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Unit 4: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
America: The Story of Us – Division
1. The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, was __________ miles long and it connected the Great Lakes
region of the United States with the ____________________.
2. Most of the 50,000-man labor force who built the canal were immigrants from _____________.
3. As a result of the Erie Canal, ________________ replaced New Orleans as America’s busiest port
city.
4. After the invention of the cotton gin, the U.S. produced _____ of the world’s cotton by 1830 and
______ by 1850.
5. The first modern factory was in the U.S. was located at Lowell, Massachusetts. It was
nicknamed the “________________________.”
6. Most of the labor in the textile mills was done by ______________ whose average age was
____________ years old. They were paid $ ______ a week.
7. Before the discovery of petroleum in the United States, _________________ was the main
energy source for lighting in homes and factories.
8. Why were many free African-Americans and escaped slaves attracted to the whaling industry?
_____________________________________________________________________________
9. By 1840, what was the value of a healthy, adult, male slave? $__________ A woman? $
____________
10. When he escaped from slavery in Maryland, the great orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglas
had a better chance of making it to safety than many because he _________________________.
11. Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, was known as the
“ _____________________.”
12. What impact did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 have on the Underground Rail Road?
______________________________________________________________________________
13. What was the bounty placed on Harriet Tubman’s head? $ ____________
14. An estimated 200 Americans were killed over slavery in the ________________ Territory in two
years between 1854 and 1856.
15. How many firearms were contained at the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA? ___________________
16. What did Brown and his sons plan to do with the weapons? _____________________________
17. How many of John Brown’s sons survived the failed seizure of the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?
____________
18. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the ______________ Party.
19. What were Lincoln’s views on slavery? _______________________________________________
20. On December 20, 1860, __________________ became the first Southern state to
_____________, or formally withdraw from the Union.
Unit 4: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
America: The Story of Us – Civil War
1. During the Civil War, the Union produced ____ billion Minie balls and _____ million rifled
muskets for the war effort.
2. Due to improved rail road transportation, arms, ammunition, and equipment could be
transported to a battle front 200 miles away in just ______ hours.
3. Rifled muskets used during the Civil War were accurate from a distance up to _______ yards
away.
4. The 600,000-plus killed on both sides during the American Civil War would be approximately
equivalent to _________________ people today based on the current U.S. population.
5. At the end of 1862, the American Civil War was dead locked in _______________ because
neither side could achieve a difference making victory on the battlefield.
6. This military genius from Virginia was the commander of Confederate forces during the war?
_______________
7. At the Second Battle of Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia, General Lee’s highly disciplined
Confederate army killed _________ men of the 5th New York division in _______ minutes.
8. Utilizing the railroad, President Lincoln could deploy reinforcements in only ______ days when it
would have taken two months traveling on foot.
9. The Union had ________ miles of railroad track while the Confederacy had only ________ miles.
10. This new type of communication invented in 1844 has been called the “email” or “Twitter” of its
era allowed President Lincoln to communicate directly with his generals in the field?
_________________ It utilized a series of dots and dashes called ______________ code.
11. During the 1862 Battle of Antietam, 6,000 Americans were killed on both sides and 17,000 were
wounded. This was more than _______ times the casualties suffered during D-Day in World
War II.
12. During the war, three-fourths of all operations were _______________, as one well-trained
surgeon could remove a limb in only _______ minutes.
13. Clara Barton, who founded the ________________ after the war, was one of ______________
female nurses who tended the wounded during the war.
14. About how many photographs were taken during the war? ______________
15. Many undertakers became millionaires during the war due to improvements in ______________
deceased soldiers.
16. The ______________________, issued January 1, 1863, redefined Lincoln’s purpose for the war
by declaring that all slaves in states still in rebellion would be freed by Union troops.
17. In 1864, Union General William T. Sherman began using the strategy of _________________ as
he marched to the sea from Atlanta to the port city of Savannah, Georgia.
18. As a result of this change in strategy that turned the tide of the war, _______________ is reelected in 1864.
19. True or False: The Confederacy won the Civil War.
20. True or False: As a result of the Civil War, slavery in America was ended.