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1090 Social Studies Test
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History
8th Grade
01/25/2011

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became president in 1848
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Zachary Taylor
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captured Richmond, Virginia
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General Grant
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was the last major obstacke to complete Union control of the Mississippi River
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Vicksburg
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was nominated by the whings in 1839 for president and was nicknamed "Tippecanoe"
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Gen. Wm. H. Harrison
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was divided by the issue of slavery
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America
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led to the War between the States
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states' rights
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encouraged slaves to escape and flee to Canada through their underground railroad
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abolitionists
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built an educational system on humanistic principles
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Horace Mann
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called for 500,000 volunteers to serve in the army for three years
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President Lincoln
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was surrounded near the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia
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General Lee
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does not approve of slavery
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Bible
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invented the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph and the Morse code
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Samuel Morse
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cut a path sixty miles wide through Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean
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General Sherman
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negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidaldo
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Nicholas Trist
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In 1853 the Gadsden Purchase Agreement paid ______ ten million dollars fo tthe right of way to build a railroad across Mexican land.
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Mexico
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In 1854 the _________ Party was formed by devoted abolotionists who believed that both both Whings and Democrats had betrayed them with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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Republican
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After the battle at For Sumter, the states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined __________ in secedingfrom the Union.
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South Carolina
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Two causes for the War between the States were slavery extension of slavery into ________ states.
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new
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Devotion to a certain _________ of the country and religious divisions were still two more factors that led to the War Between States.
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section
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Still another factor that led to the War Between the States was the _________.
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economy
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The losses at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson wete costly for the Confederate armies because they gave the ______ ventual control of the upper Mississippi River.
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North
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The ___________________ stated that on January 1, 1863, all slaves held in any Confederate state would be "then, thenceforward and forever free."
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Emancipation proclamation
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An educational system which sought to put public schools under the control of government was begun by ______ ________.
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Horace Mann
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Mr. Mann's action put _________ on a path that had led to the government-controlled educational system of today.
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education
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The present-day international border between _______ and New Brunswick, Cananda, was established by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842.
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Maine
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In June 1846 the forty-ninth parallel became the northern boundary between the U.S.and _______.
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Canada
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The present-day states of New Mexico, Arizona, Neveda, Utah, and California were purchased in the ________.
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Mexican Cession
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The North's greatest weakness was a lack of capable ______ leaders.
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military
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List two advantages the south had in the War Between States.
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a)The South had and abundance of capable military leaders.
b)Most of the war's battles were fought in the south.
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Relying on trade with other countries for ______________________ was a weakness the south had
Definition
weapons,ammunition, and clothing
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What's was the North's threefold strategy to win the war?
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1)blockade the Confederate coastline
2)gain control of the Mississippi River
3)seize the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia
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The south's strategy was to prevent the North's troops from crossing the border into its territory and elimate the need to _____________ with the union.
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trade
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The Second Battle at _______________ was won by the Confederates.
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Bull Run/Manassas Junction
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General ___________ decided to retreat when the Union army did not counterattack after the battle at Antietam.
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Lee
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The ____________ faced the major obstacles of a shortage of ammunition, transportation, and medical supplies during the first two years of the war.
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South
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Gettysburg was a major turning point of the war in the ____________.
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East
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As a result of the War Between the States, the Union has been ___________ and the slaves have been freed
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preserved
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Hostile attitudes by both sides had to be laid aside if the _____________ were to exist in harmony once again.
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nation
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