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Sol-opoly Cards created by Rhonda Campbell, Chesterfield County Public Schools

Adapted by Susan Austen, 2004

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Name the 7 continents

North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia,

Antarctica

Name the eight regions of North

America

Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains,

Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, Coastal

Range

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Describe the physical

characteristics of the Coastal Plain.

Broad lowland providing many

excellent harbors

Where is the Coastal Plain

located?

Located along the Atlantic Ocean

and Gulf of Mexico

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characteristics of the Appalachian

Mountains.

Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in

North America)

Were is the Appalachian

Mountain region located

Located west of Coastal Plain

extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama



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characteristics of the Canadian Shield region.

Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes

carved by glaciers Holds some of the

oldest rock formations in North America

Where is the Canadian Shield office located?

Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape

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characteristics of the Interior Lowlands.

Rolling flatlands with many rivers,

broad river valleys, and grassy

hills

Where is the Interior Lowlands region located?

Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and

east of the Great Plains

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characteristics of the Great Plains.

Flat land that gradually increases

in elevation westward; grasslands

Where is the Great Plains region

located?

Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the

Rocky Mountains



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characteristics of the Rocky

Mountain region.

Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico; high elevations

Contains the Continental Divide, which

determines the directional flow of rivers

Where is the Rocky Mountain region located?

Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range

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characteristics of the Basin and Range region.

Area of varying elevations containing

isolated mountain ranges and Death

Valley, the lowest point in North America

Where is the Basin and Range region

located?

West of the Rocky Mountains and east

of the Sierra Nevadas and the

Cascades

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What is the lowest point in North

America?

Death Valley


characteristics of the Coastal Range

region.

Rugged mountains that contain fertile

valleys



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Where is the Coastal Range

region located?

It is along the Pacific Coast and stretches from California to

Canada

Name the two oceans that border the United States.

The Atlantic and the Pacific

Oceans

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Name the six main rivers of the

United States.

Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio,

Columbia, Colorado, Rio

Grande

What are the lakes called that

provided inland ports in the

Midwest?

Great Lakes

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What is the name of the Gulf located

in the southern United States?

Gulf of Mexico

Why were theses major bodies of

water important to the United States?

They provided trade,

transportation and settlement areas for the people



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Who did the Atlantic Ocean

serve as a highway for?

Explorers, early settlers and later

immigrants

What river is called the gateway

to the west? The Ohio River

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Along what waterway did

inland port cities grow in the Midwest?

Great Lakes

What two rivers where considered the transportation arteries for farm

and industrial products?

Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

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What two US rivers were links to ports and other parts of

the world?

Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

Who explored the Columbia River?

Lewis and Clark



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Who explored the Colorado River?

The Spanish

What river forms the border

between the U.S. and Mexico?

Rio Grande

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What body of water provided the French and the Spanish with exploration routes of Mexico and other pars

of America?

Gulf of Mexico What was the

Pacific Ocean used for?

An early

exploration route



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Where did the Inuits live?

Alaska and Northern Canada

What is the arctic area where the Inuits lived like?

The temperature is below freezing much of the year

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Where did the Kwakiutl Indians

live?

Pacific Northwest coast

What was the Pacific Northwest

like?

It has a rainy, mild climate.

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Where did the Sioux Indians live?

Interior lowlands called the Great

Plains

What are the Great Plains like?

They are characterized by

dry grasslands



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Where did the Pueblo Indians

live?

In the southwest in what is now

Arizona and New Mexico

What is the area where the Pueblos

lived like?

It was desert and areas bordering mountains and

cliffs.

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What area did the Iroquois Indians

inhabit?

Northeast North America called the Eastern Woodland

What was the eastern Woodland

area like?

It was heavily forested

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Who were the first Americans?

Native Americans

How did the Native Americans

get their food?

They fished, hunted and

harvested crops



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What was the Native Americans clothing made of?

Animal skins and plants

What did Native Americans use for

their housing?

Their shelter was made of resources

found in their environment (e.g., sod, stones, animal

skins, wood).

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Name three motivations for

exploration of the new world.

Economic—Gold, natural resources, and trade Religious—Spread of

Christianity Competitions for empire and belief in superiority

of own culture

What were the economic

motivators for exploration?

Gold, natural resources, and

trade.

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Name four obstacles to exploration.

Poor maps and navigational tools Disease/starvation Fear of unknown Lack of adequate

supplies

What were the accomplishments of exploration?

