5TH GRADE, AMERICAN HISTORY SECTION
Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery in the United States? 13th
In which United States region did most of the manufacturing take place in 1840? Northeast
What organization was founded by Clara Barton? American Red Cross
Why did settlers in the Great Plains build sod houses? Sod was readily available
Workers at the end of the 19th century formed labor unions to secure what? Higher wages and better working conditions
What event was started by the actions and arrest of Rosa Parks? Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
Anne Dallas Dudley worked for what cause? Gaining the right to vote for women
Where was Anne Dallas Dudley from? Nashville, Tennessee
What was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? An influential novel published in 1852 illustrating the cruelties of slavery
What agreement allowed Missouri to enter the United States as a slave state, while maintaining equal numbers of slave states and free states? Missouri Compromise
What was one effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Settlers in any territory were free to decide by popular vote whether to make slavery legal.
Who unsuccessfully led a small band of Abolitionists in a raid on Harper’s Ferry? John Brown
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5TH GRADE, AMERICAN HISTORY SECTION
Who sued for his freedom from slavery after traveling with his master to a free state? Dred Scott
Who became President just after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? Andrew Johnson
During the Civil War, states that sided with the North were called _____ States. Union
States siding with the South in the War Between the States were called ______States. Confederate
Did Tennessee secede from the Union during the Civil War? Yes
Why was Tennessee late in deciding whether to secede from the Union during the Civil War? Slaves were rare in East Tennessee, but common in Middle and West Tennessee
What name was given to the family of Union Colonel Fielding Hurst after he settled in McNairy County at the end of the Civil War? Hurst Nation
Why did the Hurst Nation find itself in conflict with neighbors after the Civil War? Most of McNairy County had sympathized with the South during the war, but Colonel Hurst had fought for the North.
Where did the Confederacy surrender to the Union, ending the Civil War? Appomattox Court House
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis
Who was the General of the Union Army during the Civil War? Ulysses S. Grant
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5TH GRADE, AMERICAN HISTORY SECTION
Who was the General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War? Robert E. Lee
Who was the founder of the American Red Cross? Clara Barton
Who was a Confederate General, and believed to have been the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan? Nathan Bedford Forrest
Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached? Andrew Johnson
Which of Tennessee’s three grand divisions contained most Union sympathizers during the Civil War? East
Since the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to states in rebellion during the Civil War, did it actually free any slaves at the time it was written? No
What were Andrew Johnson’s policies that effectively continued slavery after the Civil War called? Black codes
Who invented the electric light bulb? Thomas Edison
Who invented the telephone? Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the automobile? Henry Ford
What US warship was sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish American War? U.S.S. Maine
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