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Who assasinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
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Which event, that happened in 1860, led 7 Southern states to break away from the Union?
Lincoln's election
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Define the term draft (as it was used in the Civil War)
Forcing someone to serve in the military
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Which law ended slavery in the ENTIRE United States?
The 13th Amendment
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The person led a raid on Harper's Ferry and attempted to start a slave rebellion
John Brown
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Where were the "first shots" of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
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What was the outcome of the case Plessy vs. Fergusen?
Segregation was legal in the US
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Who were the scalawags?
White Southerners who supported the North
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What was the main goal of the KKK?
To limit the rights of black people
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At the time of his election, what was Lincoln's position on slavery?
He promised not to spread it to new territories, but did not yet want to abolish it.
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Name two advantages the South had in the Civil War
Better military leaders, knew the land, motivated to defend home territory
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This 3-day battle is considered by many to be a turning point in the Civil War because the South lost so many people
Gettysburg
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What is a carpetbagger?
A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
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What was the result of Johnson's impeachment trial?
He was found not guilty and remained president.
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Name two ways women helped support the armies of both sides in the Civil War
Nurses, spies, disguised as soliders, grew food
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Name three advantages that the North had in the Civil War
More people, food, supplies, railroads, industry
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Why did the Supreme Court deny Dred Scott his freedom?
They ruled that he was property and could not sue his master, and that his owner had the right to keep hom
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This type of shop was used during battles in the Civil War
Ironclad
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Name three problems that the US needed to solve during Reconstruction
Physical destruction of the South, economic problems of the South, securing rights for African Americans
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Which senator sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Steven Douglass
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Why is Appomatox Court House famous?
The place where the South surrendered to the North.
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By opening territory to slavery in the northern part part of the Louisana Purchase, the Kansas-Nebraska Act violated which earlier compromise?
The Missouri Compromise
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This proposed law said that all land gained from the Mexican War would become free territory
Wilmot Proviso
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Who was the author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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