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Who helped Lincoln create the Emancipation Proclamation? What did that do?

Fredrick Douglas & Freed slaves in rebelling states only

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What state is Lincoln associated with?

Illinois 

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What was the Republican Party called before it became know as that?

Whigs

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What group of people did Andrew Johnson hate?

Aristocrats

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Who led the Army of Northern Virginia? The army of the Potomac?

Lee and McClellan

200

Who shot Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

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What state did the battle of antietam happen?

Maryland

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Who ran in the election of 1856? Who won?

John C Fremont

James Buchanan

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What was Andrew Johnson professing before becoming involved in politics?

Tailor

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How many people died in the battle in antietam?

23,000

300

Who were president and vp of the CSA? What states were they from?

Jefferson Davis (miss) and Alexander Stephens (ga)

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Where and when did the last group of African American hear about the 13th amendment?

Texas, June 19th 1865

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How long did the CSA president last? how long was his term supposed to be?

supposed to be 6, only served 4

300

what year did the civil war start? end?

1861-1865

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How many volunteers did Lincoln ask for after the 1st secession?

75,000

400

Who was deemed a "copperhead" and what does that mean?

George McClellan and it was a northerner who sympathized with the South

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What states are considered the boarder states?

Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri

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Who ran in the 1864 Election?

Lincoln and McCellan 

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what was John c Fremont slogan while running?

"Free speech, free press, free soil, free men"

400

Where was Lincoln when he was shot? What was he watching?

fords theater and My American Cousin

500

Who were the 4 candidates in the Election of 1860? What were their parties?

  1. Republican, Abraham Lincoln (Illinois)
  2. Northern Democrats, Stephen Douglass (Illinois) - Popular sovereignty 
  3. Southern Democrats, John C Breckenridge (Ky)
  4. Constitutional Union, John Bell (Tenn)
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Name 5 of the 7 states that left in the first secession. What was the first state to leave?

Sc - 1st, Ga, Miss, Al, Tx, Fl, La

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What was the democrats platform in the election of 1856?

popular sovereignty  

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Why did the 1 & 2nd secession happen?

1st: Lincoln was elected president

2nd: Lincoln asked for volunteers to put down the souths rebellion

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What three states did the republicans needed to win the 1860 election?

Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois