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Republican President during the Civil War, assassinated, at first said that the war wasn't about slavery but later changed his mind
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The act that encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land
and where homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
What is the Homestead Act?
July 21, 1861.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This Amendment abolished slavery in the US.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The part of the nation that wanted to keep slavery.
What is the South?
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
Who was Robert E. Lee?
President Lincoln declares _____ _____ in Maryland and suspends the writ of habeas corpus if necessary to control rebellion (1861).
What is Martial Law?
August 29, 1861.
What is the Second Battle of Bull Run?
This states that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
What is the 15th Amendment?
The part of the nation was mostly against slavery.
What is the North?
Commander of the Union army who was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender", was 1st demoted but then was later made Commander again
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
To finance the Civil War, the federal government in 1862 passed the ____ ____ Act, authorizing the creation of paper money not redeemable in gold or silver
September 19, 1864.
What is the Battle of Opequon?
This granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
What is the 14th Amendment?
The side that won the war.
What is the Union?
Commander of the US army at the start of the Civil War, was urged by Lincoln to resign after the loss at the 1st Bul Run, McClellan replaces him
Who was Winfield Scott?
This declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
April 12, 1861.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
An article added to the US Constitution.
What is an Amendment?
The side that lost the war.
General in chief before Grant; great with books, not great with decisions.
Who was Henry Halleck?
The Election between Abraham Lincoln, George B McClellan.
What is the Election of 1864?
October 21, 1861.
What is the Battle of Ball's Bluff
The number of amendments in the Constitution.
What is 27?
The side that originally was fighting the Civil War simply to keep the nation intact.
What is the North?