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Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?

It would ruin their economy

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Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
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What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?
Battle of Vicksberg
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In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
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What was the southern economy based on?

Cotton and Agriculture

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?

Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state

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Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant
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What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
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The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th
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which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

None (freed only slaves in the Confederacy)

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What turned the Civil war from preserving the Union to freeing the Slaves?

Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

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Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
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What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysberg
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The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
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What is Impeachment?

To be charged with a crime 

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This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war

Election of Lincoln

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Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
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What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
Anaconda plan
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The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
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Who were white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction 

Scalawags

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What ended Reconstruction?

Election of Rutherford B. Hayes

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Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
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What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)
Battle of Antietam
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were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.
Black codes
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What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?

Reconstruction