Test Guide

STUDY GUIDE LIST

1. Moving West
2. Texas Independence
3. Mexican-American War
4. Beginnings of Slavery
5. Life as a slave
6. Resisting Slavery
7. Slavery and the West
8. A nation dividing
9. Beginnings of the Civil War
10. Civil war armies: Tale of the Tape
11. Battle Grid
12. Results of the Civil War
13. Reconstruction
14. End of Reconstruction

IMPORTANT TOPICS

10 percent plan (Reconstruction)

13th amendment (Reconstruction)
14th amendment (Reconstruction)
15th amendment (Reconstruction)
Abolition (Resisting Slavery)
Abraham Lincoln (Beginnings of the Civil War)
Andrew Butler (A Nation Dividing)
Andrew Johnson (Reconstruction)
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Texas Independence)
Beginning of Slavery (Beginnings of Slavery)
California Gold Rush (Moving West)
California Trail (Moving West)
Charles Summer (A Nation Dividing)
Compromise of 1850 (A Nation Dividing)
David Wilmont (Slavery and the West)
Dred Scott (Resisting Slavery)
Election of 1866 (Reconstruction)
Fort Sumpter (Beginnings of the Civil War)
Franklin Pierce (A Nation Dividing)
Fredrick Douglass (Resisting Slavery)
Freedmen’s Bureau (Reconstruction)
Gadsen Purchase (The Mexican-American War)
Harriet Beecher (A Nation Dividing)
Harriet Beecher Stow (Resisting Slavery)
Henry Clay (Slavery and the West)
James Polk (Slavery and the West)
John Brown (A Nation Dividing)
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry (Resisting Slavery)
John C. Calhoun (Slavery and the West)
John Geary (A Nation Dividing)
Kansas Nebraska Act (A Nation Dividing)
Lewis Cass (Slavery and the West)
Life as a Slave (Life as a Slave)
Manifest Destiny (Moving West)
Missionaries (Moving West)
Mormons (Moving West)
Mountain Men (Moving West)
Nat Turner (Resisting Slavery)
Popular Sovereignty (A Nation Dividing)
President Jackson (Texas Independence)
President James Polk (Texas Independence)
President James Polk (The Mexican-American War)
Preston Brooks (A Nation Dividing)
Radical Republicans (Reconstruction)
Reconstruction Act (Reconstruction)
Sam Houston (Texas Independence)
San Jacinto (Texas Independence)
Santa Fe Trail (Moving West)
Slave Culture (Life as a Slave)
Slave Families (Life as a Slave)
Slave Jobs (Life as a Slave)
Sonoma, California (The Mexican-American War)
Stephen A. Douglas (A Nation Dividing)
Stephen Douglas (Beginnings of the Civil War)
Steven Austin (Texas Independence)
The Alamo (Texas Independence)
The Atlantic Slave Trade (Beginnings of Slavery)
The Black West (The Black West)
The Compromise of 1850 (Slavery and the West)
The Free Soil Party (Slavery and the West)
The Kansas Nebraska Act (A Nation Dividing)
The Oregon Trail (Moving West)
The Triangular Trade (Beginnings of Slavery)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (The Mexican-American
War)
Veracruz (The Mexican-American War)
Wade-Davis Bill (Reconstruction)
Wilmont Proviso (Slavery and the West)
Zachary Taylor (Slavery and the West)

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.471-506

Oregon Country (471)- The huge area that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the
Rocky Mountains north of California. It included all of what is now Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho plus parts of Montana and Wyoming. This region also
contained about half of what is now the Canadian Province of British Columbia.

John Jacob Astor (472)- An American merchant of New York. He established

several trading posts in the eastern United States. He organized the American Fur
Company, which soon became the largest of the fur companies in America.

Rendezvous (472)- A meeting. In late summer, the mountain men gathered for a
rendezvous.

Jim Beckwourth (472)- An African American mountain man from Virginia. He

explored Wyoming’s Green River.

