Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
CRHistory
Chapter 5 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During the 1850's why was San Francisco the fastest growing city in the US | Gold was discovered there in 1849 |
| What were the terms of the Missouri Compromise? | Maine would be admitted as a free state, Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, the latitude line of 36 30 would be used to determine the boundary of slavery in the new territories |
| Why was the Missouri Compromise passed? | keep the balance of power between Northern free states and Southern slave states |
| What slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free? | Only slaves in states rebelling against the Union, slaves in the Confederate states |
| How did Lincoln justify the Emancipation Proclamation? | as a war measure |
| Why was Lincoln cautious about freeing all of the slaves during the Civil War? | He did not want to lose the support of the slave-holding border states. |
| More Americans died in the ______ _______ than in any other war. | Civil War |
| Why was the Civil War fought? | Because the south believed that it had the right to secede from the Union, to end slavery in the US |
| What was the Northern economy based on? | industry |
| What was the Southern economy based on? | agriculture |
| How did Southerners feel when Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election? | angry |
Created by:
lmagnus
Popular U.S. History sets