Chapter 18 questions

Chap.18 study questions

7.) It allowed them to transport goods all over the country, and they could bring food and supplies to the workers.

8.) It began in Victoria, Texas.

9.) Fertile land, for farming, and the buffalos.

10.) African American settlers, who migrated from southern states into Kansas in the late 1870’s.

11.) There was a lack of moisture, flash floods would wipe out all their crop, and when they planted it down deep the plants would not produce large crop yields.

12.) They slaughtered them, to feed the crews who were building the railroads, and to get them out of the way of the railroad.

13.) Oklahoma

14.) He was the Apache leader who was stuck on an Arizona reservation, he led raids against settlers in the army in Arizona. He escaped to Mexico.

15.) It prevented them from getting into debt. It offered farmers education, fellowship, and support.

16.) Free silver

17.) It created large cities including Denver, but there were many ghost towns as well, and boom towns. Virginia city became very popular.

18.) They needed railroads to transport their cattle.

19.) They got into debt and lost their lands, the cost of crops went down, while the prices to buy went state high.

20.) Actions:

-Put them on reservations
-They forced them to adopt the white ways, like education
- The united states army attacked them

21.) Montana

22.) North-east part of Montana

23.) In the north east part of Arizona

History Quiz questions

CIVIL WAR:

How did the Civil War shape our lives today?
It would still be segregated. It would be different with the blacks. Starts the process of civil rights. The strong central government and weak state governments is finally resolved.
Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.
Destroyed their economy, freed the blacks, lost power in the government, and they even today still have resentment
What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?
Haydesys corpus: right to have a trial before going to jail and not being able to be jailed forever
List the four border states.
Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware
Why did West Virginia form?
They didn’t want to break from the union like most Virginia
What disadvantages did the South fact?
Didn’t have as many men, didn’t have as such rail road or factories, didn’t have as much money or food, had to ship in all their supplies
Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union?
Thought they had the right to leave if the government was doing something that was destructive to their safety and happiness.
What were the three main strategies of the Union?
Blockade the coast, take control of the Mississippi and take the South Capital.
What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War?
25
What was the outcome of Bull Run?
It wasn’t going to be a short war but a long bloody battle
Discuss the Battle of Shiloh.
First huge battle with a lot of casualties. Grant Vs Johnston. 25,000 casualties over 3 days
What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation?
Political strategy, it would passify some of his enemies in the north. Allowed the slaves to run away from the south.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Said blacks were equal, freed them
How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?
The rich men could get out of fighting while the poor had to. Taking away the Slaves effected the rich people the most.
Discuss the draft laws in the north.
All men were drafted to fight and when called had to go but if you had 200 dollars you could pay to get out of it
Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Big wins for the Union, gave them hope and revival. Gettysburg Lee lost a lot of his army so they could never invade the south.
How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South?
He marched right down the middle and burned and destroyed everything in his path
Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War?
Union: Abe Lincoln
Confederates: Jefferson Davis

What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
It didn’t really free any slaves but just gave hope

Chapter 16

1. The blockade was an offensive move used by the union.
2. The confederate army had many blockade runners, along with the first ironclad warship
3. There were four border states that didn’t know whether or not to side with the Union or the confederates.
4. Two of Lincolns moves that helped the Union win was to draft soldiers and also on those within union borders but were against the Union, jail them without enforcing habeas corpus
5. 1861- 1865
6. They were fighting a defensive war, had better leaders at least at first, and they had more will to fight
7. The United States president was Abraham Lincoln and the Confederates was Jefferson Davis
8. She gathered medical supplies and supplied them to the Union along with medical help at the front line
9. To prevent them from getting supplies
10. It was the Unions first big win that gave them confidence for future battles
11. That any enslaved person in a state of rebellion was now free
12. On the North side they fought both in the Navy and in the Army and for the South they worked the land so the white men could fight and this supplied the South
13. It destroyed it, since most the war was fought in the South, a lot of stuff was destroyed and the south laid in ruins. Farmland was destroyed, and railroad were torn up. There was an inflamtion of 9000 percent.
14. Lee and his men could go home even with their horse so long as they left their arms
15. They disagreed with it so they formed West Virginia and seceded from Virginia and joined the Union
16. To the North, it divided the Confederate and prevented them from shipping or receive supplies. The South used to the transport supplies
17. It was really a fight for their freedom so they had passion for the war and there were so many of them that if you used them you had more people and a better chance at winning
18. We was a very strategic man and planned attacks well, he was also good to his men and they respected him and he got things done
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Event	Year	Significance
Attack on Fort Sumter	1861	Confederates first attack, start of the civil war
Monitor V. Merrimack	1862	It marked a new age in naval warfare (first battle between two metal- covered ships
Emancipation Proclamation issued	1863	Showed that we were also fighting for slave freedom
Lincoln is reelected	1864	It meant the Union would keep pushing to get the Confederates to rejoin the union and not just make peace with the south
Appomattox Court House	1865	Where Lee surrendered at, ending the War