Jedidiah Smith (472)- A mountain man. With Robert Stuart, they found the South
Pass. The South Pass is a broad break through the Rockies.

Dr. Marcus Whitman (473)- One person who went with his wife Narcissa who
went to the Oregon Trail. They built a mission among the Cayuse people near the
present site of Walla Walla, Washington.

Manifest Destiny (474)- the doctrine or belief prevalent in the 19th century that
the United States had the God-given right to expand into and possess the whole of
the North American continent. O’Sullivan declared that is was America’s Manifest
Destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent which the
Providence had given us.

El Camino Real (492)- “The King’s Highway.” The missions that extended from
San Diego to Sonoma were along a route named the El Camino Real. The El
Camino Real was named for the king of Spain who ordered the missions built.

Forty Niners (501)- Those who arrived in 1849 looking for gold. Nearly 100,000
people came to California looking for gold in 1848 and 1849.

Joseph Smith (506)- The founder of the Mormon Church. These visions used to
build the Mormon Church also inspired him to build an ideal society.

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.481-486

William Travis (Mr. Helsaple)- A 26-year-old leader of the defenders of the

Alamo. He wrote a letter asking for help but was denied and eventually killed.

Battle of Goliad (Mr. Helsaple)- A defeat of the Texans by General Santa Anna.
400 Texans were captured, charged with treason against Mexico, and executed.

Davy Crockett (481)- A person who lost his seat in congress in 1835. He left
Tennessee and headed southwest to Texas. His deeds in Texas would bring him
greater fame than his adventures on the frontier or his years in Congress.

Tejanos (481)- Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home. At the time, most of
Texas’s 3,000 residences were tejanos.

Enpresarios (481)- The people who obtained the grants that offered vast tracts to
people. These people also recruited settlers.

Stephen F. Austin (481)- Son of Moses Austin, who inherited his father’s land
from the first land grant when his father died. He recruited 300 American families
to settle the fertile land along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers of Texas. His
success made him a leader among the American settlers in Texas.

Decree (482)- An official order. In 1830 Mexico issued a decree. This decree
stopped all immigration from the United States.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (482)- The Mexican president at the time. In 1833
he agreed to remove the ban on American settlers. However, he refused to change
Texas’s political status.

Alamo (483)- When Santa Anna’s army reached San Antonio in 1836, they found
the Alamo. The Alamo was a small Texan force barricaded inside a nearby
mission called the Alamo.

Annex (486)- To take control of. Sam Houston, the president of the Texas at the
time asked the United States to annex Texas. However, the nation’s president,
Andrew Jackson, refused because the addition of another slave state would upset
the balance of slave and Free states in Congress.

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.491-497

Gadsden Purchase (Mr. Helsaple)- The purchase where the US bought the
Southern art of Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million. The US wanted it for a
southern transcontinental railroad.

Winfield Scott (Mr. Helsaple)- An American general in charge of the invasion of

southern Mexico. He captured the cities of Vera Cruz and Mexico City.

Santa Fe (491)- The name of the settlement founded by the Spanish. It was
founded in 1610.

Rancheros (492)- Ranch owners. These Mexican settlers bought the land sold to
them by the Mexican government and built huge properties called ranchos.

Ranchos (492)- The huge properties built by rancheros. These properties were
made on the land sold to the rancheros.

John C. Fremont (494)- An army officer. He made several trips through

California in the 1840s. He wrote of the region’s mild climate, scenic beauty, and
abundance of natural resources.

Nueces River (495)- A river where Mexico considered the borderline. This was
150 miles farther North from what the US thought was the border. Because of this
dispute, Mexico had stopped payments to American citizens for losses suffered
during Mexico’s war for independence.
Bear Flag Republic (496)- The name of the new country captured by a small
group of Americans. They had seized the town of Sonoma north of San Francisco.
They proclaimed the independent Republic of California.

Californios (496)- The Mexicans who lived in California. Fremont’s actions of

seizing California outraged many Californios. They opposed what looked like an
attempt by a band of Americans to seize land.

Ceded (497)- To give. Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United
States. In return, the US gave Mexico $15 million.

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.435-534

Harriet Tubman (Mr. Helsaple)- A former slave and conductor for the
underground railroad. She helped many people escape from slavery.

American Colonization Society (Mr. Helsaple)- A society started by Robert

Finley as a way to send African Americans back to Africa. Around 12,000 went
back to Liberia.

Slave codes (434)- The laws in the Southern states that controlled enslaved
people. Life under slavery became even more difficult because the slave codes
becoming more severe.

Nat Turner (435)- A popular religious leader among his fellow slaves. He was
one African American that rebelled openly against his master. In 1831, he led a
group of followers on a brief, violent rampage that resulted in the deaths of at least
55 whites.

William Lloyd Garrison (530)- An abolitionist. He stimulated the growth of the

anti0slavery movement. He was one of the first white abolitionists who called for
immediate and complete freeing of enslaved people.

Sarah and Angelina Grimke (530)- Among the first woman who spoke out
publicly against slavery. They were born in South Carolina to a slaveholding
family. They lectured and wrote against slavery.

David Walker (531)- A writer of Boston. He was born a free man and published
an impassionate argument against slavery challenging African Americans to rebel
and overthrow slavery by force.
Fredrick Douglass (532)- The most widely known African American abolitionist.
He was born enslaved in Maryland. He joined the Massachusetts anti-slavery
society.

Sojourner Truth (532)- “Belle’s” new name. She escaped and gained official
freedom. She supported her family by doing domestic work.

Underground Railroad (534)- A network of free African Americans and whites.

They helped runaway slaves make their way to freedom. People contributed funds
to buy African Americans out of slavery.

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.552-558

Freeport Doctrine (Mr. Helsaple)- Steven Douglas’s response to Abraham

Lincoln in their debate over slavery. He said that only the people, not the Supreme
Court, could decide slavery issues.

Confederate Capital (Mr. Helsaple)- 1st located in Montgomery, Alabama.

Eventually it was moved to Richmond, Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln (552)- A republican running for presidency in the election of

1858. At the time, Lincoln was nearly an unknown. He lost the election of 1858,
but won the election of 1860.

Border States (555)- States located between the North and the South. They were
divided over whether to stay in the union, or join the confederacy. Bell took most
of the border states.

South Carolina (556)- The South seceded because of something South Carolina
held. South Carolina held a special convention and voted to secede.

Secession (556)- Withdrawal from the union. Some Southern states debated
secession. This caused leader in Washington, D.C, to frantically fashion a last-
minute compromise.

John Crittenden (556)- Senator of Kentucky. On December 18, 1860, Senator

John Crittenden proposed a series of amendments to the constitution. Central to
his plan was a provision to protect slavery south of the line set by the Missouri
Compromise.
Jefferson Davis (556)- A senator from Mississippi. The states that had seceded
had called themselves the Confederate States of America. They chose Jefferson
Davis as their president.

States’ Rights (556)- Southerners justified secession with the theory of states’
rights. They argued that the states had voluntarily chosen to join the union, so why
couldn’t they voluntarily leave? This caused a lot of debate between the Union and
the Confederacy.

Fort Sumter (558)- A US fort on an island guarding the Charleston Harbor. On

the day after his inauguration, Lincoln received a dispatch saying Fort Sumter was
low on supplies and the Confederates demanded the Fort’s surrender. This was
important, because following the surrender of the fort, the civil war began.

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.625-634

10% Plan (625, not a bold word)- The first plan offered by Lincoln for accepting
the South back into the Union. When 10 percent of the voters of a state took an
oath of loyalty to the union, the State could form a government and adopt a new
constitution that banned slavery. It was the “nice” plan.

