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What was the Missouri Compromise?
Created one slave and one free state every time a new state entered the union in order to keep the balance in Congress.
In Lincoln's first Inaugural Address, what does he say about slavery? I want an answer close to the actual wording and I have the final say on what is close enough
"I have no purpose to interfere with it"
Write down the 11 Southern States that seceded. Every correct one gets you 100 points
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate troops did what?
Fired on Fort Sumter
What infamous group was formed to terrorize free blacks after the Civil War?
Klu Klux Klan
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Required every citizen to return runaway slaves if they were in a position to do so
What does Mississippi's Declaration of Secession say about slavery? I want an answer close to the actual wording and I have the final say on what is close enough
"Our position is thoroughly identified with slavery because it is the greatest material interest in the world"
The first state to leave the union in December 1860 was ___________
South Carolina
The first major battle of the war in 1861 where the North lost and everyone knew the war would not be short
First Bull Run
Which former General became U.S President after the war?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was Bleeding Kansas?
The violence between Pro and Anti Slavery settlers to decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state
What did Confederate VP Alexander Stephens say about slavery? I want an answer close to the actual wording and I have the final say on what is close enough
"Its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that slavery is his the natural and normal condition of the African race"
The Southern States formed what country after they left the union?
Confederate States of America/ Confederacy
Two major Confederate defeats in July 1863
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
What was the enforcement act of 1871?
Use the Army to fight the KKK
What was "Popular Sovereignty"
Each state voted on whether or not to allow slavery
What did Patrick Cleburne say about slavery? I want an answer close to the actual wording and I have the final say on what is close enough
"They say slavery is what we are fighting for. Even if it was, our enemies aren't fighting to end slavery. They are fighting to make a stronger national government"
Name one state that had slavery but stayed in the union
Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland and Missouri
What did Abraham Lincoln pass in 1863 as a way to make the war about ending slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was Sharecropping?
A farming method where poor people rented and farmed land in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest time
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Tried to ban slavery completely in the west.
What issue, other than slavery, did Texas mention in their Declaration of Secession? I want an answer close to the actual wording and I have the final say on what is close enough
1. We aren't getting the money we need from the federal budget
2. We aren't getting help fighting mexico and the indians
What was the name of the states that had slavery but stayed in the Union?
Border States
In April 1865, Lee surrenders to Grant at _____________________
Appomattox
Give me the number and description of one of the three Reconstruction Amendments.
13th Amendment: Banned slavery
14th Amendment: All former slaves are legal citizens
15th Amendment: Black men can vote