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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

Racist group that targeted African Americans and white Northerners

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

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 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 slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

Slaves in the Confederacy

300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
300
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
300
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
300
What is Conscription?
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
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This battle is considered General Lee's greatest victory.

Battle of Chancellorsville

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?

Was economically ruined/devastated.

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 battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)
Battle of Antietam
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/Jim Crow Laws

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