Wade- Davis Bill (626, not a bold word)- Passed in July 1864. First, most white
males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union. Second, only white males who
swore they had not fought the union could vote for delegates to a constitutional
convention. This was the “harsh” plan.

Reconstruction (625)- The period of rebuilding after the civil war. This term also
refers to the various plans for carrying out the rebuilding. This was also known as
the “second civil war.”

Thaddeus Stevens (626)- A leading radical republican. He declared that the

foundation of the South must be broken up and re-laid, or all our blood and
treasure have been spent in vain.

Charlotte Forten (626)- A northern teacher. The Freedmen’s Bureau also set up
schools staffed by northern teachers such as Charlotte Forten.

John Wilkes Booth (626)- A pro-Confederate actor. He shot the president in the
head, leaped off the stage, and broke his leg. The president died a few hours later.
Black Codes (630)- Laws that aimed to control freed men and women. By the
spring of 1866, Southern states had passed black codes. The black codes trampled
the rights of African Americans.

Edwin Stanton (633)- The Secretary of War. In August 1867, Johnson suspended
Edwin Stanton without the senate’s approval.

Impeach (633)- To formally charge with wrongdoing. Outraged by Johnson’s

actions, the HOR voted to impeach the president. The house accused Johnson of
misconduct and sent the case to the senate for trial.

Ulysses S. Grant (634)- A General and Civil War hero. Abandoning Johnson, the
Republicans chose Ulysses S. Grant as their presidential candidate. Grant won the
election.

RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

1. Union/North won, USA preserved it

2. Bitter Feelings between the North and South that would last for years to
come
3. 620,000 Americans killed (more than all wars from the revolution to WWII
combined)
4. 40% of Southern livestock destroyed
5. Southern wealth decreased by 60%
6. 25% of southern white men dead
7. 4,000,000 African Americans are free

THE BLACK WEST

1. Bill Picket was one of the greatest cowboys ever

2. From the beginning, blacks were cowboys
3. York danced to save Lewis and Clark
4. Slaves ran west to beat slavery
5. Hollywood made it seem like there were any black cowboys
6. Chicago was the place of bad smells
7. Jean Baptiste was the father of Chicago
8. Blacks were whipped by their masters
9. Slaves covered themselves in onion juice to avoid guard hounds
10. Slaves were viewed as property
 11. The Africans and Indians were very similar
12. The Seminoles found the US to protect the slaves that lived among them
13. Jim Beckworth discovered a trail in the Sierra Nevada
14. Slave catchers made money catching runaways
15. 1849-10000 African American families took part in the land rush
16. Couples were often forced to break apart
17. 75000 slaves escaped to freedom
18. Mary fields- one of the most brave runaway slaves
19. She had a bet she could knock anyone out with one punch
20. She smoked and drank
21. She opened a laundry, grew flowers, and played baseball
22. Died in 1914 at the age of 81
23. 3 months after the civil war, congress increased the size of the army
24. The freed slaves were taken into the army and killed Native Americans
25. The Indians respected these black troops sent to kill them
26. Railroads pushed through Indian territory
27. The Native Americans struggled to keep their territory
28. The blacks chose to side with the Americans and kill the Indians
29. Western black woman made their mark on the frontier
30. They made learning to read the bible and addiction

