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Unit 1 Civil War
Unit 2 Reconstruction
Un3 it The west and Native
Unit 4 Industries
Unit 5 Labor movement
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beacher Stowe

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People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?

abolitionists

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Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
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What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
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In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
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This court case separated the races:

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
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The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
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Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
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This work system was used to make sure African Americans in the south after the Civil War were still dependent on others to survive:

What is Sharecropping?

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Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
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Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
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Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
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This political group-controlled Congress during the era of Reconstruction:

What are the Radical Republicans?

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What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
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What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
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Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
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These laws were used to counter the 15th Amendment in the South:

What are the Jim Crow Laws?

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How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
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What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
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Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi