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American History 1840-1885 1860 South Carolina threatened to secede if the Sectional ______ was elected 4 Lincoln Davis Douglas Seward Lincoln Lincoln voted in-Good as her word South Carolina unanimously voted to secede 1861 Mar 4, 1861 Lincoln became President as _____ States had seceded 4 Seven Eleven Thirteen Ten Seven Seven States had seceded & eight more were teetering on the edge of seceding 1861 Apr 12, 1861 After 34 hours of bombardment Fort _____ surrendered 1 0 0 0 0 Sumter Fort Sumter taken without loss of a life by Confederate troops 1861 Jul 21st Preliminary clash at Bull Run, Jackson was nicknamed _____ Jackson 3 0 0 0 0 Stonewall Stonewall Jackson, his gray-clad warriors, stood like a stonewall at Bull Run 1850 Eli Whitney popularized the Principle of interchangeable parts 2 0 0 0 0 True True-The basis of modern mass production assembly line methods 1860 28,000 Patents were registered in 1860 2 0 0 0 0 True True-America was the Land of the Fertile Minded & the Home of the Ingenious 1844 First Telegraph message sent over a wire, 40 miles was "What hath God wrought' 2 0 0 0 0 True True-Morse clicked out the historic message from Washington to Baltimore 1850 Who got the better of the Compromise of 1850 4 North South East West North The North-California, as a free State clearly tipped the Senate balance 1862 Aug 29-30, 2nd battle of Bull Run, Gen. Pope was defeated by Gen. _____ 1 0 0 0 0 Lee Gen. Lee furiously attacked Gen Pope & inflicted a crushing defeat 1863 Emancipation Proclamation of Jan 1,1863 was written by _____ 3 0 0 0 0 Lincoln Lincoln declared Forever Free slaves in Confederate States still in rebellion 1865 Apr 14,1865 John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head at _____ theater 1 0 0 0 0 Fords Fords theater witnessed its most sensational drama, Lincoln's Assassination 1863 The famous Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln in dedication of the Cemetery 2 0 0 0 0 True True-Branded Ludicrous (London Times)-Dishwatery & Silly by Democratic Editors 1867 Secretary of State Seward purchased Alaska from _______ ? 4 Russia Britain France Mexico Russia Russia's frozen asset was furred out & was a growing economic liability to her 1864 Atlanta, Georgia was captured & burned by General ______ ? 4 Sherman Grant Meade McClellan Sherman Gen. Sherman was ruthless & cut a swath of destruction through Georgia 1865 The always dangerous Gen. _____ was cornered at Appomattox Court House, Va. 1 0 0 0 0 Lee Less, cornered, met with Grant on Palm Sunday for Terms of Surrender 1861 An Income Tax was levied for the first time in the Nations experience 2 0 0 0 0 True True-Though rates were low by later standards, they netted millions of dollars 1867 Drastic Military Reconstruction Act of Mar 2,1867 imposed on South by Radicals 2 0 0 0 0 True True-Military districts set up-Commanded/Policed by Union Generals & Soliders 1881 Charles J. Guiteau shot President _____ in a railroad station in Washington 4 Garfield Conklin Grant Arthur Garfield Garfield, lingering in agony for eleven weeks, died Sept 19, 1981 1883 The Pendleton Act of 1883, Civil Service Reform, established the Merit System 2 0 0 0 0 True True-An Anti-Spoilsmen Law, did not achieve thorough reform, it was a start 1885 Grover _____ was the first Democratic President elected since 1856 4 Cleveland Blaine Arthur Johnson Cleveland Grover Cleveland narrowly defeated Blaine in both Popular & Electorial votes 1866 Invisible Empire of the South or Ku Klux Klan founded in _____ 1866 4 Tennessee Georgia South Carolina Florida Tennessee Tennessee-KKK embittered against Radical Rule-some resorted to savage measures 1861 Colorado, Dakota & Nevada Territories were created in 1861 by ______ ? 1 0 0 0 0 Congress Congress-These lands were acquired from Mexico, Britain & Louisana Purchase 1865 The Black Codes were the South's answer to handling the Freedmen (slaves) 2 0 0 0 0 True True-Black Codes restricted Black ownership of land & freedom of movement 1854 Commodore Perry persuaded _____ to sign a Memorable Treaty 4 Japan China Fiji Hawaii Japan Japan-A judicious display of force & tact-our commercial foot was in the door 1862 North's blockade of the South-the Merrimack & Monitor fought to a standstill 2 0 0 0 0 True True-This was the first battle between ironclad ships th-the Merrimack & Monitor fought to a standstill 2 0 0 0 0 True True-This was the