Exchanged goods and ideas

Improved navigational tools and ships

Claimed territories (see individual countries below)



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Who claimed the southwest of the United States for

Spain?

Francisco Coronado

What did

Coronado explore?

The southwest of United States

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Who established the French

settlement of Quebec?

Samuel de Champlain

Who claimed the Mississippi River

Valley?

Robert LaSalle claimed it for

France.

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What did John Cabot explore?

Eastern Canada Where did

Portugal explore?

The western part of Africa.



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What was the cultural

interaction of the Spanish and the

Native Americans?

The Spanish conquered and enslaved American

Indians (First Americans), they brought Christianity to the New World, and they brought European

diseases


interaction of the French and the

Native Americans?

The French established trading

posts And spread the

Christian religion.

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interaction of the English and the

Native Americans?

The English established

settlements and claimed

ownership of land, learned

farming techniques from

American Indians (First

Americans), and traded

with them.

How did the Native Americans cooperate with the European?

Technologies (transportation of weapons and farm tools)

Trade Crops

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What did the Native Americans

and Europeans have conflict

about?

Land

Competition for trade

Differences in cultures

Disease

Language difference

How did Ghana, Mali and Songhai

become powerful?

By controlling trade in West

Africa



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How did the Portuguese

influence trade in West Africa?

The Portuguese carried goods from Europe to West African empires, trading metals, cloth,

and other manufactured goods for gold.



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Why was Roanoke Island

established?

Why was Roanoke Island established?

What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World? When

and why was it established?

Jamestown was an economic

venture established in

1607.

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Who established the Plymouth

colony and why?

Separatists from the Church of England who

wanted to avoid religious

persecution.

What colony did the Puritans

establish for the same reason?

Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the

Puritans for the same reasons.

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Where and why did the Quakers

settle?

Pennsylvania was settled by the

Quakers, who wanted to have freedom to practice their faith

without interference.

Who settled in

Georgia?

Georgia was settled by people who had been in

debtor’s prisons in England. They hoped to experience a new life in the colony and to

experience economic freedom in the New World.



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What was New England

geography and climate like?

Appalachian Mountains, Boston harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline

Moderate summers, cold winters

What was the New England economy

based on?

Fishing, shipbuilding industry and naval supplies, trade and port cities

Skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers

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What was New England social life

like?

Village and church as center of life

Religious reformers and separatists

What made up New England political life?

Town meetings

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What was the Mid-Atlantic

geography and climate like?

Appalachian Mountains, coastal lowlands (harbors and bays, wide and deep rivers), rich farmlands

Moderate climate

What was the Mid-Atlantic economy

based on?

Livestock and grain, trading

Unskilled and skilled workers and fishermen



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What was the Mid-Atlantic social life

like?

Villages and cities

Varied and diverse lifestyles

Diverse religions

What made up the

Mid-Atlantic political life?

Market towns

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What was the geography and climate of the

Southern colonies?

Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, good harbors, rivers

Humid climate

What was the Southern colonies economy based

on?

Large farms/ plantations, cash crops, wood products, small farms

Slavery

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What was the Mid-Atlantic social life

like?

Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, few cities, few schools

Church of England

What made up the Southern colonies political and civic

life?

Counties



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Describe the characteristics of a large landowner in colonial times.

Lived predominately in the South

Relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor

Were educated in some cases

Had rich social culture

Describe the characteristics of

a farmer in colonial times.

Worked the land according to the region

Relied on family members for labor

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an artisan in colonial times.

Worked as craftsmen in towns and on the plantation

Lived in small villages and cities

Describe the characteristics of women in colonial

times.

Worked as caretakers, house-workers, homemakers

Could not vote Had few chances for an education

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an indentured servant during colonial times.

Consisted of men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage

Were free at the end of their contract.


a slave during colonial times.

Were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery

Were owned as property for life with no rights

Were often born into slavery (Children of slaves were born into slavery.)



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How did England impose economic control over the

colonies?

England imposed strict control over trade. England taxed the colonies after the

French and Indian War. Colonies had to trade

raw materials for goods.

How did England impose political control over the

colonies?

Colonists had to obey English laws that were enforced by governors. Colonial governors were

appointed by the king or by the proprietor.

Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and

were monitored by colonial governors.



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Why did England want to control its

colonies?

England wanted to remain a world power and to get the money from the taxes to pay

for the French and Indian War

Why did England tax the colonies?

To help pay for the French and Indian War and to help

maintain the troops that were in the

colonies.

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What were five reasons the

colonists were dissatisfied?

