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American History to 1890
Teacher: Barbara McTyre Subject: American History to 1890
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Undergraduate 2
11/30/2011

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Andrew Jackson was the 1st American president to come from a prominent colonial family.
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FALSE
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How many states did the United States boast in 1828? 
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24
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What was the population of the U.S. during 1828? 
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13 million 
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Many of the new arrivals in 1820's were from Ireland and Poland
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FALSE
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British investment in American enterprises helped fuel the economic boom. (1820's) 
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TRUE
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How was the Jacksonian Era often described? 
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Age of the Common Man

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Why was the term "Age of the Common Man" misleading?
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The common man didn't change, and political participation increased
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By the 1820's and 30's, the US was becoming a multicultural nation.
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TRUE
Term

“...the red (race) on our borders is the problem most

baffling to the policy of our country.”?

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James Madison
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In a view typically western, who believed Native Americans to be in the way
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Andrew Jackson
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Old Southwest settlement moved across

Kentucky, Tennessee and down the Missouri River

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FALSE
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List the 5 tribes that took on white society features
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Cherokee
Chickasaw

Choctaw

Creek
Seminole 

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The Seminoles had a written language, a constitution, and kept slaves.
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FALSE
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Osceola was a Seminole chief imprisoned at

Ft Moultrie near Charleston Harbor in 1837

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TRUE
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After 1842, some Seminoles remained in: 
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The Everglades
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By the end of the 18th century, Cherokees had moved

to the mountains of north GA and west NC. 

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True
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What happened to increase the white's appetite for Cherokee land?
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Discovery of Gold
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Who called the Cherokees a “domestic dependent nation”, ruling that the courts had no jurisdiction over them?
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John Marshall

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The Cherokees were considered a foreign state
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FALSE
Term
What was the Supreme Court decision regarding the “domestic dependent nation” called?
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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Marshall stated that the Cherokees had rights to lands until they voluntarily ceded them to the U. S.
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TRUE
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What did Georgia law require of whites to do about living in Cherokee lands?
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had to obtain a license and swear allegiance 
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20.  There were ___ missionaries who lived among the Cherokee

who were sentenced to ____ years hard labor for not obeying the

white man's requirement.

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2 Missionaries

Sentenced to 4 years

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What Supreme Court decision made the Cherokee Nation

“a distinct political community”?

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Worcester v Georgia
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Who did Georgia face down six years before these Supreme Court cases for trying to protect the rights of the Creeks?
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John Quincy Adams
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20.Georgia, with the support of ________________, faced down the Supreme Court.

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Andrew Jackson
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Cherokee forced to give in by signing the Treaty of
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New Echota
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Treaty made them give up lands in the southeast in

exchange for tracts in Indian Territory west of the Ohio

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FALSE
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The Trail of Tears went _____ miles to ___________.
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800 Miles to Oklahoma
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Cherokee received $4 million for moving expenses
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FALSE
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The Cherokees who hid in western North Carolina became the:
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Eastern Band of Cherokees
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List the members of the Treaty Party
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Elias Boudinot

