1. Charleston was suffering in 1819 due to poor roads, and therefore, lack of
cotton trade. To solve this problem, a railroad was built connecting
Charleston to present day Augusta. What was the name of the train?
2. Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
3. The name of the land gained from Mexico that included such states as
New Mexico, Arizona and California was:
4. South Carolina made good her threat to secede from the Union after:
5. On December 20, 1860, the first to secede from the Union was:
6. In March 1857, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Dred Scott that:
7. The land purchased from Mexico for $10 million to be used for a railroad,
that completed the land acquisition of the contiguous United States was:
8. The Compromise of 1850 had five different parts. Which part of the
Compromise was the only portion to benefit the South?
9. What country did the US share Oregon Territory with before signing a
treaty?
10.The idea of Manifest Destiny meant that:
11.This former slave became a carpenter and minister and attempted to lead
a revolt in Charleston, SC. He was captured and hanged.
12.This abolitionists not only led the attacks on pro-slavery settlers in
“Bleeding Kansas’, but also attempted to capture the arsenal in Harper’s
Ferry to free the slaves.
13.In March 1857, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Dred Scott that:
14.The cotton gin made growing cotton more profitable because it
15.Abolitionists were unpopular among business owners in the North
because
16.The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 declared that
17.Who was the President of the Confederate States of America (South)?
Who was the head general?
18.What is considered to be the first battle of the Civil War?
19.This is the political party that formed just before the Civil War; their goal
was to keep slavery out of the western territories:
_____________________
20.We have strict _____________ laws that say who is allowed to come live
in the country, what documents they need, etc.
21. The invention of the ___________ _____________ led to ‘King Cotton’
ruling the South, and an increase in slave labor.