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100

Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?

It would ruin their economy

100

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln

100

What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?

Battle of Vicksberg

100

What was the compromise called that ended Reconstruction, where Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South? 

Compromise of 1877

100
What was the southern economy based on?
Cotton and Agriculture
200

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare that territories could decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state? 

popular sovereignty 

200

Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?

General Ulysses S. Grant

200

What marked the beginning of the Civil War?

Battle of Fort Sumter

200

The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the

15th

200
which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
None (freed only slaves in the Confederacy)
300

What was the idea that states should have the power to make certain laws for themselves? 

States' rights

300

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

300

What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Gettysberg

300
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
300

What is the person called who lives in the South but supports the North? 

Scalawag
400

This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war

Election of Lincoln

400

Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?

General William T. Sherman

400

What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?

Anaconda plan

400
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
400

What is a person called who comes from the north, moves to the south to make money off the southerners? 

Carpetbagger

500

What is bleeding Kansas?

Widespread violence across the territory over slavery

500

Who was the most successful CONFEDERATE general? 

"Stonewall" Jackson 

500

What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)

Battle of Antietam

500
were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.
Black codes
500

What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?

Reconstruction

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