Solutions.
David Wilmot and his Proviso correct answers ...congressman with a bill that preceded the
Compromise of 1850 that would ban slavery prior to the Mexican-American war
Ironies of the Civil War correct answers ...blacks fought for the South
lasted longer than it should have
Lincoln sort of broke it just to preserve the Union, (held Maryland captive so they couldn't
succeed)
American vs. American (brother vs. brother)
Results of the 1831 Slave Insurrection in VA correct answers
William Sherman's impact correct answers
Causes for divisions in Andrew Jackson's Cabinet correct answers Jackson hired people who
were "yes men" and fired all other cabinet members
Radical Abolitionist beliefs correct answers William Lloyd Garrison
no slaves should be in bondage. Do whatever it takes to get rid of slavery ASAP
Dred Scott decision and results correct answers
Oberlin College correct answers first to allow women
John Wilkes Booth correct answers assassinated Abraham Lincoln
actor and pro-southerner from Maryland, "good-looking"
shoots president in back of the head with revolver, and jumps off balcony onto the stage
escaped to Maryland
Brooks-Sumner Affair correct answers an altercation w/ a wooden cane
he was okay but doctor put him on a three-year hiatus.
, John Brown correct answers "Crazy John is Back!" He led a rebellion in Harper's Ferry, holding
people hostage and raiding civilians at a railroad depot and stole guns. He lead a slave
insurrection, IN THE WRONG CITY.
Uncle Tom's Cabin correct answers written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
her book was allowed in most southern states
story about Kentucky slave who was sold three times
Daniel Webster correct answers Senator of Massachusetts; famous American politician & orator;
advocated renewal & opposed the financial policy of Jackson; many of the principles of finance
he spoke about were later incorporated in the Federal Reserve System; later pushed for a strong
union.
New weapons of the Civil War correct answers ironclad ships
the South used the first working metallic "submarine"
long ranged canons
hot-air balloons
repeating rifle
gattling gun (gat)---> the North would use these
Harpers Ferry correct answers John Brown's scheme to invade the South with armed slaves,
backed by sponsoring, northern abolitionists; seized the federal arsenal; Brown and remnants
were caught by Robert E. Lee and the US Marines; Brown was hanged
Susan B. Anthony correct answers Key leader of woman suffrage movement, social reformer
who campaigned for womens rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the
National Woman Suffrage Assosiation
Western wagon trains correct answers
Canals correct answers Artificial waterways that were built because waterways were the cheapest
way to transport goods
Steamboats correct answers Boats that could easily paddle upstream, became vital part of
America's transportation system. Robert Fulton sailed his, the Clermont, up the Hudson River.
a boat with a powerful engine that improve water travel and trade during the Industrial
Revolution