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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
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What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
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
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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

This battle marked the end of the Civil War.

Appomattox Courthouse

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?

Freed only slaves in the Confederacy, many didn't comply.

300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
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Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
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What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Gettysburg

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

What is a carpetbagger?

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War, usually to profit from the Reconstruction

400
This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
400

Who lead the Raid on Harpers Ferry?

John Brown

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

Most historians agree Reconstruction in the United States took place between these dates.

1865-1877

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

This author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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
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