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What is sectionalism?
What is a state or region believes it is obligated to protect its economic interests.
100
What prompted John Browns raid?
What is hope of starting a large slave rebellion.
100
Why did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 anger abolitionist?
What is replaced the Missouri Compromise.
100
What role did Ulysses S. Grant play in the Civil War?
What is commander of the Union Forces leading up to the surrender at Appomattox.
100
What individual is responsible for the Confederacy's many successes in the early years of the Civil War?
What is Robert E. Lee
200
What was the result of Nat Turners Rebellion?
What is slave owners imposed new restrictions on slaves.
200
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
What is an effort to prevent slavery in land acquired form Mexico.
200
What concern led Southern states to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president?
What is the federal government would try to abolish slavery.
200
What strategy did William T. Sherman employ as his troops moved through enemy territory?
What is total war. Define total war.
200
Why was General Thomas Jackson often called "Stonewall Jackson"?
What is strong southern military leader who stood his ground in battle. "Look at Jackson standing there, like a stonewall"
300
Why was Frederick Douglass's autobiography influential in the abolition of slavery?
What is inspired support for abolitionism by revealing his personal experiences as a slave.
300
What was the Compromise of 1850?
What is compromise developed by Henry Clay to Balance the power between free and slave states.
300
Which slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation set free?
What is slaves in states still rebelling against the union.
300
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant? Who was the president of the Confederacy?
What is it halted the southern invasion of the north. Who is Jefferson Davis.
300
What did the bombardment of Fort Sumter spark? What was the basis of the Southern economy before the Civil War?
What is the start of the Civil War. What is agrarian. Export of raw materials and import of manufactured goods.
400
How did the issue of states' rights contribute to the Nullification Crisis?
What is South Carolina believed that the state had the power to disobey acts of Congress.
400
What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise and how did its provisions apply to slavery in the western territories?
What is a balanced number of free and slave states; slavery would be allowed in the southern portion of the western territories.
400
What was the effect of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
What is it redefined the Union effort as upholding the principles of freedom and equality.
400
Why was the surrender of Vicksburg a major loss for the Confederates?
What is divided Confederate troops and turned the war in favor of the Union army.
400
What economic advantage did the southern states rely on when deciding to secede from the Union?
What is they had a reliable cotton trade with France and Great Britain.
500
Why did the Declaration of War against Mexico divide the U.S.?
What is aroused political tension over the possible expansion of slavery into Western Territories.
500
What role did John C. Calhoun play in the Nullification Crisis?
What is he contributed to the political division between the North and the South.
500
What did Lincoln hope to achieve by freeing some but not all of slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is he hoped to make the freeing of all slaves an additional goal of the war. He also hoped to decrease the rebel ranks.
500
What advantage did the northern states have thanks to their superior industrial capacity?
What is the north had more railway locomotives, so it could move men and materials.
500
What is Habeas Corpus? What did Lincoln hope to accomplish by the suspension of Habeas Corpus?
What is protection against unlawful imprisonment. What is to imprison those who performed acts considered disloyal to the Union.
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