HOMEWORK IDS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

10% Plan (625, not a bold word)- The first plan offered by Lincoln for accepting
the South back into the Union. When 10 percent of the voters of a state took an
oath of loyalty to the union, the State could form a government and adopt a new
constitution that banned slavery. It was the “nice” plan.
Abraham Lincoln (552)- A republican running for presidency in the election of
1858. At the time, Lincoln was nearly an unknown. He lost the election of 1858,
but won the election of 1860.
Alamo (483)- When Santa Anna’s army reached San Antonio in 1836, they found
the Alamo. The Alamo was a small Texan force barricaded inside a nearby
mission called the Alamo.
American Colonization Society (Mr. Helsaple)- A society started by Robert
Finley as a way to send African Americans back to Africa. Around 12,000 went
back to Liberia.
Annex (486)- To take control of. Sam Houston, the president of the Texas at the
time asked the United States to annex Texas. However, the nation’s president,
Andrew Jackson, refused because the addition of another slave state would upset
the balance of slave and Free states in Congress.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (482)- The Mexican president at the time. In 1833
he agreed to remove the ban on American settlers. However, he refused to change
Texas’s political status.
Battle of Goliad (Mr. Helsaple)- A defeat of the Texans by General Santa Anna.
400 Texans were captured, charged with treason against Mexico, and executed.
Bear Flag Republic (496)- The name of the new country captured by a small
group of Americans. They had seized the town of Sonoma north of San Francisco.
They proclaimed the independent Republic of California.
Black Codes (630)- Laws that aimed to control freed men and women. By the
spring of 1866, Southern states had passed black codes. The black codes trampled
the rights of African Americans.
Border States (555)- States located between the North and the South. They were
divided over whether to stay in the union, or join the confederacy. Bell took most
of the border states.
Californios (496)- The Mexicans who lived in California. Fremont’s actions of
seizing California outraged many Californios. They opposed what looked like an
attempt by a band of Americans to seize land.
Ceded (497)- To give. Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United
States. In return, the US gave Mexico $15 million.
Charlotte Forten (626)- A northern teacher. The Freedmen’s Bureau also set up
schools staffed by northern teachers such as Charlotte Forten.
Confederate Capital (Mr. Helsaple)- 1st located in Montgomery, Alabama.
Eventually it was moved to Richmond, Virginia.
David Walker (531)- A writer of Boston. He was born a free man and published
an impassionate argument against slavery challenging African Americans to rebel
and overthrow slavery by force.
Davy Crockett (481)- A person who lost his seat in congress in 1835. He left
Tennessee and headed southwest to Texas. His deeds in Texas would bring him
greater fame than his adventures on the frontier or his years in Congress.
Decree (482)- An official order. In 1830 Mexico issued a decree. This decree
stopped all immigration from the United States.
Dr. Marcus Whitman (473)- One person who went with his wife Narcissa who
went to the Oregon Trail. They built a mission among the Cayuse people near the
present site of Walla Walla, Washington.
Edwin Stanton (633)- The Secretary of War. In August 1867, Johnson suspended
Edwin Stanton without the senate’s approval.
El Camino Real (492)- “The King’s Highway.” The missions that extended from
San Diego to Sonoma were along a route named the El Camino Real. The El
Camino Real was named for the king of Spain who ordered the missions built.
Enpresarios (481)- The people who obtained the grants that offered vast tracts to
people. These people also recruited settlers.
Fort Sumter (558)- A US fort on an island guarding the Charleston Harbor. On
the day after his inauguration, Lincoln received a dispatch saying Fort Sumter was
low on supplies and the Confederates demanded the Fort’s surrender. This was
important, because following the surrender of the fort, the civil war began.
Forty Niners (501)- Those who arrived in 1849 looking for gold. Nearly 100,000
people came to California looking for gold in 1848 and 1849.
Fredrick Douglass (532)- The most widely known African American abolitionist.
He was born enslaved in Maryland. He joined the Massachusetts anti-slavery
society.
Freeport Doctrine (Mr. Helsaple)- Steven Douglas’s response to Abraham
Lincoln in their debate over slavery. He said that only the people, not the Supreme
Court, could decide slavery issues.
Gadsden Purchase (Mr. Helsaple)- The purchase where the US bought the
Southern art of Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million. The US wanted it for a
southern transcontinental railroad.
Harriet Tubman (Mr. Helsaple)- A former slave and conductor for the
underground railroad. She helped many people escape from slavery.
Impeach (633)- To formally charge with wrongdoing. Outraged by Johnson’s
actions, the HOR voted to impeach the president. The house accused Johnson of
misconduct and sent the case to the senate for trial.
Jedidiah Smith (472)- A mountain man. With Robert Stuart, they found the South
Pass. The South Pass is a broad break through the Rockies.
Jefferson Davis (556)- A senator from Mississippi. The states that had seceded
had called themselves the Confederate States of America. They chose Jefferson
Davis as their president.
Jim Beckwourth (472)- An African American mountain man from Virginia. He
explored Wyoming’s Green River.
