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gace 001 s.s
social study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What industry did New England make their money to survive | Fishing/ship building |
| How did the colonist in New Hampshire govern themselves | Town meetings |
| How did the colonists in Virginia and Massachusetts govern themselves | Legislative bodies |
| How did the Middle Colonies make money | Iron,wheat,timber |
| Who fought in the Civil war (1861-1865) | The war was between the North (Union) and the South (confedrates) |
| Who was President during the Civil war | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was cause(s) of the Civil war | Southern states suceeded from the north because of slavery, tariffs (taxes), and states rights. Also wanted states to have more power than govt |
| Whos raid on Harpers Ferry started the slave revolt. (Hint: union) | John Brown |
| GA,S.C.,TENN,NC.,VIRG,ALA,MISS,LOUS,TEX,ARK,AND FLA were the confedrate states of America. Who was ected Pres of these states | Jefferson Davis |
| George Wahington Carver made what | Over 300 products from peanuts |
| Who flew in Kitty Hawk,NC | Orville & Wilbur Wright |
| Who invented the telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Thomas Edison is famous for | Light bulb |
| How did black cowboys learn their skills | Ranching in Mexico |
| What did black cowboys raise | Texas longhorns |
| What did black cowboys create to make their lives easier | Cattle trails that lead to RR states to ship cattle to other states |
| Who paid the cowboys a highier price for the cattle | North/East |
| Who was Nat Love | African American cowboy |
| What trail lead to Abilene,Ellsworth, and Newton in Kanas | Chislom Trail |
| Why did cattle drives only last about 20 years | -people started putting up barbed wire and blocking off their land. -more RR's were built closier to cattle farmers. -the winter of 1886-87 killed many of the cattle |
| During the Reconstruction (1865-77) the Freedmans Bureau done what | Provided food, clothes, medical care to the poor, and set up schools and hospitals |
| Why is the 13th Amendment important | Ended slavery |
| What amendment made EVERYONE a citizen and protected by law | 14th amendment |
| Why is 15th amendment important | Gave all MEN the right to vote, regardless of color |
| Who is Jim Crowe | Created laws to segregate |
| During the reconstruction era Pres Johnson did not try to do what | Put the same members who believed in slavery back on Congress |
| Who became Pres after Lincoln was shot | Andrew Johnson |
| Who shot Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth |
| Where was Lincoln shot(location) | Ford's theater |
| After the Civil War the South was destroyed,the Union designed ------------ to help rebuild | A plan called Reconstruc tion |
| Who were carpetbaggers | People from tbe North that took advantage of others to make money |
| Why were they called carperbaggers | Their bags were made of carpet |
| What were the black codes | They limited the rights of free slaves in travel, voting, and certain jobs |
| Who was Stonewall Jackson | Confedrate general the won the battle of Bull Run |
| Where was the battle of Bull Run | Virginia |
| Why was the Atlanta Campaign important | Sherman (Confed) burnt Atlanta, marched to Sav., and back to N.C. destroying everything |
| Robert E. Lee(cond) surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9,1865. Where did this take place | Appomattox Courthouse |
| Why is Gettysburg important | Major battle won by the North. Pres. Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address on Nov.1863 |
| Uncle Toms Cabin was wrote by | Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a book about slavery |
| Emancipation Proclamation was wrote by | Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation to free slaves |
| Who were the people that wanted to free the slaves | Abolitionists |
| When was the Battle of Little Bighorn | 1876 |
| Who fought the Battle of Little Bighorn | General George Armstrong Custer v/s Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull |
| What was reason for the Battle of Little Bighorn | To force out indians onto reservations after gold was discovered on sacred land |
| Virginia House of Burgesses is located where | Jamestown, Vir |
| What is imortant about the Virginia House of Burgess | It functioned as a form of representative gov't |
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