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kept balance between slave and free states
What is the Missouri Compromise
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Andrew Jackson believed that
What is "the federal gov't should have authority over the state gov't
100
The 1828 tax on imported goods mainly benefited...
What is the North?
100
The Union's first plan for defeating the South ----
What is " blocked goods from going into and out of Southern ports."
100
She tended to wounded soldiers on the battlefield
Who is Clara Barton?
200
Regional Loyalty
What is sectionalism
200
The Great Compromiser?
Who is Henry Clay?
200
Maine joined the US as a free state to....
What is "to balance Missouri, a slave state"
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The Emancipation Proclamation ---
What is "freed slaves inthose parts of the South that were still fighting against the Union"
200
In 1862, the U.S. Congress authorized the first paper currency called....
What is "greenbacks?"
300
Tax on imported goods
What is a tariff?
300
The confederate general who surrendered at Appomatox Court House.
Who was Robert E Lee?
300
Dred Scott argued that he should be free because....
What is "he had once lived in a free state."
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War because --
What is "the weakened Southern army could no longer try to invade the North."
300
It was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
400
Ruled that slavery was legal
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
400
The Union general who led and won the Battle at Gettysburg?
Who is Ulysses Grant?
400
Uncle Tom's Cabin was -
What is " a best-selling novel that opposed slavery."
400
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
What is "the border states?"
400
Disease was the chief killer during the war, taking two men for every one who died of battle wounds.
What is the main reason for death in the Civil War?
500
the freeing of slaves
What is emancipation?
500
The Union general who burned a path from Atlanta to the sea
Who is William Sherman?
500
The Civil War began when.....
What is "Confederate troops fired on Ft Sumter."
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A workable machine gun A steel ship A successful submarine A "snorkel" breathing device
What is "Civil War 'firsts'"?
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The words "In God We Trust" first appeared on a U.S. coin in 1864.
What is the inscription on US coins that is still used today?
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