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Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy
100
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
100

What battle gave back the South one of its biggest ports? 

Battle of Galveston

100

Laws the South had that kept white people and black people separate. 

Jim Crow Laws

100
What was the southern economy based on?
Cotton and Agriculture
200

What did the North want to do about slavery?

The North wanted to abolish slavery. 

200
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant
200
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
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

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which showed how truly terrible slavery was? 

Harriet Beecher Stowe

300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
300
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
300
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysberg
300
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
300

Where did Lee surrender to Grant? 

Appomattox Courthouse

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
What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
Anaconda plan
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 after the war?

It was severely hurt

500

What was causing so much division in the U.S. at the time? 

States' Rights and Slavery

500

Famous Confederate General who was shot by accident by his own men. Had a famous nickname. 

General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

500

What battle was the LAST battle of the war?

Battle of Palmito Ranch

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