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He Said, She Said, We All Said - Who Said?
Emancipation Assimilation Manifestation. W/e.
100
The passage of this law which gave new territories popular sovereignty in determining the issue of slavery and over turned the Missouri Compromise. It eventually led to violent outbreaks known as what?
Two answers.
Two answers.
100
MYSTERY DOCUMENT
What is the significance of this letter? What is it discussing?
100
These 'laws' allowed Southern States to segregate public facilities.
100
“So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”
For full points, you must explain the historical significance of this quote.
For full points, you must explain the historical significance of this quote.
Who is Abraham Lincoln speaking to Harriet Beecher Stowe regarding her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
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100
General Custer met his ultimate demise at this battle.
200
This was a compromise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery populations that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territories north of the 36th parallel.
200
Fighting a defensive war, knew the territory, well-trained military (home to seven of the eight military colleges), had advantage of morale.
200
Name the SPECIFIC Plan for Reconstruction: States MUST ratify the 13th Amendment, did not care for the progress of African Americans, vetoed much of Congress' Reconstruction Bills.
200
"Holding:
Sec. I: Persons of African descent cannot be citizens under the U.S. Const.
Sec. II: Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
Sec. III: Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territories."
Sec. I: Persons of African descent cannot be citizens under the U.S. Const.
Sec. II: Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
Sec. III: Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territories."
200
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation began the process of freeing slaves; but this Amendment to the Constitution effectively abolished the institution of slavery.
300
The growth of this group was stoked by Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Dred Scott case, John Brown's raid, and the Fugitive Slave Act.
300
Home to 23 million people, a massive industrial complex, twice as many railroad track miles, Naval control, and European alliances.
300
Name the SPECIFIC Plan for Reconstruction: General amnesty to all who swore an oath of loyalty to the United States, 10% plan, did not want to punish the South.
300
"Sec. IV: Every Negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person, or former owner, who shall be held responsible for the conduct of said negro."
300
After being freed, many African Americans found themselves in an agricultural cycle of debt known as this.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name the federal law this poster was published in response to.
400
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 18363
What is the great task still remaining before Americans?
What is the great task still remaining before Americans?
Possible Answer: To protect the ideals proposed in the Declaration of Independence by the Founding Fathers.
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400
Name the SPECIFIC Plan for Reconstruction: Freedmen's Bureau, Punitive Measures for Southern States and Representatives, Banned Confederate Soldiers from Congress, 14th and 15th Amendments.
400
"I repeat that the principle is the right of each State, -each Territory, to decide this slavery question for itself, to have slavery or not, as it chooses"
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For full points, you must explain the historical significance of this quote.
Who is Stephen Douglass defending popular sovereignty during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858?
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400
This legislation looked to assimilate Native Americans into “white” lifestyles of farming to keep them on Reservations.
500
Briefly explain the relationship that exists between this election map and poster.
Possible Answer: South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860 due to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. Because not a single southern electoral vote went to Lincoln in the election, South Carolina (and the rest of the Southern states) felt they had no say in the Federal Government and thus, left the nation.
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500
Name the two Civil War battles which were considered turning points for the Union in the East and West respectively (Anaconda Plan).
What are Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
The victory in Vicksburg is considered the final step in the realization of the Anaconda Plan. It effectively split the South in to two halves. Gettysburg was and still is the bloodiest and costliest battle ever fought on American soil. The battle sends General Lee back to Richmond and the South never again attempts to invade the North.
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The victory in Vicksburg is considered the final step in the realization of the Anaconda Plan. It effectively split the South in to two halves. Gettysburg was and still is the bloodiest and costliest battle ever fought on American soil. The battle sends General Lee back to Richmond and the South never again attempts to invade the North.
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500
Identify one example of symbolism in this cartoon. What is the cartoonist's view of Reconstruction? What is the meaning of this cartoon?
Possible answer: Reconstruction was a corrupt imposition by the north on a region capable of taking care of its own affairs.
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500
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds… to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
For full points, you must explain the historical significance AND one facet of the ideas being discussed in this quote.
For full points, you must explain the historical significance AND one facet of the ideas being discussed in this quote.
Who is Abraham Lincoln and his lenient policy toward the reconstruction of the Union?
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500
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State ... the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be ... forever free"
What is the relationship between this map and the primary source text?
What is the relationship between this map and the primary source text?
The Emancipation Proclamation (Primary Source text) only freed slaves in those states still in rebellion. If Lincoln freed ALL the slaves, the border states would have joined the Confederacy.
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