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America Land I Love Test 6 Exam

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trade in the East was revived by the
crusades
first permenant english settlement
Jamestown
History of Plymouth
William Bradford
most widely used textbook
New England Primer
Final battle in the War for Independence
Battle of Yorktown
first US government after the War for Independence was established
Articles of Confederation
type of government that the US Constitution provided for
federal republic
The best-known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening
Charles Finley
public primary school for all children was promoted by
Horace Mann
abolitionist who led a raid at Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Slavery in the US was outlawed through the
13th amendment
Tuskegee Institute was founded by
Booker T. Washington
Confederate loss of the Mississippi River
New Orleans
the first battle
Fort Sumter
The battle where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname
First Bull Run
the most decisive battle
Gettysburg
cleared the way for a Union invasion of Georgia
Chattanooga
bloodiest single day
Antietam
colony set a precedent for religious freedom in America
Rhode Island
remembered as the most powerful voice of the First Great Awakening
George Whitefield
government policy that prevented European colonization of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
Founded Five Points Mission
Phoebe Palmer
Blue Backed Speller
Noah Webster
established large settlement in Texas
Steven F. Austin
famous Tennessee frontiersman that fought at the Alamo
Davy Crockett
negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States
James Gadsden
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
who did Abraham Lincoln debate during his Illinois senatorial campaign
Stephen A. Douglas
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
First president to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
law divided the former Confederacy into 5 military districts with officers to govern them
Reconstruction Act of 1867
his precedency ended Reconstruction in the South
Rutherford B. Hayes
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1842
Treaty of Paris
1783
end of the Civil War
1865
Louisiana Purchase
1803
Treaty of Ghent
1814
Pilgrim landing at New Plymouth
1620
Why was the Missouri Compromise significant
it provided balance by admitting Maine as a free state & Missouri as a slave state
Why was the Civil War fought?
the South wanted to preserve states' rights and slavery; the North sought to preserve the Union
How did the North & South compare to each other during the Civil War
South fought in familiar territory for most of the war but the North had more manpower
Constitutional Convention
1787
Missouri Compromise
1820
Stamp Act Congress
1765
California Gold Rush
1849
Emmancipation Proclamation
1863
Captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Ulysses S. Grant
Union general that led the Peninsula Campaign
George B. McClellan
Union general that led the March to the Sea from Atlanta
William Tecumseh Sherman
Commanded Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
defeated the Confederate army at Gettysburg
George Meade
Christopher Columbus first landed on the island he named
San Salvador
major turning point of the War for Independence
Battle of Saratoga
The Cherokee forced relocation was called
Trail of Tears
first successful steamboat
Robert Fulton
a person who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product or ideas
entrepreneur
Father of American Missions
Adoniram Judson
first president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
Largest wagon train ever to go west
Great Migration
the half-million square miles granted by Mexico to the United States
Mexican Cession
A series of escape routes used by slaves escaping the south
Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Angel of the Battlefield
Clara Barton
know the following places on the map
Mississippi River
Lake Huron
Richmond
Maine
Ohio River
Atlanta
Nebraska
Albany
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