Unit 4 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

This American writer wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin and revealed the horrors of slavery in the South

Harriet Beecher Stowe

This person was an abolitionist leader who was born a slave and became one of the best intellectuals of that time

Frederick Douglass

This person killed or assassinated Lincoln 6 days after the Civil War ended

John Wilkes Booth

This law by President Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in rebelling states would be free

Emancipation Proclamation

This is the name of the Federal Fort in Charleston, SC where the first shots of the Civil War were fired

Fort Sumter

This was the name of the "country" that was created by the 11 southern states that had seceded from the Union

Confederate States of America

This was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

Jefferson Davis

This was the President of the Union during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

This was a Supreme Court case in 1857 that determined a slave is the property of their slaveowner which gives them no rights under the Constitution

Dred Scott v. Sandford

This law required all citizens to return escaped slaves back to their slaveowners

Fugitive Slave Act

This is term for when states get to choose or vote for whether they have slavery or not

Popular sovereignty

This was the first “social contract” created in the 13 English colonies and it stressed the importance of self-government

The Mayflower Compact

What is the overall purpose of the Bill of Rights?

protect the rights of people from the government

This terms means an agreement or a settlement of a dispute when both sides agree to give up part of their demands

compromise

This term means the act of being set free, such as from slavery

emancipation

This term means restricted interest or devotion for a particular region, which can result in tension

sectionalism

This person was a passionate abolitionist who helped the Underground Railroad. This person also led a slave rebellion, but was caught and killed

John Brown

This person was a slave and preacher who led a slave rebellion but was caught and killed. This rebellion ended the emancipation movement and led to stricter laws against slaves

Nat Turner

This person became the most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad and led hundreds of slaves to freedom

Harriet Tubman

This political figure led the Federalists, favored a national bank, an industrial economy, and a strong federal government

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

James Madison

This political figure led the Democratic-Republicans, served as Secretary of State & Vice President, and believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton

John Adams

George Washington

Derived from the belief that all humans are entitled to life, liberty and property

Locke's Natural Rights Theory

What was one major effect of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?

demand for enslaved people grew to keep up with the increased production

Bristish policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self-rule as long as Great Britain was gaining economically

Salutary Neglect

Many people left England in the 17th century to come to North America because the colonies represented a chance to worship freely. This attraction to come to a new place is known as a

Pull Factor

Push Factor

This law divided the Nebraska territory into 2 states and gave each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery

Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the main purpose of Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 during the Civil War?

Destroy the South's ability to fight

What was the last straw for southern states, specifically SC, and led to their secession from the Union in 1860?

Election of Lincoln as President

This term means to cancel or reject a federal law

Nullification

What was the purpose of passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments after the Civil War?

recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.

granting universal voting rights for all genders and races

upholding rights of free speech and religion.

decreasing the power of the Federal government.

What did the 15th Amendment accomplish?

Gave Black Americans the right to vote

Gave citizenship to all people born in the US

Abolished Slavery

What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?

Gave citizenship to all people born in the US

Gave Black Americans the right to vote

Abolished Slavery

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

Abolished Slavery

Gave Black Americans the right to vote

Gave citizenship to all people born in the US

The power of "judicial review" was established with which supreme court case?

Marbury v. Madison

Plessy v. Ferguson

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Brown v. Board of Education

What was the Union's strategy during the Civil War?

Blockade the South or Anaconda Plan

This principle in the Constitution divides authority between THREE branches of government

Separation of Powers

What is Manifest Destiny?

God-given right to expand the United States (answers vary)

This revolt or uprising revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation in 1786

Shays' Rebellion

TRUE or FALSE: At the end of the Reconstruction era, most African-Americans found themselves left out of the political process because of poll taxes and literacy tests

TRUE

This Supreme Court case mostly contributed to the start of the Civil War

Dred Scott vs Sanford