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Which state was admitted to the Union through the Compromise of 1850?
1) California
In which battle were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
The election of whom was the final event that led to the South seceding from the US?
Election of President Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves only in what region?
The South
What was the immediate effect of the end of the Civil War?
President Lincoln believed that:
A) each state has the right to choose whether to belong to the Union
B) the country will survive when states elect to secede
C) it was illegal for states to secede
D) the South should be punished for its conduct
C) it was illegal for states to secede
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation several days after which major Union victory?
Antietam Battle
Which Confederate general earned a famous nickname for not fleeing at the Battle of Bull Run?
General "Stonewall" Jackson
A. Two million
B. Three million
C. Four Million
B. Three million
What was the period after the Civil War called?
The Reconstruction Era
What do the states of Maryland, Delaware Kentucky, & Missouri have in common?
They are border states.
What Pennsylvania battle is considered the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
Which Union general led his army in destroying everything in a path from Atlanta to Savannah?
General William Sherman
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments guaranteed the rights of what group?
Former slaves
What two foreign countries did the Confederacy want to come to their aid?
France and Great Britain
Complete this sentence: Prior to the Civil War, the North’s economy was based mostly on __, While the South’s was based on ____.
industry, farming
Which early Civil War battle took place near Manassas and was a surprising Confederate victory?
First Battle of Bull Run
Who was the General leading the Confederate Troops?
General Robert E. Lee
" Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.."
Which famous speech is this excerpted from?
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Causalities of War
Union Soldiers Confederate Soldiers
Wounded 275,000 194,000
Died of Wounds 110,000 94,000
Died of Disease 249,000 164,000
Which statement is best supported by the table?
A) The Union had better generals.
B) Most soldiers died from disease.
C) The Union should have lost.
D) This was the most casualties of any American war.
B) Most soldiers died from disease.
Most Southerners who wanted to expand slavery belonged which political party? (think election of 1860)
Southern Democratic Party
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865?
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Who assassinated President Lincoln and where did it take place?
John Wilkes Boothe, Ford's Theater
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States." Frederick Douglass, 1863
Based on the document excerpt below, what did Frederick Douglass believe the African Americans would earn by fighting in the Civil War?
Earned the right of citizenship in the United States.
The 13 amendment allowed for __________.
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.