1. No representation in Parliament

2. They resented the power of the colonial governors

3. England wanted to control colonial legislatures

4. They opposed the taxes The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the westward movement

What did John Locke think all people have a

right to?

Life, liberty and

property

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What did John Locke think about the government?

The government’s purpose is to protect

the rights of the people and it only

has the powers that the people give it.

What are

unalienable rights?

Rights that can not be taken

away



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What unalienable rights did the Declaration of

Independence say people have?

Life, liberty and the pursuit of

happiness

What are the four main philosophies of the Declaration of Independence?

1. Unalienable rights 2. Government is to protect

those rights 3. Government gets its

power from the people 4. People have a right and a duty to change the government that violates their rights

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Who was King George III?

British king during the Revolutionary

period

Who was Lord

Cornwallis?

British General who surrendered

at Yorktown

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Who was John Adams?

Championed the cause of

independence

Who was George

Washington?

Commander of the Continental

Army



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Who was Thomas Jefferson?

Major author of Declaration of Independence

Who was Patrick

Henry?

Outspoken member of the House of

Burgesses, inspired colonial patriotism

with “Give me liberty or give me

death” speech

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Who was Benjamin Franklin?

Prominent member of Continental

Congress, helped frame the

Declaration of Independence

Who was Thomas

Paine?

Journalist who wrote Common

Sense

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Who was Phillis Wheatley?

A former slave who wrote poetry and plays supporting

American independence

Who was Paul

Revere?

Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting the

British soldiers



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What was the Boston Tea Party?

Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led

Patriots in throwing tea into the Boston

Harbor to protest tea taxes

What was the First Continental Congress?

Delegates from all colonies met to

discuss problems with England and to

promote independence

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What was the Battle of

Lexington and Concord?

This was the site of the first armed conflict of the

Revolutionary War

What was the approval of the Declaration of Independence?

Colonies were declared

independent from England on

July4, 1776.

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What was the Battle of Saratoga?

This American victory was the

turning point for the war.

Where did the Revolutionary War

end?

Yorktown,

Virginia



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How did the Revolutionary

War end?

The colonial forces won at Yorktown and

General Cornwallis surrendered

What was the signing of the

Treaty of Paris?

England recognized American

independence in this treaty.

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Why were the colonists able to

defeat the British?

1. They were defending their own land, beliefs and principles

2. They had the support of France and Spain

3. They had strong leadership



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What were the weaknesses of the

Articles of Confederation?

1. Provided for a weak national government 2. Gave congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among states 3. Provided for no common currency 4. Gave each state one vote regardless of size 5. Provided for no executive or judicial branch of government

What does

regulate mean?

To control according to a

rule

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What is commerce?

The buying and selling of goods

What is currency? Paper money

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What is the executive branch of government?

The chief officer of a government (i.e. President)

What is the judicial branch of

government?

Courts of law



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What is the federal system of

government?

A system that divides the governmental powers between

national government and states’

governments

What was the structure of the

new national government based

on?

James Madison’s

Virginia Plan

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How did the Virginia Plan call

for the government to be

organized?

Into three separate branches

of government

Who makes up the Legislative branch

of government?

Congress

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What is Congress?

Congress is a two-house legislature in which all states are represented equally in the Senate (two Senators

per state) and people are represented in the House of

Representatives (number of a state’s representatives is based on

state’s population).

How many Senators are from

each state?

2



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How many Representatives

from each state are in the House of

Representatives?

It’s based on the state’s population

Who makes up the

judicial branch Supreme court

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What does the judicial branch of government do?

Determines if laws made by Congress are Constitutional

Who makes up the Executive branch of government?

The President

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What is the President’s job?

To carry out the laws

What are checks

and balances?

Each branch of government can check the power

of the other



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Why are checks and balances a

good thing?

These checks keep any one branch from gaining too

much power

Who wrote the Bill

of Rights? James Madison

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What do the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of

America do?

They provide a written guarantee of individual rights like freedom of speech

or freedom of religion

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Leader of the

Federalists

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What did the Federalists want?

A strong national government

Limits on states’ powers

Development of industry on a national scale

A national bank

Who was Thomas

Jefferson?

Leader of the Democratic Republicans



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What did the Democratic

Republicans want?

A weak national government

Strong states’ powers

Small businesses and farmers Opposed a national bank

All of the first five presidents, except John Adams, were from what state?

Virginia

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Name four important things that happened during George Washington’s presidency.

