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30 Cards in this Set
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How many men did the Union enlist during the Civil War and how many of those men died?
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2, 324,516 enlisted, 360,000 killed
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How many men did the Confederacy enlist during the Civil War and how many of those men died?
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1,000,000 enlisted, 260,000 killed
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How big of a percent did the total nation die during the Civil War?
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2%
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How many civilians died during the Civil War, mainly in the South?
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50,000
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What were the two nicknames given to the Northern Democrats who sympathetic towards the South, calling Lincoln a dictator for suspending habeas corpus? (P, C)
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Peace Democrats, Copperheads
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When was Lincoln assassinated?
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April 14, 1865
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What was the name of the play Lincoln went to see with his wife and a young couple where he got shot, and where?
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Our American Cousin, Ford's Theatre
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What did John Wilkes Booth shout after shooting Lincoln and escaping? (The South shall survive or Thus be it ever to tyrants)
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Sic semper tyrannis
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What other major political figure was attacked by an assassin? (Secretary of State)
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William Staton
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How much of a reward was placed on John Wilkes Booth?
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$50,000
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When and where was John Wilkes Booth trapped, hide out set on fire, and eventually shot by a Union soldier?
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April 26, 1865, Bowling Green, VA
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Which famous transcendentalist wrote the poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"
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Walt Whitman
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In Lincoln's reconstruction plan, how much % of a state ledge an oath of loyalty to be part of the Union again (by state)?
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10&
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Who were the leaders of the Radical Republicans, who wanted stricter conditions set for the South? (T, B, C)
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Thaddeus Stevens, Ben Wade, Charles Sumner
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When wax the Thirteenth Amendment passed, abolishing slavery?
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December 1865
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What did some Southern Congressmen try to pass, which would still control former slaves?
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Black Codes
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The Freedmen's Bureau aimed to help the 4 million freed slaves, by passing which bill in 1866, saying states couldn't take away African Americans' rights?
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Civil Rights Act
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Which amendment said that any African American male can vote?
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Fourteenth
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The ceremony of honoring the dead of the Civil War became known as what?
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Decoration Day
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Who formed the Grand Army of the Republic to honor veterans?
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General John Logan
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Which unofficial holiday is dedicated to the emancipation of slaves?
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Juneteenth
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When did Union general Gordon Granger inform the slaves of hard to find locations of Mexico that they were free, setting the holiday Jenteenth?
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June 19, 1865
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What was Johnson's act called where he refused to dismiss War Secretary Edwin M. Stanton, leading to him being tried for impeachment?
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Tenure of Office Act
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Which chief justice presided over Johnson's impeachment case in front of the Senate?
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Salmon P. Chase
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How many Senate votes was Johnson away from getting impeached, since 2/3 of the Senate needed to agree?
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1
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When did the Senate vote on Johnson's impeachment case?
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May 16, 1868
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Which president received huge political votes from newly freed African Americans?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Which bill passed was supposed to give African Americans the economic opportunity in the South by splitting plantations to be sold to them, but largely backfired in 1867
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Southern Homestead Act
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The Ku Klux Klan used fear and violence to stop black political power, pretending to be Confederate ghosts, when did they first become recongizable and where?
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April 1867, Nashville's Maxwell House
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What focus did little to give the proper attention to the wrongness of the Ku Klux Klan's actions?
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Westward expansion
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