AMERICAN CIVIL WAR TEST REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Steam Boat
Created by John Fitch, improved upon by Robert Fulton
Morse Code
A language that uses electricity to communicate . Invented by Samuel Morse.
Irish Immigrants
Came to America in the hundreds of thousands during the 1800's escaping the Potato
Famine
American Party
Also known as the Know Nothing Party, formed as an anti-immigration party, reportedly
when asked about their politics and secrets they'd say "I know nothing"
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney, made the production of cotton many times faster and more
productive
Popular Sovereignty
The people have the right to rule themselves. Used frequently when states make
choices on whether to legalize certain activities. Popular in the 1800's revolving around
the issue of slavery.
Free Soil Party
Formed out of the Whig party in response to slave owning Zachary Taylor becoming the
parties presidential candidate. Wanted to stop the spread of slavery in the West.
California
Presented a problem to the United States when applying for statehood due to being
mispositioned in relation to the Missouri Compromise Line, led to Compromise of 1850.
Compromise of 1850
Brokered by Henry Clay, solved the issue of California joining the Union, and created
the Fugitive Slave Act
Stephen A. Douglas
, Senator from New York. Ran against Lincoln in a senate race, Northern Democrat
presidential nominee. Took part in the Lincoln - Douglas Debates on Slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act
Made it a crime to help runaway slaves. Allowed slave owners in the South to hunt
escaped slaves relentlessly in the North.
Harriet Tubman
Escaped slave who helped hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the
Underground Railroad
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Proposed by Illinois Stephen A. Douglas, created two territories out of the territory West
of Missouri, both territories would use popular sovereignty to determine whether they'd
be slave or free states.
Bleeding Kansas
The result of thousands of pro and anti slavery supporters moving to Kansas and
engaging in violent protest
Dred Scott
Slave purchased in Missouri, sued for his freedom after living in Illinois with his master
for years. Case went all the way to the supreme court where he was defeated. Slavery
was protected by the constitution according to the supreme court.
Election of 1856
Won by Democratic nominee James Buchanan. First election to have a republican
candidate, John C. Fremont. Election put sectionalism and slavery on the National
stage.
Abraham Lincoln
Born in Kentucky, Lawyer, ran for the senate in Illinois against Stephen Douglas.
Elected president in 1860, president throughout the American Civil War.
John Brown
Extreme abolitionist, accused of murder during his participation in the Bleeding Kansas
conflict, put on trial and executed for attacking an American armory at Harper's Ferry.
Election of 1860
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Steam Boat
Created by John Fitch, improved upon by Robert Fulton
Morse Code
A language that uses electricity to communicate . Invented by Samuel Morse.
Irish Immigrants
Came to America in the hundreds of thousands during the 1800's escaping the Potato
Famine
American Party
Also known as the Know Nothing Party, formed as an anti-immigration party, reportedly
when asked about their politics and secrets they'd say "I know nothing"
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney, made the production of cotton many times faster and more
productive
Popular Sovereignty
The people have the right to rule themselves. Used frequently when states make
choices on whether to legalize certain activities. Popular in the 1800's revolving around
the issue of slavery.
Free Soil Party
Formed out of the Whig party in response to slave owning Zachary Taylor becoming the
parties presidential candidate. Wanted to stop the spread of slavery in the West.
California
Presented a problem to the United States when applying for statehood due to being
mispositioned in relation to the Missouri Compromise Line, led to Compromise of 1850.
Compromise of 1850
Brokered by Henry Clay, solved the issue of California joining the Union, and created
the Fugitive Slave Act
Stephen A. Douglas
, Senator from New York. Ran against Lincoln in a senate race, Northern Democrat
presidential nominee. Took part in the Lincoln - Douglas Debates on Slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act
Made it a crime to help runaway slaves. Allowed slave owners in the South to hunt
escaped slaves relentlessly in the North.
Harriet Tubman
Escaped slave who helped hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the
Underground Railroad
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Proposed by Illinois Stephen A. Douglas, created two territories out of the territory West
of Missouri, both territories would use popular sovereignty to determine whether they'd
be slave or free states.
Bleeding Kansas
The result of thousands of pro and anti slavery supporters moving to Kansas and
engaging in violent protest
Dred Scott
Slave purchased in Missouri, sued for his freedom after living in Illinois with his master
for years. Case went all the way to the supreme court where he was defeated. Slavery
was protected by the constitution according to the supreme court.
Election of 1856
Won by Democratic nominee James Buchanan. First election to have a republican
candidate, John C. Fremont. Election put sectionalism and slavery on the National
stage.
Abraham Lincoln
Born in Kentucky, Lawyer, ran for the senate in Illinois against Stephen Douglas.
Elected president in 1860, president throughout the American Civil War.
John Brown
Extreme abolitionist, accused of murder during his participation in the Bleeding Kansas
conflict, put on trial and executed for attacking an American armory at Harper's Ferry.
Election of 1860
