SSF EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
telegraph - ANSWER A device that used electrical signals to send messages
quickly over long distances
Morse code - ANSWER a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
Discrimination- - ANSWER unfair treatment based on prejudice against a
certain group
famine - ANSWER an extreme shortage of food
Domestic slave trade - ANSWER the trade of enslaved people among states of
the United States
Yeoman- - ANSWER farmer who owns a small farm
Slave codes - ANSWER rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of
enslaved people; laws in a southern state that controlled enslaved people
Underground railroad - ANSWER a system of cooperation to aid and house
enslaved people who had escaped
Literacy - ANSWER the ability to read and write
Revival - ANSWER religious meeting
Civil Disobedience- - ANSWER refusing to obey laws considered unjust
Abolitionist- - ANSWER person who sought the end of slavery in the early and
mid-1800s in the United States
, Suffrage- - ANSWER the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony - ANSWER social reformer who campaigned for women's
rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National
Woman Suffrage Association
Civil War- - ANSWER conflict between citizens of the same country
Fugitive - ANSWER person who is running away from legal authority
Secede - ANSWER to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization
Martyr - ANSWER a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or
cause
Succession - ANSWER The series of predictable changes that occur in a
community over time
States' rights - ANSWER the idea that states should have all powers that the
Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states;
theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their
most important affairs
Abraham Lincoln - ANSWER 16th President of the United States saved the
Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by
Booth (1809-1865)
Enlist - ANSWER to formally join a military force
Ironclad - ANSWER a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
Emancipation Proclamation - ANSWER the decree issued by President
Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still
in rebellion on January 1, 1863
Habeas Corpus - ANSWER court order that requires police to bring a prisoner
to court to explain why they are holding the person
ANSWERS
telegraph - ANSWER A device that used electrical signals to send messages
quickly over long distances
Morse code - ANSWER a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
Discrimination- - ANSWER unfair treatment based on prejudice against a
certain group
famine - ANSWER an extreme shortage of food
Domestic slave trade - ANSWER the trade of enslaved people among states of
the United States
Yeoman- - ANSWER farmer who owns a small farm
Slave codes - ANSWER rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of
enslaved people; laws in a southern state that controlled enslaved people
Underground railroad - ANSWER a system of cooperation to aid and house
enslaved people who had escaped
Literacy - ANSWER the ability to read and write
Revival - ANSWER religious meeting
Civil Disobedience- - ANSWER refusing to obey laws considered unjust
Abolitionist- - ANSWER person who sought the end of slavery in the early and
mid-1800s in the United States
, Suffrage- - ANSWER the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony - ANSWER social reformer who campaigned for women's
rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National
Woman Suffrage Association
Civil War- - ANSWER conflict between citizens of the same country
Fugitive - ANSWER person who is running away from legal authority
Secede - ANSWER to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization
Martyr - ANSWER a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or
cause
Succession - ANSWER The series of predictable changes that occur in a
community over time
States' rights - ANSWER the idea that states should have all powers that the
Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states;
theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their
most important affairs
Abraham Lincoln - ANSWER 16th President of the United States saved the
Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by
Booth (1809-1865)
Enlist - ANSWER to formally join a military force
Ironclad - ANSWER a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
Emancipation Proclamation - ANSWER the decree issued by President
Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still
in rebellion on January 1, 1863
Habeas Corpus - ANSWER court order that requires police to bring a prisoner
to court to explain why they are holding the person