1. Cemetery Ridge
2. Ewell
3. Ewell, Lee, Hill, Longstreet, and Pickett

Don't know much about history part 2

Reading Questions for "Don't Know About History"

1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor?

- He makes a joke, when President Buchanan put a price of $250 on Browns head, Brown responded with a bounty of two dollars and fifty cents on Buchanan’s

2) What was John Brown's plan?

His plan was to march south, arm the slaves who would flock his crusade and establish a black republic in the Appalachians to wage war against the slaveholding South

3) Why did John Brown become a symbol? To the North he became a symbol of a martyr in a just cause, He was a forceful and eloquent spokesman for the cause of abolition. South, he represented yankee interference in the souths way of life taken to its extreme.

4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?

1860, many reasons, what brown did. The south felt it was being over powered by the north, and the south way of life was being threatened.

5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.

North: More people, more money, more industrialized, it vastly outproduced the south, they had a better way of increasing their wartime supplies.

South: was in a defensive war, they had beeter commanders, were better riders, better with weapons, and showed a greater martial spirit.

6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.

First battle of the bull run: First major battle of the war. 30000 Union soldiers and about the same number of Confederate soldiers. Fought in Manassas Virginia. Both green armies. Confederates beat the Union, chasing them back to DC.

Battle of Ball’s Bluff: takes place in Virginia. Another rout of Union Forces with some 1,900 Union troops killed.

Battle of Shiloh: Confederate forces under Albert Johnston attack Grant’s army. Union Forces are nearly defeated, but reinforcements arrive and drive off the Confederate army. 13,000 Union troops and 11,000 Confederate troops are lost in 2 days.

The seven Days’ battle: Lee attacks McClellan and eventually drives him away from Richmond ending the Peninsular Campaign.

Battle of Gettysburg: Confederate troops in search of shoes run into a group of Union troops. A three day battle where many are killed (Confederates lost 28,000). Final turning point in the war, Union army turns back repeated Confederate assaults.

7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?

I honestly think it was a good move at the time. It was a move to help the Union within Union boundries. He did what he had to do, if you were supporting the South but living in the North you could only expect to be watched more closely.

8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?

I really think the south would have won. If Lee hadn’t been found out he the south would have gotten the support of the foreign nations.

9) What was the reconstruction?

It was the process of joining the nation back together. Letting the Southern States readmit to the Union.

10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?

It was a post civil war group of white southerners formed to as a backlash to reconstruction. They wanted to prevent blacks in politics.

11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.

He was impeached for trying to dismiss an official who had been appointed with Senate consent without getting senate approval and this man Johnson tried to dismiss was an ally of the Radical Republicans.

