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People in New York City began to riot following the institution of what government policy during the war?
A mandatory draft
What person assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What battle was seen as a turning point because it was a huge Union victory in Pennsylvania which forced Lee back into Virginia? It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Gettysburg
At what town did the Confederates surrender to the Union Army in April of 1865, thus ending the majority of fighting in the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
During what battle did the Union capture the Mississippi River following a surrender of Confederates in Mississippi?
Siege of Vicksburg
Following what battle did Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the enslaved population in the South? It was a union victory in Maryland. It was also the single bloodiest day in U.S. History.
Antietam
During what battle did Ulysses S. Grant defeat the Confederates in Southern Tennessee?
Shiloh
What Amendment officially outlawed slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
What is the process given to territories that gave them the right to vote on whether or not to become a free state or slave state?
Popular Sovereignty
The election of the President in 1876 effectively ended the process of rebuilding the South.
Rutherford B. Hayes
What Supreme Court Case Ruled that anyone of African descent could not be U.S. Citizens?
Dred Scott Case
Who was the Confederate General in charge of the Confederate forces and Virginia for much of the war?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the Republican candidate for President in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What territory experienced a micro civil war amidst a vote to determine if they would become a free or slave state called its "Bleeding?"
Kansas
The attack on what fort started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
During the Battle of Hampton Roads, what new warship was introduced by both sides which was heavily armored?
Ironclads
15th Amendment
Who was the FIRST Republican candidate for President who ran in the 1856 election?
John C. Fremont
What legal process gives a person a right to a trial, which Lincoln suspended at the start of the war?
Habeas Corpus
William T. Sherman's March to the Sea went from Atlanta, and marched nearly 300 miles to what coastal Georgian city?
Savannah
What was the period of rebuilding following the Civil War between 1865 and 1877?
Reconstruction
What was the term given to Northern politicians who worked closely and were often friendly with slave supporting politicians in the South?
Doughfaces
Ulysses S. Grant
What person tried to seize weapons from Harpers Ferry to start a slave rebellion in the southern states, but was captured and later executed?
John Brown
What was the name of the Union plan to win the Civil War quickly by relying on capturing Richmond, the Mississippi, and blockading the South at sea?
Anaconda Plan