1. Federal court system was established

2. Political parties grew over the proper role of the national government

3. The Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution

4. Plans were established for a national capital in Washington, D.C.

Where is the

national capital? Washington, D.C.

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Who helped complete the

design for Washington DC?

Benjamin Banneker

Who was Benjamin

Banneker?

An African American

astronomer and surveyor



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What important thing happened

during John Adams’s

presidency?

A two party system emerged

Name two things that happened during Thomas

Jefferson’s presidency?

He bought Louisiana from France

(Louisiana Purchase) and Lewis and Clark

explored this new land west of the Mississippi

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What was an important event that happened during James

Madison’s presidency?

The War of 1812 caused Europe to have respect for the United States

What did James Monroe do during his presidency?

He wrote the Monroe Doctrine to warn

European nations not to interfere with the Western Hemisphere



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What was the Louisiana Purchase?

Jefferson bought land from France

(the Louisiana Purchase), which

doubled the size of the United States.

What did Lewis and Clark do?

In the Lewis and Clark expedition,

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored

the Louisiana Purchase from the

Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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How did the U.S. get Florida?

Spain gave Florida to the United

States through a treaty.

How did the U.S.

get Texas?

Texas was added after it became an independent

republic.

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How did the U.S. get the Oregon

territory?

The Oregon Territory was divided by the

United States and Great Britain.

How did the U.S. get California?

War with Mexico resulted in

California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States



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What factors influenced westward migration?

Population growth in the eastern states

Availability of cheap, fertile land

Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)

Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats

Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)

Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny”—The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country

What was Manifest

Destiny?

A belief that expansion was for the good of the country and

was our right

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Name two overland trails

used during westward expansion.

Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail

Who invented the

cotton in? Eli Whitney

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How did the cotton gin affect American lives?

It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate

and pick the cotton.

What did Cyrus McCormick and Jo

Anderson do?

They invented the reaper.



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Who was Jo Anderson?

He was a slave who helped develop the

reaper.

How did the reaper affect

American lives?

The reaper increased the productivity of the American

farmer.

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Who improved the steamboat?

Robert Fulton How did the

steamboat affect American lives?

It provided faster river transportation that connected Southern

plantations and farms to Northern industries.

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How did the steam locomotive affect American

lives?

It provided faster land

transportation

What were the main ideas

expressed by the abolitionists?

Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong.

Morally wrong

Cruel and inhumane

A violation of the principles of democracy And that slaves should be freed immediately



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Name three important

abolitionists.

Harriet Tubman William Lloyd

Garrison Frederick Douglass

What were the main ideas of the

suffrage movement?

Supporters declared that “All men and women are created equal.” Supporters believed that women were deprived of basic rights.

Denied the right to vote

Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education

Denied equal opportunities in business

Limited in rights to own

property

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When did the suffrage

movement begin?

Before the Civil War

Who were three important leaders

of the suffrage movement?

Isabel Sojourner Truth

Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady

Stanton



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What was the North like before

the Civil War?

The North was mainly an urban society in which people held jobs.

What was the

South like before the Civil War?

The South was primarily an

agricultural society in which people lived in small villages and on

farms and plantations.

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What was the North like

economically?

The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and

workers from foreign competition.

What was the

South like economically?

Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of

manufactured goods to increase. Planters were also

concerned that England might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs

were added.

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What is a tariff? A fee placed on

goods.

What was the big constitutional

conflict between the North and the

South?

A major conflict was states’ rights, which the South favored

versus strong central government, which the North favored.



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What is considered a main reason of the Civil

War?

Slavery How did the South feel about slavery?

Southerners felt that the abolition of slavery would

destroy their region’s economy

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How did the North feel about slavery?

Northerners believed that

slavery should be abolished for

moral reasons.

How did the South feel about the

Federal government?

Southerners believed that they had the power to

declare any national law illegal

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How did the North feel about the

Federal government?

Northerners believed that the national

government’s power was supreme over that of the states

What were the four dividing issues

between the North and the South that

led to the Civil War?

Slavery, economical, cultural and

Constitutional issues divided the North and South



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What was the Missouri

Compromise?

Missouri was a slave state; Maine,

a free state.

When did the Missouri Compromise

occur?

1820

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What was the Compromise of

1850?

California was a free state. Southwest territories would

decide about slavery.

What was the

Kansas-Nebraska Act?

People decided the slavery issue

(“popular sovereignty”).

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What is popular sovereignty?

