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Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy
100
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
100
What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?
Battle of Vicksberg
100
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
100

What was the southern economy based on in the deep south before the Civil War?

Cotton and Agriculture

200
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state
200
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant
200
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
200
The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th
200
which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
None (freed only slaves in the Confederacy)
300
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
300
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
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What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Gettysburg

300
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
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Stephen Douglas' plan to allow each territory to vote on slavery before the Civil War 

Popular Soverignty

400
This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
400
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
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What was the name of the Union's strategy to win the war? and what were the three parts of the strategy? 

Anaconda plan:

blockade south

capture capital at Richmond 

capture Mississippi River 


400
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
400

What effect did the cotton gin have on the Southern Economy and who invented the Cotton Gin? 

Faster harvesting and processing means more profits, which increased the demand for slaves and southern commitment to cotton production 

Eli Whitney 

500
What is Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the territory over slavery
500
Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
500
What battle was the bloodiest day in America’s history? (at that time)
Battle of Antietam
500
were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.
Black codes
500
What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?
Reconstruction