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Jefferson Davis
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Who became the commanding general for the Union in 1864?
Grant
Why was President Johnson impeached?
He tried to fire the Secretary of War.
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
This was the largest battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
In what state did General Sherman destroy railroads, factories, farms, and everything else on his march to the sea?
Georgia
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's theater
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the states in rebellion
This amendment made slavery illegal.
13th
What did the 10% plan require of the Southern states?
10% of the population to pledge loyalty to the Union.
What were the laws called that segregated schools, denied the vote, and denied access to public facilities.
Jim Crow Laws
This city was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Richmond, Virginia
Where did Union soldiers find a copy of Lee's battle plans for the Battle of Antietam?
Wrapped around some cigars
What was General Winfield Scott's plan to take the Mississippi River and cut the South in two.
Anaconda Plan
What did Abraham Lincoln say he had no legal right to do in his 1st inaugural address?
Free the slaves
This state talked of seceding from the Confederacy.
Georgia
For every soldier killed in combat how many died of disease?
2
Did the North or the South have the advantage of better military leadership?
The South
What would give 160 acres of western land to anyone willing to farm it for 5 years?
Homestead Act
What did the Legal Tender Act do?
Issued paper money
What did the Wade-Davis Bill do?
Required a majority to pledge loyalty to the Union
Who became president following Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
This agency had the goal of providing food, clothing, health care, and education to poor blacks and whites in the South.
Freedman's Bureau