Finals Study Guide
13th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment to the Constitution abolished
slavery?
14th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment declares that all persons born in
the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws?
15th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment declares that states cannot deny
any person the right to vote because of race?
Abolitionist - correct answerWhat group inspired future advocacy groups, like the
women's suffrage movement?
Abraham Lincoln - correct answerWho will become the first Republican President of the
United States?
Abraham Lincoln - correct answerWho won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln, John C Breckenridge, Stephen Douglas, John Bell - correct
answerWho ran in the 1860 election? Select all that apply.
Alexander Hamilton - correct answerWho's idea was it to create the Bank of the United
States?
Andrew Jackson - correct answerWho led the American army during the Battle of New
Orleans?
Annexation of Texas - correct answerWhat is the immediate cause of the Mexican-
American War?
Appomattox Court House - correct answerWhat famous site was where the surrender of
the Confederate Army took place under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S.
Grant?
April 12, 1861 - correct answerWhen did the Civil War begin?
April 30, 1803 - correct answerWhen did the United States buy Louisiana?
Barbary Pirates - correct answerWhat do we call the North African nations who attacked
American ships and tried to ransom American sailors?
Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) - correct answerWhat was the first major battle of
the Civil War?
, Battle of Fort Sumter - correct answerWhere were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Confederate Victory, fought in South Carolina.
Battle of Gettysburg - correct answerWhich of the turning points of the War made it
clear the North would win? 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade
the North.
Battle of Shiloh - correct answerWhat battle in 1862 ended with a Union victory allowing
the Union access to the Mississippi?
Battle of Vicksburg - correct answerThat battle gave the Union control of the
Mississippi? Ended on Independence Day
Benjamin Butler - correct answerWho was the Union General that took command of
New Orleans after its capture as Military Governor?
California Gold Rush - correct answerWhat do we call the mass migration to California
following the discovery of gold in 1848
California wouldn't allow them to become citizens - correct answerWhy were the
Chinese immigrants not allowed to become citizens?
Chinese - correct answerWhat group of immigrants were used to help build the
Transcontinental Railroad?
coffee - correct answerWhat was Louisiana's largest import?
cotton gin - correct answerWhat invention gave a revival to slavery when it was
originally dying out?
Creoles - correct answerWhat do we call descendants of the Europeans in Latin
America, usually implies an upper class status?
Dred Scott - correct answerWho was the slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-
slave state?
Education - correct answerWhat provided a foundation for future economic privilege for
both men and women?
Eli Whitney - correct answerWho invented the cotton gin?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - correct answerWhat was the name of the woman that started
the Women's Rights movement by having a meeting about women's issues in Seneca
Falls, NY?
13th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment to the Constitution abolished
slavery?
14th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment declares that all persons born in
the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws?
15th Amendment - correct answerWhat Amendment declares that states cannot deny
any person the right to vote because of race?
Abolitionist - correct answerWhat group inspired future advocacy groups, like the
women's suffrage movement?
Abraham Lincoln - correct answerWho will become the first Republican President of the
United States?
Abraham Lincoln - correct answerWho won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln, John C Breckenridge, Stephen Douglas, John Bell - correct
answerWho ran in the 1860 election? Select all that apply.
Alexander Hamilton - correct answerWho's idea was it to create the Bank of the United
States?
Andrew Jackson - correct answerWho led the American army during the Battle of New
Orleans?
Annexation of Texas - correct answerWhat is the immediate cause of the Mexican-
American War?
Appomattox Court House - correct answerWhat famous site was where the surrender of
the Confederate Army took place under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S.
Grant?
April 12, 1861 - correct answerWhen did the Civil War begin?
April 30, 1803 - correct answerWhen did the United States buy Louisiana?
Barbary Pirates - correct answerWhat do we call the North African nations who attacked
American ships and tried to ransom American sailors?
Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) - correct answerWhat was the first major battle of
the Civil War?
, Battle of Fort Sumter - correct answerWhere were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Confederate Victory, fought in South Carolina.
Battle of Gettysburg - correct answerWhich of the turning points of the War made it
clear the North would win? 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade
the North.
Battle of Shiloh - correct answerWhat battle in 1862 ended with a Union victory allowing
the Union access to the Mississippi?
Battle of Vicksburg - correct answerThat battle gave the Union control of the
Mississippi? Ended on Independence Day
Benjamin Butler - correct answerWho was the Union General that took command of
New Orleans after its capture as Military Governor?
California Gold Rush - correct answerWhat do we call the mass migration to California
following the discovery of gold in 1848
California wouldn't allow them to become citizens - correct answerWhy were the
Chinese immigrants not allowed to become citizens?
Chinese - correct answerWhat group of immigrants were used to help build the
Transcontinental Railroad?
coffee - correct answerWhat was Louisiana's largest import?
cotton gin - correct answerWhat invention gave a revival to slavery when it was
originally dying out?
Creoles - correct answerWhat do we call descendants of the Europeans in Latin
America, usually implies an upper class status?
Dred Scott - correct answerWho was the slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-
slave state?
Education - correct answerWhat provided a foundation for future economic privilege for
both men and women?
Eli Whitney - correct answerWho invented the cotton gin?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - correct answerWhat was the name of the woman that started
the Women's Rights movement by having a meeting about women's issues in Seneca
Falls, NY?
