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History Facts 11-20
American History Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of wealth it has, that a country should sell more than it buys, and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country. | Mercantilism |
| This is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country. | Sectionalism |
| The______________ was the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again. | Battle of Gettysburg |
| _________________ was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War halting the first Confederate attack onto Northern soil. Lincoln declared the battle a victory and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. | Antietam, Maryland |
| The capture of ______________ by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| A ________ is a tax on goods brought into a country. | tariff |
| An ____________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. | abolitionist |
| A ____________ is a tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry. | protective tariff |
| ____________________ is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. | Appomattox Court House |
| _____________ is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Manifest Destiny |
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