American Culture: Chapter 4 - The history of the U.S. (2) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

When did the world enter the Nuclear Age?

1945

1940

1950

1960

Where and when did the North capture the Confederate capital?

Richmond, Virginia - April 3, 1865

Richmond, Virginia - April 9, 1865

Richmond, Virginia - May 5, 1865

________________ Confederate President Jefferson Davis held the last meeting of his cabinet. Davis tried to escape, but was soon captured. He spent the next two years in prison.

May 5, 1865

April 9, 1865

April 3, 1865

When did General Robert E. Lee surrender?

April 9, 1865

April 3, 1865

Where and when did the army of General William Sherman marched through the South and destroyed homes, plantationsm and railroads?

Georgia and the Carolinas - 1863-1864

The East and the West - 1861-1862

When did the battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania take place?

July 1863

Feb 9, 1861

March 4, 1861

When did Abraham Lincoln declare the Emancipation Proclamation?

Jan 1, 1863

Feb 9, 1861

March 4, 1861

April 12, 1861

Where and when did General Grant win many battles and demand the surrender of the Confederates?

The East and the West - 1861-1862

Who won in the first battle in Bull Run in the Civil War?

The Confederate army

Union forces

Where did the first battle take place in the Civil War?

Bull Run (July 1861)

Washington D.C. (January 1, 1863)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

When did Abraham Lincoln become the President?

March 4, 1861

Feb 9, 1861

April 12, 1861

When was the Confederation formed?

Feb 9, 1861

Dec. 20, 1860

April 12, 1861

Who were the Commanding Generals of the North

Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

What were the nicknames of the North and the South respectively?

Union and The Confederacy

What was the capital city of the U.S. during the Civil War?

Washington, D.C.

Richmond

When did the Civil War begin?

April 12, 1861

April 9, 1865

April 9, 1861

Which state was the first one leaving the Union?

South Carolina (Dec. 20, 1860)

Louisiana (Dec. 20, 1860)

Georgia (Dec. 20, 1860)

North Carolina (Dec. 20, 1860)

How many states fought for the South in the Civil War?

11

12

13

14

What was the main cause of Civil War?

Slavery

What was the name of Lincoln's famous speech?

Gettysburg Address

The Emancipation Proclamation

The South opposed federal laws and seceded (separated) from the Union by creating the______________.

Confederate States of America

Union

Who had more representatives in Congress?

The North

The South

The ________ was adding free states to the Union and had a larger population than the South.

North

South

Who preferred cheap European goods to the expensive products of northern factories and opposed the protective tax on them?

The South

The North

Who produced expensive products and got the U.S. government to put a protectionist tax on products from other countries?

The North

The South

Some economic features of the South:

All are correct

It needed slave workers to make money.

It depended on agriculture

Some economic features of the North:

All are correct

The manufacture of goods such as clothing and furniture

Northern factories did not use slaves

It lived from industry

When did the conflict of the North and the South begin

When the nation began to expand west

When Abraham Lincoln became the President

On ____________ Texas was admitted as the _______ state.

December 29, 1845 - 28th

December 29, 1845 - 30th

Texas became part of the U.S. __________ because it was a ____ state.

after 9 years - slave

right away - free

Who became the President of Texas?

Sam Houston

Stephen Austin

What was the name of the Republic of Texas?

"The Lone Star Republic"

With the spirit of the battle cry "Remmember the Alamo", Sam Houston and the Texans won a battle at San Jacinto on______

April 21, 1836

March 6, 1836

When did General Santa Anna defeat the rebels at the Alamo?

March 6, 1836

April 21, 1836

Who was the Mexican general?

Santa Anna

Sam Houston

Stephen Austin

Who was the American military leader?

Sam Houston

Santa Anna

Stephen Austin

What did the settlers in Texas want?

All are correct

Slavery and local self-government

to separate from Mexico and form their own repulic

The rights of Americans

Who was the leader of American settlers?

Stephen Austin

Santa Anna

Sam Houston

Before 1836 the Texas area belonged to?

Spain and then Mexico

Mexico and then Spain

France

When did the Annexation of Hawaii take place?

1898

1867

1846

When did the Alaska Purchase take place?

1867

1898

1848

When did President Polk divided the large Oregon Territory with Great Britain?

1846

1853

1845

On what year did the U.S. pay $10 million for some Mexican land in the Southwest, called Gadsden Purchase?

1853

1845

1803

1846

Who agreed to sell California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for the U.S.?

Mexico

France

Spain

Germany

After a war in 1848, Mexico ceded the territory from the _________ to the _________

Louisiana Purchase - Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean - Louisiana Purchase

When did the U.S. annexed the territory of Texas?

1845

1813

1819

1846

In the year 1819, the U.S. obtained the land of the state of ______ from ______.

Florida - Spain

Texas - Spain

Florida - France

When did Jefferson buy the territory west of the Mississippi River from France in Louisiana?

1803

1783

1846

1813

After the American Revolution in 1783, the territory of the U.S. stretched from __________ in the East to ____________ in the West.

the Atlantic Ocean - the Pacific Ocean

the Pacifi Ocean - the Alantic Ocean