Manisfest Destiny

1)What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the United States was meant to extend its borders from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
2) The Oregon Territory consisted of what area? Who claimed it?
Giant area that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the rocky Mountains north of California. Included all of what is now oreagon, Washington and Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming. Who claimed it? United States, Great Britain, Spain and Russia.
3) Who were the Mountain Men?
People who spent most of their time in the Rocky Mountians. Made their living by trapping Beaver and trade fur. Many had Native American wives and adopted the Native American Ways. They lived in buffalo-skin lodges and dressed in fringed buckskin pants, moccasins and beads.
4) Why was the Oregon Trail important?
It provided a passage for the settlers moving west. Start of the Great Migration.
5) Discuss the meaning behind the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"?
reffered to the line of latitude that Democrats believed should be the nation’s northern border in Oregon. Get/fight for Oregon.
6) James Polk made what promises to the American public during the election
of 1844 (list four - you might need to look up on the internet).
He supported American clams for sole ownership of Oregon.
7) Discuss how Texas became independent.
The U.S. Texasn banned together with volunteers and they fought and they liberated San Antonio.
March 2 1836 they declared their independence. They formed a Declaration of Independence. Santa Anna recognized their independence on March 14.
Extra: Their was more Americans in Texas then Mexicans who hadn’t adopted their ways so Mexico issued a Decree, which stopped more Americans from settling in Texas anymore.
8) Discuss the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.
Alamo was a small Texan force barricaded inside a nearby mission. They were low on gun powder and they had 180 men to their thousands but they stood their ground.
San Jacinto – Sam Houston marched his army to a camp of Mexican army. He captured some of the men including Santa Anna
Texas thinks very highly of itself and it did win the war of its independence from another country.
9) How long did it take the U.S. to annex Texas? Why?
It took about 9 years, because the United States had to agree to bring in a slave state. And because there would be an unbalance of slaves states.
10) How did the Mexican-American War start? Why did it start? Was it a "Just War"? American settlement in the southwest led to conflict with Mexico. Fulfilling manifest destiny, and possession would guarantee that the united States had a clear passage to the Pacific Ocean – an important consideration because the British still occupied part of Oregon.
Was it Just? No because they had no right to take it, Mexico declined their request so they took it by force.
11) What was the American response to the war?
The north didn’t like it, the democrats wanted it though.
First – American troops would drive Mexican forces out of the disputed border region in Texas and make the border secure.
Second – the United States would seize New Mexico and California
Third – American forces would take Mexico City, Capital of Mexico
12) List the major battles of the war.
Mexico city – ends the war
Monterrey
Santa Fe
Buena Vista
Bear Flag Revolt
13) What was the cost of the war?
The war cost the United States nearly $100 million to fight them and $25 million for their land, and Mexico lost half its territory.
14) Why was the California Gold Rush important?
The lure of gold and the promise of religious freedom drew many settlers westward.


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6) That they would coexist.
7) He didn’t want an unbalance of slave and no slave states.
8) They would have access to the Pacific and we would be bordered by ocean and not another country.
9) We wanted their land and they didn’t agree to our buying.
10) They could charge whatever they wanted to the miners.
13) It gave us a lot more land, new Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Utah.
14) They didn’t like it.
15) We took over the southwest and with the Oregon Trail we coexisted.

Don't Know Much About History: study questions

Don't Know Much About History: study questions

1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
~ He said this after Shay's Rebellion and it is prevented an over reaction of the up rise. And it prevented people from just giving up on the new government and that it was important that the government did not get to much control.
2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?
~ Farmers were being sent to jail and court and having their land taken away because they could not pay taxes, the farmers thought they were being treated unfairly
3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises.
~ 3/5 compromise which stated that slaves would count as 3/5, this was for taxation and representation purposes.
4) What was the Virginia Plan?
~ Becomes the constitution with some compromises. James Madision's idea
5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?
Slaves, how it is written in the constitution
6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.
~ 1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each?
The legislative Branch (House of Representative & the senate): collecting taxes, coining money, and regulating trade. They can declare war and raise and support armies. They also makes all laws needed to fulfill the functions given to it as stated in the constitution.
Executive Branch (The president): There job is to carry out the nation’s laws and policies, be commander in chief of the armed forces and conduct relations with foreign countries.
Judicial branch (Supreme Court and other lower federal courts the congress establish): They hear cases involving the constitution, laws passed by congress and disputes between states. Executive serves as a check or limit on congress, by which they can vetoing the bill. But congress can override or vote down the veto by having two thirds of both the houses voting for the bill.
Also the president chooses the supreme court justices and the senate must approve. The supreme court checks the congress and president by ruling on the constitutionality of the laws and presidential acts.

7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. To back up the radification of the constitution.
8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.
1st. seperation of church and state
2nd. The right to bear arms
3rd. soldiers cannot be housed in a private house
4th. the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure
5th.laws concerning prosecution
6th. right to a speedy, public trial
7th. Guarantees trial by jury
8th. prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
9th. Defines the rule of the construction of the constitution
10th.rights of states under constitution
9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)?
white males with land
10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?
They wanted it next to virginia. A secret dinner desicion between Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison wanted it close to virginia to ensure Virginias state of power.
11) What did Jay's Treaty do?
it eliminated british control of western posts, increased trade between countries and averted war
12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?
The farmers rebel because whiskey was being taxed and Washington lead a bunch of troops which put down the rebel quickly