People have the decision by voting

What is secession? To leave being a part of a group



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What happened to start the Civil War

Following Lincoln’s election, the southern

states seceded from the Union. Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, marking

the beginning of the Civil War.

How did Lincoln and other

Northerners feel about secession?

Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that

could not be separated or divided.

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How did Southerners feel about secession?

Most Southerners believed that states had freely created

and joined the union and could freely

leave it.

What states

seceded from the Union?

Alabama, Arkansas Florida, Georgia,

Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,

Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

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What states were border states

(slave states) that stayed in the

Union?

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, California, Connecticut,

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,

Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,

Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,

West Virginia (Western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from

the Union), Wisconsin

What new state was formed at the beginning of the

Civil War?

West Virginia (Western counties

of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union)



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What were some important ideas

and events about Abraham Lincoln?

Was President of the United States

Opposed the spread of slavery

Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Determined to preserve the Union—by force if necessary

Believed the United States was one nation, not a collection of independent states

Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

Who was

Jefferson Davis?

Was president of the Confederate States of America

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Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

He was the general of the

Union army that defeated Lee

Who was Robert E.

Lee?

Was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia

Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia

Opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force

Urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to fight on

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Who was Thomas “Stonewall”

Jackson?

He was a skilled Confederate general from

Virginia

Who was Frederick

Douglas?

Was a former slave who escaped to the North and became

an abolitionist



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Where were the first shots fired of

the Civil War? Fort Sumter

What was the first major battle of the

Civil War?

The first Battle of Manassas (Bull

Run) was the first major battle.

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What made freeing the slaves the focus of the

war?

The signing of the Emancipation

Proclamation made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the

war. Many freed slaves joined the Union army.

What did the

Battle of Vicksburg do?

The Battle of Vicksburg divided

the South; the North controlled the Mississippi

River.

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US1.9e

What was the turning point of

the war?

The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the

war; the North repelled Lee’s

invasion.

What happened to end the Civil War?

Lee’s surrender to Grant at

Appomattox Court House in 1865 ended the war.



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US1.9f (Part 2)

What were four major deciding

factors in winning the Civil War?

(Part 1)

The Union blockade of southern ports (e.g., Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans)

Control of the Mississippi River (e.g., Vicksburg)

Battle locations influenced by the struggle to capture capital cities (e.g., Richmond; Washington, D.C.)

Control of the high ground (e.g., Gettysburg)

Families and friends were often pitted against one another.

What were four major deciding

factors in winning the Civil War?

(Part 2)

Southern troops became increasingly younger and more poorly equipped and clothed. Much of the South was devastated at the end of the war (e.g., burning of Atlanta and Richmond).

Disease was a major killer.

Combat was brutal and often man-to-man.

Women were left to run businesses in the North and farms and plantations in the South.

The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate money worthless

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Who was Clara Barton?

Clara Barton, a Civil War nurse,

created the American Red

Cross.

How did the Civil War affect African

Americans?

African Americans fought in both the Confederate and Union armies.

The Confederacy often used slaves as naval crew members and soldiers.

The Union moved to enlist African American sailors early in the war.

African American soldiers were paid less than white soldiers.

African American soldiers were discriminated against and served in segregated units under the command of white officers.

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US1.9e

Who was Robert Smalls?

Robert Smalls was an African American who was a sailor and later a Union

naval captain He was highly honored for his feats of

bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman

after the Civil War.



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What does the 13th Amendment

do?

It bans slavery in the United States

and any of its territories


do?

It grants citizenship to all persons born in the

United States and guarantees them equal protection under the

law

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do?

Ensures all citizens the right to vote

regardless of race or color or previous

condition of servitude

Together, what do the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

do?

These three amendments

guarantee equal protection under

the law for all citizens.

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What were the Reconstruction policies for the

South?

Southern military leaders could not hold office.

African Americans held public office.

African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement.

Northern soldiers supervised the South.

What was a major problem after the

Civil War?

Southerners resented northern “carpetbaggers,”

who took advantage of the South during

Reconstruction.



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What was the Civil Rights Act of

1866?

African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights

Act of 1866, which authorized the use of federal troops for its

enforcement



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Geography US1.2 a, b, c

New Nation US1.7 a, b, c, d

Early Cultures US1.3 a, b, Exploration US1.4 a, b, c

Westward Expansion US1.8 a, b, c, d

Colonial America US 1.5 a, b, c, d

Civil War US1.9 a, b, c, d, e, f

American Revolution US1.6 a, b, c, d

Reconstruction US 1.10 a, b

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