John Wilkes Booth (626)- A pro-Confederate actor. He shot the president in the
head, leaped off the stage, and broke his leg. The president died a few hours later.
John Jacob Astor (472)- An American merchant of New York. He established
several trading posts in the eastern United States. He organized the American Fur
Company, which soon became the largest of the fur companies in America.
John C. Fremont (494)- An army officer. He made several trips through
California in the 1840s. He wrote of the region’s mild climate, scenic beauty, and
abundance of natural resources.
John Crittenden (556)- Senator of Kentucky. On December 18, 1860, Senator
John Crittenden proposed a series of amendments to the constitution. Central to
his plan was a provision to protect slavery south of the line set by the Missouri
Compromise.
Joseph Smith (506)- The founder of the Mormon Church. These visions used to
build the Mormon Church also inspired him to build an ideal society.
Manifest Destiny (474)- the doctrine or belief prevalent in the 19th century that
the United States had the God-given right to expand into and possess the whole of
the North American continent. O’Sullivan declared that is was America’s Manifest
Destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent which the
Providence had given us.
Nat Turner (435)- A popular religious leader among his fellow slaves. He was
one African American that rebelled openly against his master. In 1831, he led a
group of followers on a brief, violent rampage that resulted in the deaths of at least
55 whites.
Nueces River (495)- A river where Mexico considered the borderline. This was
150 miles farther North from what the US thought was the border. Because of this
dispute, Mexico had stopped payments to American citizens for losses suffered
during Mexico’s war for independence.
Oregon Country (471)- The huge area that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the
Rocky Mountains north of California. It included all of what is now Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho plus parts of Montana and Wyoming. This region also
contained about half of what is now the Canadian Province of British Columbia.
Rancheros (492)- Ranch owners. These Mexican settlers bought the land sold to
them by the Mexican government and built huge properties called ranchos.
Ranchos (492)- The huge properties built by rancheros. These properties were
made on the land sold to the rancheros.
Reconstruction (625)- The period of rebuilding after the civil war. This term also
refers to the various plans for carrying out the rebuilding. This was also known as
the “second civil war.”
Rendezvous (472)- A meeting. In late summer, the mountain men gathered for a
rendezvous.
Santa Fe (491)- The name of the settlement founded by the Spanish. It was
founded in 1610.
Sarah and Angelina Grimke (530)- Among the first woman who spoke out
publicly against slavery. They were born in South Carolina to a slaveholding
family. They lectured and wrote against slavery.
Secession (556)- Withdrawal from the union. Some Southern states debated
secession. This caused leader in Washington, D.C, to frantically fashion a last-
minute compromise.
Slave codes (434)- The laws in the Southern states that controlled enslaved
people. Life under slavery became even more difficult because the slave codes
becoming more severe.
Sojourner Truth (532)- “Belle’s” new name. She escaped and gained official
freedom. She supported her family by doing domestic work.
South Carolina (556)- The South seceded because of something South Carolina
held. South Carolina held a special convention and voted to secede.
States’ Rights (556)- Southerners justified secession with the theory of states’
rights. They argued that the states had voluntarily chosen to join the union, so why
couldn’t they voluntarily leave? This caused a lot of debate between the Union and
the Confederacy.
Stephen F. Austin (481)- Son of Moses Austin, who inherited his father’s land
from the first land grant when his father died. He recruited 300 American families
to settle the fertile land along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers of Texas. His
success made him a leader among the American settlers in Texas.
Tejanos (481)- Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home. At the time, most of
Texas’s 3,000 residences were tejanos.
Thaddeus Stevens (626)- A leading radical republican. He declared that the
foundation of the South must be broken up and re-laid, or all our blood and
treasure have been spent in vain.
Ulysses S. Grant (634)- A General and Civil War hero. Abandoning Johnson, the
Republicans chose Ulysses S. Grant as their presidential candidate. Grant won the
election.
Underground Railroad (534)- A network of free African Americans and whites.
They helped runaway slaves make their way to freedom. People contributed funds
to buy African Americans out of slavery.
Wade- Davis Bill (626, not a bold word)- Passed in July 1864. First, most white
males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union. Second, only white males who
swore they had not fought the union could vote for delegates to a constitutional
convention. This was the “harsh” plan.
William Travis (Mr. Helsaple)- A 26-year-old leader of the defenders of the
Alamo. He wrote a letter asking for help but was denied and eventually killed.
William Lloyd Garrison (530)- An abolitionist. He stimulated the growth of the
anti0slavery movement. He was one of the first white abolitionists who called for
immediate and complete freeing of enslaved people.
Winfield Scott (Mr. Helsaple)- An American general in charge of the invasion of
southern Mexico. He captured the cities of Vera Cruz and Mexico City.

JEOPARDY QUESTIONS

Q: What was one reason African Americans we used as slaves instead of Native
Americans?
A: Native Americans had tribes to help them

Q: What was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?

A: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Q: What was the name of the Fort that surrendered which started the civil war?
A: Fort Sumpter

Q: Name 1 part of the Compromise of 1850

A: California would be admitted as a free state
Q: What is rendezvous?
A: A meeting. In late summer, the mountain men gathered for a rendezvous.

Q: Name one plan for reconstruction

A: the 10% plan (or the Wade David Bill)

Q: What was the bloodiest one day battle of the civil war?
A: The Battle of Antietam

Q: What was one of the two confederate capitals?

A: Richmond, Virginia (or Montgomery, Alabama)

Q: What was one result of the civil war?

A: The Union/North won

Q: What was one African American who resisted slavery?

A: Fredrick Douglass (or Nat Turner)

Q: Indentify Popular Sovereignty

A: Where the people have the power

Q: What was another form of slavery?

A: Intimate slaves

Q: What was one Northern advantage over the South?

A: They had more people

Q: Identify which state seceded from the U.S first

A: South Carolina

Q: What was the name of one iron clad ship that fought in the civil war?
A: The Monitor

Q: What was one group of people that moved west?

A: Mountain Men (or Mormons)

Q: What was the name of one person that dies in the Alamo?
A: David Crockett

Q: What was one reason we didn’t want to annex Texas into the U.S?
A: We might cause war with Mexico

Q: What’s sharecropping?
A: A form of agricultural tenancy in which the tenant pays for use of the land with
a predetermined share of his crop rather than with a cash rent.

Q: Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Q: What was the name for the voyage for slaves from the Africa to the West
Indies?
A: The Middle Passage

Q: What did the 13th amendment do?

A: Abolished slavery

Q: Who was John Wilkes Booth?

A: He was the man whoa assassinated Lincoln

Q: Who did Lincoln debate to fight for the senate seat in 1868?
A: Stephen Douglass

WHAT IS NOT ON THIS STUDY GUIDE BECAUSE YOU

ALREADY HAVE THE WORKSHEET
● Cornell Notes: Texas Independence (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: Resisting Slavery (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: Civil War Battle Grid (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: Beginnings of the Civil War (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: The Mexican-American War (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: Moving West (not Homework ID’s)
● Cornell Notes: The Beginnings of Slavery
● Cornell Notes: Life as a Slave
● Cornell Notes: A Nation Dividing
● Cornell Notes: Slavery and the West
● Cornell Notes: Civil War Armies: Tale of the Tape