Manifest Destiny
Civil War People
Civil war Battles
Reconstruction
Preserve the union
100

Why did senators initially reject Missouri Application for statehood?

It would ruin the balance of Pro and anti- slavery members of the senate.

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
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
100

This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war

Election of Abraham Lincoln 

200

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?

Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state


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?

freed only slaves in the Confederacy

300

Why did the Mexican American war increase tension between the North and the South?

It was seen by Northerners as a war to expand slavery 

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

Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus?

He wished to prevent known Confederate sympathizers from leaving the Union or sabotaging the Union war effort.

400

why, despite economic disparity, larger population, more efficient transportation networks, and much greater industrial output was the South able to prolong the Civil War for four years?

Superior Military strategy

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 was the motivating force behind President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Second Inaugural Address, and the decision to suspend the right of habeas corpus?

To preserve the Union

500

What were the terms of the Kansas Nebraska act?

California admitted as a free state 

Popular sovereignty applied to the rest of the Mexican Cession -

Harsher fugitive slave law

500
Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
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 Lincolns plan for readmittance of Confederate states back to the Union? 

The 10% plan where 10 percent of voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the United States, accept Emancipation, and write a new state constitution 

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