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The Divisive Politics of Slavery
The Civil War Begins
The North Takes Charge
Reconstruction & Its Effects
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To help slaves make their way to freedom, abolitionists established _______.
The Underground Railroad
100
The Civil War began with what event?
The fall of Fort Sumter
100
What were the total casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Approximately 30%
100
What was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction?
States will be reemitted to the union if 10% of voters in that state in 1860 voted loyally.
100
What were some of the Union's strategies upon entering the war?
To block ports, divide the south, capture Richmond
200
California applied for statehood as what kind of state?
Free State
200
What was the focus of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To give Union soldiers the ability to free slaves.
200
In July of 1863, General Grant sieged which city?
Vicksburg
200
Carpetbaggers were ________.
Northern republicans that moved south after the war, often to take advantage of the southerners.
200
How did the Reconstruction Amendments affect the lives of African Americans?
They gave them more rights than ever before and made the fully ratified citizens.
300
The new Republican Party formed in what year?
1854
300

Why did Lincoln and Davis suspend habeas corpus during the war?

To prevent the disloyalty of citizens during wartime.
300
What was Sherman's march?
General William Tecumseh Sherman's plan to quickly finish the war by clearing a path of destruction through the south.
300
In what year did reconstruction end?
1876
300
What were some actions taken in southern states to further suppress African Americans?
The Klu Klux Klan, beat those who expressed voting rights, killed thousands
400
How many state first seceded from the Union?
7
400
What mandatory action lead to riots in cities?
The war draft
400
What event occurred at Appomattox Courthouse in April of 1865?
The surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant.
400
Many northerners believed the South ___________
needed to pay for their actions, remove former slave owners from power, make African Americans full citizens.
400
What were the main causes of the Civil War?
The Disagreement over new states admittance, over slavery, the need to keep the union together.
500
"Bleeding Kansas" refers to what?
The event in which citizens both in favor of and against slavery attempted to alter Kansas' status on slavery through corrupt and illegal means.
500
What were some problems faced on both sides during wartime?
Lack of supplies, decreased living standards, increased prices, higher taxes, etc.
500
What are some changes in warfare which resulted from the Civil War?
New technologies, ironclad naval ships
500
Sharecropping was __________
The farming of land owned by a separate owner and retaining only some crops.
500
What effects did the Dred Scott Case have?
Gave slave owners more rights, determined slaves as property