Category : Science and Education
Archive   : TIMETRAV.ZIP
Filename : FOUR.DAT

American History
1840-1885
1860
South Carolina threatened to secede if the Sectional ______ was elected
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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
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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
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Sumter
Fort Sumter taken without loss of a life by Confederate troops
1861
Jul 21st Preliminary clash at Bull Run, Jackson was nicknamed _____ Jackson
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Stonewall
Stonewall Jackson, his gray-clad warriors, stood like a stonewall at Bull Run
1850
Eli Whitney popularized the Principle of interchangeable parts
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True
True-The basis of modern mass production assembly line methods
1860
28,000 Patents were registered in 1860
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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'
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True
True-Morse clicked out the historic message from Washington to Baltimore
1850
Who got the better of the Compromise of 1850
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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. _____
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Lee
Gen. Lee furiously attacked Gen Pope & inflicted a crushing defeat
1863
Emancipation Proclamation of Jan 1,1863 was written by _____
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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
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Fords
Fords theater witnessed its most sensational drama, Lincoln's Assassination
1863
The famous Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln in dedication of the Cemetery
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True
True-Branded Ludicrous (London Times)-Dishwatery & Silly by Democratic Editors
1867
Secretary of State Seward purchased Alaska from _______ ?
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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 ______ ?
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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.
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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
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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
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0
0
0
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True
True-Military districts set up-Commanded/Policed by Union Generals & Soliders
1881
Charles J. Guiteau shot President _____ in a railroad station in Washington
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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
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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
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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
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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 ______ ?
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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)
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0
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True
True-Black Codes restricted Black ownership of land & freedom of movement
1854
Commodore Perry persuaded _____ to sign a Memorable Treaty
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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
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True
True-This was the first battle between ironclad ships
th-the Merrimack & Monitor fought to a standstill
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True
True-This was the