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What did the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court do?
Overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery.
100
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia).
100
“…dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” - Abe Lincoln///// Which speech is the above a quote from?
Gettysburg Address.
100
The Missouri Compromise established the 36°30 line of latitude as the boundary to determine the slave status of states entering the U.S. - TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100
"And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." -Abraham Lincoln///// What speech is the excerpt from?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
200
Which post-Civil War amendment permanently abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment.
200
"A house divided against itself cannot stand" - Abe Lincoln///// What issue caused Abe Lincoln to make this statement?
Extension of slavery.
200
Who was named the top Union general and commanded all Union forces until the end of the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant.
200
What was Lincoln’s primary goal during the Civil War?
Preserve the Union as a nation.
200
Which two regions were strengthened economically due to the Civil War? - North, South, Midwest.
North and Midwest.
300
The 15th amendment grants what?
Universal male suffrage (all males could vote).
300
After the Emancipation Proclamation, how did the Civil War impact African Americans?
They were able to enlist to fight in the war.
300
Which book inspired those in the abolitionist movement to continue to fight slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
300
Which man was a United States Senator who became the leader of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis.
300
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became a prominent abolitionist - TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE!
400
“…with malice towards none, with charity for all… to bind up the nation’s wounds" -Abraham Lincoln////////// Based on the quote above, how did Lincoln believe the South should be treated after it was defeated?
Allow the South to rejoin the nation without being punished.
400
What event happens after the election of Abe Lincoln in 1860 that helps kick off the Civil War?
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
400
The Compromise of 1877 opened the door to what era?
The Jim Crow Era.
400
The Kansas-Nebraska Act eventually led to the birth of what political party? (Hint: Anti-slavery)
Republican.
400
President Abraham Lincoln believed the Civil War was fought to preserve the ideas of the Declaration of Independence - TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE!!!
500
Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg.
500
The major reason Andrew Johnson was impeached by Congress was that he fought over Reconstruction with radicals in Congress - TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE!!!!!!!!
500
What compromise did the Kansas-Nebraska act repeal?
The Missouri Compromise.
500
How did the ideas expressed in the Emancipation Proclamation change the Union’s war aims?
It made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim.
500
"By the 1850's, the Constitution originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord." What does this quote suggest about the United States prior to the Civil War?
There were vast regional disagreements and differences (sectionalism).