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Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Where was the first battle of the Civil War in 1861?
Ft. Sumter
100
What is the act of a state leaving the Union states of a country?
Secession
100
What document issued in September 1862 freed all slaves on January 1, 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
100
What is the right to vote in a election called?
Suffrage
200
Who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia for the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
200
Who was responsible for the Assassination of Lincoln in April 1865?
John Wilkes Booth
200
What was the practice of forced labor and captivity of other humans in the South?
Slavery
200
Which speech did President Lincoln give to dedicate a battle ground as a national site?
Gettysburg Address
200
What was the period from 1865 to 1877 after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
300
Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
300
Where was the only battle that was fought in the North and was a turning point in the war?
Gettysburg
300
What is the belief that states are sovereign and have independent rules and laws from the government?
States rights
300
What was the name given to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
Reconstruction Amendments
300
Which amendment abolished slavery from the United States?
Thirteenth amendment
400
Who was the Union general who won the Civil War by capturing Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
400
What was the Northern victory in 1863 that split the South into two parts?
Vicksburg
400
What is the support and loyalty to a certain region of a country called?
Sectionalism
400
In what speech did President Lincoln call for an end to slavery and to begin binding up the wounds of the nation?
Lincoln's second inaugural address
400
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote?
Fifteenth amendment
500
Who was the African American that escaped from slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement?
Frederick Douglass
500
Where did General Lee finally surrender to General Grant to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
500
What is a tax or duty on an import to protect a domestic industry or country?
A Protective tarrif
500
In which speech did Abraham Lincoln say the North would not interfere with slavery but would preserve the union by force?
Lincoln's first inaugural address
500
What amendment provided due process and equal protection under law for all Americans?
Fourteenth amendment