Benchmark Review

5. People who were against slavery during the Civil War
8. His election was the most immediate cause of secession
10. Where people were passionately converted during the Second Great Awakening
13. The most important battle of the Civil War
15. A booklet written by Thomas Paine that convinced Americans to fight for independence
16. The founder of the Sons of Liberty
17. The European country that helped the US in the Revolution
18. The growth of cities
19. The most famous traitor in US history (first name only)
21. The farmer who rebelled and proved the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
22. To break away; a state leaving a country

1. The leader of the Federalists (last name only)
2. These mountains marked the western border of allowed American expansion according to the Proclamation of 1763
3. The major problem for the US right after the Revolutionary War
4. The belief that America was meant to grow and destined to expand westwards
6. The major cause of urbanization in the North
7. A new invention that encouraged Americans to travel by boat on rivers
9. The reform movement against the sale of alcohol
11. The machine that led to more slavery in the agricultural South
12. The location of a convention for women's suffrage
14. The reform movement that fought for women's right to vote
20. The South had a better one of these, which is why they were more agricultural