Between 1850 and 1860 which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in United States politics?
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Fort Sumter
What event signaled the beginning of the Civil War?
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Confederate States of America
What is the name given to the new nation created by those states what seceded from the Union following Lincoln’s election of 1860?
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To preserve their way of life, which included slavery
What is the primary aim of the Civil War For Southerners?
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justify racial segregation of public facilities
The principle of “separate but equal” established by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was used to
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The citizens should decide whether or not to allow slavery in a territory
What does the term popular sovereignty mean?
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Marked a new age of naval warfare
What is the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack
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Highly developed industry/resources/population
What was an advantage for the North during the Civil War?
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Republican
Which political party won most of the Northern states
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limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons
Laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by Southern states to
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Compromise 1850
What piece of legislation allowed California to join the Union as a free state?
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Battle of Antietam
What is the single bloodiest day of the Civil War was the Battle of
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It prevented the south from exporting and importing goods and supplies
Why was Lincoln’s naval blockade of Southern ports important?
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Election of Lincoln
Which of the following events encouraged the Southern states to begin secession?
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10 Percent of white males needed to swear loyalty to the Union
When Reconstruction began Abraham Lincoln’s 10 Percent plan included?
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Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854?
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Appomattox Court House
What is where did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant discuss surrender terms?
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Gain control of the Mississippi River
What is an important Union strategy for winning the war was the plan to
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Emancipation Proclamation
During the Civil War period, what document freed all slaves in states in rebellion?
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Inflation
To raise money for the war Congress levied a tax on people’s earnings and issued more paper money. This however led to?
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To forbid slavery in any territory
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Dred Scott v Sandford?
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Gettysburg
What is North turned the war in its favor with its victory at the Battle of?
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Superior military leadership
What was a major advantage for the South during the Civil War?
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Increased the Confederacy’s ability to fight the war effectively
What is the Confederacy’s strong belief in states’ rights
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Habeas Corpus
Because so many people tried to disrupt the war effort, both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis suspended__________ and thousands were arrested and jailed without trials