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Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy
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Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln

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What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?
Battle of Vicksberg
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In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
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What was the southern economy based on?

Free labor, which was accomplished through the bondage and enslavement of African people, and 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
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What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
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The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th
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Which enslaved people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed African people held in bondage in the Confederate states.

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What political party did President Lincoln and most Black Americans follow?

Republican

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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?
Gettysberg
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The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
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What is Conscription?
Forcing people to serve in the military during a time of national crisis
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This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
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Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
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What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
Anaconda plan
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The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
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What happened to the southern economy during the war?
High Inflation drove up prices
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What is Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the territory over slavery
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Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
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What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)
Battle of Antietam
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The codes were designed to give states control over the behavior of Black Americans. These codes placed very harsh and unfair economic and social restrictions on Black Americans.

Black codes

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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