Stand Watie

Major Ridge

John Ridge

David Watie

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All of the above members were killed by Cherokees except 
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Stand Watie
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Mixed-blood Creeks could pass for white.
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TRUE
Term
Who were the signers of the Treaty of New Echota?
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Boudinot and Ridge
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By how many votes was the Treaty ratified?
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1
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The Cherokees had ____ years to leave the southeastern states for ____________
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The Cherokee had TWO years to leave the southeastern states for OKLAHOMA
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In 1837 the Cherokee outnumbered the Whites in the Cherokee Nation
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FALSE
Term
What did the Cherokee do to show that they intended to stay?
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Planted Crops
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Who was prepared to carry out whatever orders came his way?
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General John Wool
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John Wool treated the Indians fairly
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FALSE
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After the Cherokee were forced out, the whites waited an appropriate amount of time before moving in on their land.
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FALSE
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The Indians practiced
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passive resistance
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Where did the Indian girl hide with her baby in the Indian Search Story?
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In a very cold river
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How did the soldiers increase their money?
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by skimping on supplies meant for the Indians
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Most of the Cherokee were imprisoned by mid-January, before the forced migration.
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FALSE
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Who was ordered by the President to carry out the forced migration?
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Maj-Gen Winfield Scott
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Who was the chief of the Cherokee Nation?
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John Ross
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The Indians were forced to train for the march by walking_______miles daily in the heat at Camp Hiawassee.
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10-15
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In June, General Scott decided to delay the removal until September.
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TRUE
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Why didn't they leave until October?
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There had been a drought
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Chief John Ross' wife Coitee survived the Trail
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FALSE
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Why were the Indians afraid of the Keel boats?
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they believed rivers were the route to the underworld
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What disease killed many of the children along the Trail?
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whooping cough
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Fertility rates increased before and after the migration.
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FALSE
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What book was being translated into Chickasaw?
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The Bible
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The Cherokee people were completely wiped out and there are none left.
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FALSE
Term
Southern economic success relied on slave labor
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TRUE
Term
Crops were sold to_________cotton mills.
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ENGLISH
Term
Northern factories produced many of the same goods as
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EUROPE
Term
What forced southerners to buy goods from the north?
Definition
heavy taxes on the European goods [TARIFFS]
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Most northerners believed concepts of nullification and states' rights would make the US weaker.
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FALSE
Term
Abolitionists wrote__________and published___________and often helped slaves escape to freedom.
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books and published newspapers
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The southerners believed the abolitionists attacked the southern way of life but felt the Federal Government was doing what they could to protect their property
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FALSE
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Who invented the Cotton Gin? a. Thomas Edison
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ELI WHITNEY
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Because of the Cotton Gin, the south became a_________economy.
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One-crop
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The southern society evolved as people of different cultures and classes worked together.
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FALSE
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At the time of the American Revolution,___camps emerged. One argued for greater_________, one argued that the________________should exert more control.
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2camps emerged; one for greater states rights, one argued greater Federal gov. power
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Discussions regarding free and slave states began with this
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the Louisiana Purchase
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The_____________________prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase except in_____________
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Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in Louisiana purchase states, except in Missouri
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What was proposed to ban slavery in new lands?
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The Wilmot Proviso
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Was The Wilmot Proviso successful?
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No
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Who created the Compromise of 1850?
Definition
Henry Clay
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Which of the following was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act? a. it was weaker than previous fugitive slave acts b. it allowed federal marshals to track down and capture runaway slaves c. it was stronger than previous fugitive slave acts d. runaways were not allowed to defend themseleves
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a. it was weaker than previous fugitive slave acts - FALSE
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Illinois senator Stephen A Douglas got the Compromise passed by breaking it into
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5 Bills
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This was passed in 1854, created 2 territories, and allowed states to use popular sovereignty to decide whether they would be a free or slave state:
Definition
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Pro-slavery____________poured into__________in an attempt to force it to choose slavery.
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Missourians poured into KANSAS
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The fighting that subsequently broke out in Lawrence, KS was called
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Bleeding Kansas
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Lincoln's election helped bring national tensions to a head
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True
Term
A hotbed of southern seperatism, __________ seceded first on Dec. 20th 1860
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South Carolina
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The First 5 states to secede were
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South Carolina, Mississipi, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia
Term
Who told congress no state had the right to secede from the Union?
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James Buchanan
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The new Confederate Government was based in
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Montgomery, AL
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After Virginia seceded, the Confederate Government relocated to
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Richmond
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States had no problem taxing their citizens
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FALSE
Term
In 1864, the Confederacy had issued___________in paper money, resulting in disastrous inflation.
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1.5 Billion
Term
On April 12, 1861, Confederates began bombarding this Fort
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Sumter
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This man surrendered the bombarded fort
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Major Robert Anderson
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1863 was often called
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The Year of Decision
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________________, Robert E Lee's ablest officer, was killed at_____________________.
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Stonewall Jackson was killed at Chancellorville
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In the Spring, Ulysses S Grant laid siege to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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TRUE
Term
The Union Army, led by_______________,and Robert E Lee and his troops waged a 3 day battle at_____________.
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George Mead, Gettysburg
Term
When 15,000 confederates advanced almost a mile across open terrain while taking Union fire, only about_______men made it up the ridge.
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5000
Term
This suicidal advance was called:
Definition
Pickett's Charge
Term
Sherman and his 90,000 men were defeated by_________________ and 60,000 Confederates at the Battle of____________________.
Definition
Joseph Johnston at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Term
Sherman and his forces took this city on September 2nd:
Definition
Atlanta
Term
Sherman gave Lincoln this city as a Christmas gift
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Savannah
Term
The bloodiest day in American history, even now, was this battle:
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Antietam
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The Army of Northern Virginia was lead by confederate General Lee.
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TRUE
Term
The Army of the Potomac was lead by General George B McClellan.
Definition
TRUE
Term
They fought to a standstill at a creek in_________, forcing Lee to end the invasion on the North and retreat to__________.
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Maryland, Virginia
Term
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
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Jefferson Davis
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General McClellan was fully aware of his overwhelming numerical advantage
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False
Term
When did Lincoln issue a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and expand the northern goal from a war for reunification into a crusade to end slavery?
Definition
The week following the Battle of Antietam
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___________accepted commission as a colonel in the Confederate States Army and raised the 1st regiment of___________________________.
Definition
Stand Watie
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Watie and Chief John Ross were lifelong____________.
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Enemies
Term
Fearing a political coup, Chief Ross reluctantly agreed to a Cherokee-Confederate Alliance. He eventually fled to
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Federal-controlled territory
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In August of 1862, Watie replaced Ross as principal chief
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TRUE
Term
These were Watie's greatest military feats
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capture of union steamboat J R Williams, 2nd Battle of Cabin Creek
Term
The Civil War ended on April 9th, 1865 in_________________.
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Appomattox Courthouse
Term
Watie and his men were the first to surrender
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False
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