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Which side was more industrialized and prepared to produce items for the Civil War?
The North
Settler who believe the United States should expand west to the Pacific Ocean, justifying their actions at the expense of American Indians believed in what?
Manifest Destiny
What battle marked the start of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Leader of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
The organization uses violence and terrorism to intimidate people of color, immigrants, and members of various religious groups.
Ku Klux Klan
This court case ruled that slavery was constitutional
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This person raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to initiate a slave revolt
John Brown
Result of Mexico and the United States making territorial claims over Texas
Mexican-American War
President Lincoln's MAIN goal during the Civil War was to do what?
Preserve the Union
The Confederacy struggled to transport goods and military supplies effectively during the war because they lacked behind the North when it came to access to what?
Railroads
Which agreement or law were these actions a part of?
Compromise of 1850
This compromise maintained an equal balance of power in the Senate by allowing Missouri to become a slaveholding state and allowing Maine to become a free state.
Missouri Compromse
This Amendment banned slavery
13th Amendment
This amendment gave citizenship rights to former slaves
14th Amendment
What organization was created after the Civil War to help feed, clothe, and provide medical care to former slaves?
Freedman's Bureau
This battle is considered a turning point in the war because the Union was able to take control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
What famous abolitionist and Northern Democrat who ran during the 1860 Election believed that people living in territories should decide whether to allow slavery?
Frederick Douglas
3 day battle, major win for the Union, bloodiest battle of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
Both sides lost over 10,000 soldiers during this battle. Union forces halted Lee’s advance into the North and, shortly after the battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Bloodiest day of the Civil War.
Battle of Antietam
This person wanted to rapidly integrate Southern states back into the Union by appointing governors who would make the required political changes
President Andrew Johnson
President Johnson was impeached for doing what?
Violating the Tenure of Office Act (removing federal officials without Congress approval)
This Amendment prohibited states from denying citizens the right to vote on account of race
15th
This piece of legislation wanted to ban slavery in territories acquired as a result of the war with Mexico; it failed to pass in the Senate.
Wilmot Proviso
What was the purpose of General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea?
To weaken Southern morale & destroy their supply lines
During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspends what in order to keep confederate sympathizers imprisioned?