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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
What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
Anaconda plan
100
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
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 lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
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

Which Union slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

None (freed only slaves in the Confederacy)

300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
300
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
300
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysberg
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Reconstruction saw the rise of what terrorist organization?

What is the KKK?

300
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
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This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
400
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?

Battle of Vicksberg

400

The Freedmen's Bureau was set up to provide:(identify at least 2)

food, shelter, clothing, medical services, education and land

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 was the President of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

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

The Radical Republican plan required Southern States to do these 3 things to return to the Union.

What is rewrite their constitution, & ratify the 14th and 15th amendments?

500

What is Conscription?

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