Anti-Slavery
The person who abolished slavery in Nevada
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The person who founded Nevada as a state
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What was the main vein of gold and silver that helped finance the war?
Comstock Lode
For what reasons did Nevada get land from other states? Please state the type of reasons!
What is political reasons?
Why Nevada was needed to ratify the 13th Amendment
What was to abolish slavery?
The physical resources Nevada had that led Abraham Lincoln to become a state
What are gold and silver?
What was the main reason Nevada became a state?
To ratify the 13th amendment
Why did Lincoln take land from Arizona, out of all the other states?
What is Arizona took sides with the south during the civil war and Lincoln wanted them to pay back?
The two territories that received anti-slavery leadership aside from Nevada
What are Dakota and Colorado?
How Nevada’s road to statehood began
What was the discovery of the Comstock Lode?
What did federal taxes contribute to in the war?
Union coffers
Why is the bottom part of Nevada shaped like its shaped?
What is Nevada needed a main water source and the bottom ridges are shaped along the Colorado river?
The year that slavery was abolished in Nevada
What was 1865?
What year Nevada became a territory
When was 1861?
What was the Comstock Lode worth in today's money (about)?
700 million dollars
When did Nevada become a state or get its full shape?
What is 1964?
When Nevada was needed to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to end slavery, what fraction of the state's population was needed to ratify it?
What is 3/4?
The two explorers that originally discovered the Comstock Lode
Who were Patrick McLaughlin and Peter O'Riley
Who were the two prospectors who deserve the credit for discovering the Comstock Lode?
Patrick McLaughlin and Peter O'Riley
In order to take its full shape, what two states did Nevada take land from??
What is Utah and Arizona?