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88 Cards in this Set
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What is the right to vote called?
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popular sovereignty
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List the seven events that led to popular sovereignty?
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1. land owning white males
2. white male tax paying (21) 3. (before 1850s) women's suffrage movement 4. 15th Amendment (1865) 5. 19th Amendment (women) 6. Civil Rights Act of 1964 7. 26th Amendment (18 years old) |
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Name three women suffragettes.
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1. Susan b Anthony
2. Beecher 3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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Who was the cofounder of the NAACP?
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Mary White Ovington
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What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
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1. CA-free
2. DC-slave trade is made illegal 3. NM and UT- vote for slavery |
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What law stated that runaway slaves must be returned?
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fugitive slave law
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What caused the civil war?
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states' rights
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What did did Dred Scott vs. Sanford rule?
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the slaves are property
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In Dred Scott vs. Sanford who did the supreme court rule in favor of?
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Sanford, slave owner
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Which white abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry armory and gave weapons to slaves?
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John Brown
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In the election of 1860, who represented the Democrats?
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north- Douglas
south- Breckenridge |
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In the election of 1860, who represented the Republicans?
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Lincoln
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What state was the first state to secede? When did they secede?
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South Carolina
Dec |
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By February, ____ states had seceded.
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7
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What did the seceded states form?
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Confederate States of America
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When South Carolina seceded, who was president of the USA? What were his three options?
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Beuchannan
1. let south go 2. tell south no 3. fight/war |
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Who was commander of the SC militia at Fort Sumter?
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Beauregard
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What were the years of the civil war?
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1861-1865
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Who was president of the Confederate states? Union (once war starts)?
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Davis
Lincoln |
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What was the capital of the confederates? union?
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Richmond
Washington DC |
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Who was the confederate general? union?
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Robert E Lee
Grant |
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What were the four advantages on the confederate side?
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homefield
generals cotton rice |
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What were the 7 advamtages on the union side?
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more money
population supplies navy railroads horses food |
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What were six of the eight new technologies of the civil war?
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repeating rifles
bullets rifling pistol-colt revolver cannon-shell canister Gatlin gun gunboats-west battles/rivers submarines |
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What was the first battle of the civil war?
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battle of Bull Run
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When did SC secede?
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Dec 20 1860
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When was FT Sumter attacked?
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April 1861
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What was the war plan for the CSA? union?
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war of attrition
annaconda |
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At the Battle of Ft. Henry and Dunelson, who won?
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union
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What was gained from the Battle of Ft. Henry and Dunelson?
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control of the Cumberland river
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When was the Battle of Ft. Henry and Dunelson?
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Feb 1862
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How many soliders did the union have at the Battle of Ft. Henry and Dunelson? What was another huge advantage for them?
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15,000
gunboats |
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Who was the commander of the union army during the Battle of Ft. Henry and Dunelson?
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Grant
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Who won at the Battle of Shiloh?
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union
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What was gained at the Battle of Shiloh?
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Tennessee River
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How many union causalities were there at the Battle of Shiloh? How many soldiers were there?
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13,000
42,000 |
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Who was the CSA commander at the Battle of Shiloh? How many soldiers were there? How many casualties?
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Gen Johnston
40,000 11,000 |
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Who won at the Battle of New Orleans?
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union
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When was the Battle of New Orleans?
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April 1862
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Who was the union commander at the Battle of New Orleans?
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Admiral David Farragat
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What was gained from the Battle of New Orleans?
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Baton Rouge and Natchez
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When was Memphis, TN won over by the union?
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June 1862
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Who won the Battle of Vicksburg? What did they gain?
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union
MS |
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Who won the Battle of Antietam?
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no winner
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When was the Battle of Antietam?
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Sept 1862
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Who was the union commander at the Battle of Antietam? How many troops did he have?
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McCllelan
75,000+25,000 |
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What was the GOAL of the Battle of Antietam?
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gain Richmond
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Who was the CSA commander at the Battle of Antietam? How many solders? How many casualties?
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Lee
40,000 14,000 |
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What were the last two major battles CSA won?
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Fredricksburg
Chancellorsville |
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Where was Stonewall Jackson killed (battle)?
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Chancellorsville
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Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that:
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Lincoln had sent supplies to the fort
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Northerners rallied to support a war against secession especially because:
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the south attacked Fort Sumter
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In order to convince the Border States to remain in the union, President Lincoln declared:
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martial law whenever need
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Lincoln's declaration that the northern war aim was to preserve the Union with or without slavery was an indication of the influence of the:
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border states on his policies
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The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its:
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economy
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The North's greatest strength in the Civil War was its
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economy
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Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the civil war was cause by the South's:
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transportation system
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One reason the British did not try to break the union blockade of the south during the civil war was fear of:
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losing northern grain shipments
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As the civil war began, the south seemed to have the advantage of:
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military leadership
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A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was:
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intervention from Britain and France
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Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabama:
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proved to be effective against union shipping
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The confederacy's most effective warship was the:
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Alabama
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The southern cause was especially weakened from within by the concept of:
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states' rights, on which it was founded
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As leader of the confederacy, Jefferson Davis:
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defied rather than led public opinion
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To meet the army's demand for troops, the north relied mainly on:
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volunteers
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The union's establishment of the national banking system created a:
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financial system that lasted for fifty years
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During the Civil War, the union financed the war by:
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new tariffs and income taxes
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As a result of the Civil War, the northern economy emerged:
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more prosperous than ever before
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A new profession that attracted many women during the civil war was:
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nursing
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During the civil war, women in the north had few opportunities opened to them in:
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industry
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The south's victory at Bull Run in 1861 reduced:
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Southern enlistments
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The union's defeat at bull run in 1861 was better than a victory because it caused northerners to:
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buckle down to the task of a long difficult war
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General george b mcclellan is best described as:
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cautious
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The final union war strategy turned to:
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total war
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The union blockade is best described as originaly ____, but finally _______.
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leaky
effective |
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When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in states still:
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in rebellion against the US
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The two major battles of the civil war fought on the union soil were:
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Gettysburg and Antietam
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The north's victory at Antietam allowed president Lincoln to issue:
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Emancipation of proclamation
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All slavery was legally abolished in the US by the
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13th Amendment
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During the Civil war African Americans were enlisted in the union army only after the ____________ was issued.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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African Americans who fought for the union army in the civil war served _____ and suffered _______.
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bravely
extreme casualties |
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The battle of Gettysburg was significant because it meant that the __________ was doomed.
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southern cause
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The union victory at vicksburg was of major importance because it reopened the ______river, paired with the victory at _______ it caused foreign help to die out, and it helped quell northern _______.
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Mississippi
Gettysburg peace agitation |
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One consequence of General William T Sherman's style of warfare was:
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a shorter war that saved life
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In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln ran on the _______ ticket.
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Republican, Union
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In 1864 election, the Democratic nominee who opposed Lincoln was __________.
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George McClellan
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The union army's victory in the capture of ______ was probably critical to Lincoln's reelection in 1864.
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Atlanta
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The assassination of Lincoln was a:
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calamity for the south
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