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5th grade SS review
Manifest Destiny and Civil War Review
Question | Answer |
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The belief that the United States should stretch from ocean to ocean | Manifest Destiny |
Early wind mills were used for | pumping water |
One of the main reasons settlers moved west | FREE land |
Resisted the expansion across their Native territories | Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse |
Cities near these became major economic centers | Railroad Lines |
During the 1800s, many immigrants came to the US for this | jobs in cities, mainly in factories |
Building railroads had this type of negative effect on the environment | wiped out herds of buffalo and destroyed their habitats |
This began the Civil War | the South firing on the North at Fort Sumter |
The Civil War began in this year | 1861 |
After the Civil War, even though slaves were "free", they were not given rights until | New amendments were ratified to the US Constitution |
President of the United States during the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
One of the famous leaders of the Underground Railroad, known for her bravery | Harriet Tubman |
Made it easy to move goods to markets quickly and cheaply | Transcontinental Railroad |
American Indians were removed from their land and forced to settle in Indian Territory | Indian Removal Act |
Those who settled in urban areas faced this | overcrowded and polluted city living conditions |
The Southern States were for it, but Northern States were against it - unpaid. unlawful ownership of another person | slavery |
The transcontinental railroad was built mostly by these workers | immigrants |
A secret network of people and safe houses who helped slaves to escape to freedom | Underground Railroad (not an actual railroad) |
Who won the Civil War? | The Northern States or Union |