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He was the President of the United States at the start of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The 3/5 Compromise stated that slaves would be counted as 3/5 when determining a state's
population
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The start and end dates of the Civil War
April 12, 1861 April 9, 1865
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Speech issued by Abraham Lincoln to consecrate a battle field. This was after a significant victory for the Union.
The Gettysburg Address
100
This is when Reconstruction took place.
It started during the Civil War, but really took place mostly after the Civil War.
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The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
Under this, in 1820 Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and Maine joined the Union as a free state. Also, all land above Missouri's southern border would forever be free.
Missouri Compromise
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Locations where the Civil War started and ended.
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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This man assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
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What was the purpose of reconstruction?
The rebuild the southern states (economy, buildings, lifestyle) and to help mend the country and bring the states back together.
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The leader of the Union Army.

The leader of the Confederate Army.

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

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She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Name the 4 border states
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware
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He was the leader of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry
Col. Robert Shaw
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Was Reconstruction easy or difficult? Explain your answer.

Reconstruction was very difficult. The South was in ruins and still did not feel that blacks were equal to whites. It would take several years for all the southern states to be re-entered into the Union.

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He raided Harper's Ferry

He led a raid that killed 55 whites in Virginia

John Brown

Nat Turner

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Under this, the North was allowed to have California enter as a free state and the South got a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law.
Compromise of 1850
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Name 10 Union States
Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, NH, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota.
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This was a military measure issued during the Civil War by Lincoln. It stated that all slaves in areas of rebellion would be freed unless the rebelling state rejoined the Union. It was issued to be effective on January 1, 1863. It was the first step toward ending slavery.

Emancipation Proclamation

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Name the 4 different Reconstruction Plans and who sponsored them

10% Plan - Abraham Lincoln

Wade Davis Bill - Republicans in Congress

Johnson Plan - Andrew Johnson

Radical Reconstruction - Radical Republicans

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A resident of Thetford, he led African American troops until he was shot dead.
Alanson Sanborn
500
This person sued for his freedom in 1857, but Congress stated that slaves were property and not citizens.
Dred Scott
500
Name the 11 Confederate States of America members
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
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The laws were instituted after the Plessy v. Ferguson court case. This case stated that it was okay to separate people by race as long as the facilities for each group were equal. The "separate but equal" doctrine would last until 1954.
Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
500

What are the Reconstruction Amendments and what do they mean?

13th - makes slavery illegal in the United States 

14th - defines citizenship and makes all persons born in the US citizens, including former slaves. 

15th - guarantees the right to vote to black males over the age of 21