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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 resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?
Battle of Vicksberg
100

The name of the famous speech Lincoln gave at the end of the Civil War 

The Gettysburg Address 

100

What was the southern economy based on? (How did they make their money?)

Cotton and Agriculture

200

This event caused Andrew Johnson to become president. 

Lincoln's assassination (death)

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

________ freed enslaved African Americans in states at war with the union 

Emancipation Proclamation 
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 (created) to:

provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education

300

A military blockade designed to make a city surrender


Siege 

400

The election of _______ triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war

Abraham 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 equal before the law" 

14th

400

The south had big farms called ______

Plantations

500
What is Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the territory over slavery
500

What side did Robert E. Lee fight for 

Confederacy 

500
What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)
Battle of Antietam
500

Were codes that that denied African American men the right to vote, owning guns, and taking certain types of jobs. 

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