they reached a fork. How did they know which way to go?
To obtain horses and guides
Why was it important for the expedition to find the Shoshone Indians?
Nezperce, Columbia
When they emerged from the mountains they stayed with the ____ Indians and then travelled down the ____ river.
Women and slaves were included in the vote
How did they decide where to stay their 2nd winter and why is this significant?
6 months
How long did it take to return to St. Louis?
2 years 4 months 10 days
How long had they been gone
His map making
What was Clarks most valuable contribution?
His documentation of new plants and animal species
What was Lewis's most important contribution
Indian + baby that helped Lewis and Clark on expedition
Who was Sacagawea
Lee's plan to move his army to Maryland was discovered wrapped around 3 cigars
How did the battle of Antietam come about?
Fort Sumter
1st Civil War battle
Antietam
Bloodiest battle
Vicksburg
Siege split the confederates
Gettysburg
Biggest battle
March to the sea
Sherman led
Appomattox Courthouse
Where Lee surrendered
Gettysburg
3 day battle
Confederates winning, then Union defends position, then Pickett's Charge and Union wins
Gettysburg address
Short speech commemorating Union soldiers that had died at Gettysburg
Sherman's March to Sea
Destruction of Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah
Union general
Who is William Sherman
13th
Slavery is unconstitutional
Lincoln passes what amendment that says what?
Confederate general
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Sherman captures South Carolinas state capital, Columbia, and destroys South's resources and will to fight
How did the war end?
Let the Confederate soldiers have their horses so they can go home and eat and won't be punished as traitors
What were the gracious things Sherman agreed to?
Lincoln's assassination
-Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, shot in head at theatre
-did not live to see the end of war
Missouri compromise
-Regulated slavery in western territories north of 36, 30'' in Louisiana purchase territory
-admitted Missouri as a slave state
Compromise 0f 1850
-territory gained in Mex/American war could choose slavery
-California admitted as free state
-banned slave trade in Washington D.C.
-strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas Nebraska act
-opened Kansas and Nebraska to slavery
-based on popular sovereignty
-led to formation of Republican Party
-bleeding Kansas
Dress Scott Case
-ruled African-Americans could not be citizens
-federal government had no power to regulate trade in territories
John Brown's raid
-Harper's Ferry, VA
-captured a federal armory and arsenal
-hoped slave would join w/ freedom fighters around country
-brown captured, many killed
-US marines led by Robert E. Lee
-John Brown executed for murder and treason 1859
Abraham Lincoln
First republican president
South Carolina
The first state to secede from the union
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How many southern states write a confederate states of America constitution?
Lincoln's first inaugural speech
"I have no purpose to interfere with slavery in the south where it exists"
Fort Mandon
Lewis and Clark's 1st winter
Fort Clatsop
1st slave and woman vote
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