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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
100

Which Amendment saw the abolition of slavery?

13th Amendment

100
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
100
What was the southern economy based on?
Cotton and Agriculture
200
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state
200
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant
200

What were the set of "laws" established in the South in order to deny African Americans their rights?

Black Codes

200
The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th
200
which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
None (freed only slaves in the Confederacy)
300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
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Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
300

Which Amendment saw the lose of support of women?

15th Amendment

300
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
300

What is a draft?

Forcing people to serve in the military during a time of national crisis

400
This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
400
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
400

Which Amendment gave African Americans citizenship?

14th Amendment

400
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
400
What happened to the southern economy during the war?
High Inflation drove up prices
500
What is Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the territory over slavery
500
Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
500

What was the practice in the South that attempted to illegal reinstate slavery.

Sharecropping

500
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
500
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