13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?
It was a tie between thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr that had to go to the house of representatives. After 35 votings Hamiltion persuaded on Represnetative to vote for Jefferson which made him win
14) Who was John Marshall?
head of the supreme court for 35 years, put in place by John Adams and made the supreme court what it is today
15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
After losing Haiti, Napoleon decides to worry European affairs rather than getting a colony and fighting in America
16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to Explore the west and the new territory. They did this because Jefferson wanted to get American into the fur trade, to feel out the political and military uses of the West and to collect scientific information about this vast uncharted land. they set out from St. Lewis on three boats, , wintered at fort mandan in north dakota. in the spring the continued west and reached the pacific coast by boat in november and wintered in Fort Clatsop. went for an overland return, splitting into two groups after crossing the rockies and arrived together in St. Lous.
17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
We made Burr lose his spot as president and as governor, causing a successful political destruction of Burr. Well yes in a sense, challegning Hamilition should have been expected by what he did to burr but burr betraying the United States was not right. Hamiltion was killed and Burr's take over and creat a new empire failed.
18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do?
the Embargo act prohibited all exports into America as economic retaliation for the British impressment policy and as a means to keep America out of the war. It was very unpopular.
19) What did Tecumseh try and do?
Tried to unite the native groups because he envisioned a vast Indian confederacy strong enouogh to keep the Ohio River as a border between Indians and Whites ( prevent further westward expansion)
20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?
Occured at the junction of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers. The Prophet ordered poorly calculated attack on Harrisons 1000 men. The indians inflicted heavy losses but were eventually pushed back and all of their food stores, their village were destroyed and the prophets claim of invincible magic was shattered
21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Both agreed on a truce and neither side lost or gained anything
22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.
It was a very lopsided war. British suffered more than 2000 dead, while the US casualties were 8 dead and a small number wounded
23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
it declared that the United States would not tolerate interventions in the Americas by European nations. or that the US would not interfere with already established colonies or with government sin Europe.
24) What was the Missouri Compromise?
Missiouri would be considered a slave state even though it was north of the slave non slave seperation boundries.
25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
It went to the house of representatives. it was between andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. Lots of mudslinging. When John Quincy Adams was elected, Clay was given a position of power which looked like clay dropped to let Adams win so long as he got a position of power. recieved a spot on the presidents cabinet so it looked like a bargon
26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Trail of Tears, Jacksonian Democracy, Andrew jackson embodied the new American spirit and became the idol of the ambitious jingoistic younger men who called themsleves Democrats ( of the American common man)
27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
Yes he was, They called him Long Knife. Creek War, which is where he got his reputation as a ruthless indian fighter, first Seminole war, 1812. Unless they adapt the American Culture, we ill kill you our you need to move.
28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?
Andrew jackson embodied the new American spirit and became the idol of the ambitious jingoistic younger men who called themsleves Democrats. Cam from porverty, fought in the revolution, first president from the west.

The Constitution: Study Questions

The Constitution: Study Questions

1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each?
The legislative Branch (House of Representative & the senate): collecting taxes, coining money, and regulating trade. They can declare war and raise and support armies. They also makes all laws needed to fulfill the functions given to it as stated in the constitution.
Executive Branch (The president): There job is to carry out the nation’s laws and policies, be commander in chief of the armed forces and conduct relations with foreign countries.
Judicial branch (Supreme Court and other lower federal courts the congress establish): They hear cases involving the constitution, laws passed by congress and disputes between states.

2) How can these branches check and balance each other?
Executive serves as a check or limit on congress, by which they can vetoing the bill. But congress can override or vote down the veto by having two thirds of both the houses voting for the bill.
Also the president chooses the supreme court justices and the senate must approve. The supreme court checks the congress and president by ruling on the constitutionality of the laws and presidential acts.

3) What were the compromises to the constitution?
A two- house legislature and slaves would only count as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation.
4) Who wrote the Federalist papers?
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

5) What was the Bill of Rights? Why did some states demand its inclusion before they ratified the constitution?
Because they believe that no government could be trusted to protect the freedom of its citizens and the bill of rights is what protected individual freedoms
6) What were the anti-federalists main fears about the constitution?
They feared that the constitution would take away the liberties Americans had fought to win from Great Britain. They didn’t want the power going back to the rich.