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61 Cards in this Set
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Who invented the cotton gin
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Eli Whitney
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What was a valuable crop in the South
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cotton
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What are people called who spend much time trying to outlaw slavery
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abolionists
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Who was a freed black woman from New York
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Sojourner Truth
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Who was an author from Connecticut and wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What percentage of Southerners owned slaves
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fewer than five percent
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What was the secret network of escape routes for blacks called
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Underground Railroad
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Who was a famous leaders of the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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What is a compromise
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a decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument
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free states
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states not allowing people to own slaves
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slave states
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states that allowed people to own states
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decision that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state
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Missouri Compromise
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What are tariffs
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taxes
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Who was born in 1809 in the hills of Kentucky
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Abraham
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Why was Lincoln called Honest Abe
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He worked hard and paid off all of his debts
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In 1846 Lincoln was elected to the
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United States House of Representatives
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In 1860 Lincoln became the what for the US
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16th President
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List the Confederate States
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South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas
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Confederate States elected whom to be President
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Jefferson Davis
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What was the war that began the Civil War
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at Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC
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What were the Yankee soldiers called
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Union soldiers
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What were the Southern soldiers called
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Confederate Army
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Union Soldiers wore
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blue uniforms and marched under the Stars and Stripes
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Confederate Army wore
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grey and had their own flag - "Stars and Bars"
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Confederates used what old ship to crash into the Union's ships
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Merrimac
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Union army built an iron clad ship called
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Monitor
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What announcement made all slaves free in any state fighting against the North
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Emancipation Proclamation
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what amendment gave all slaves in the US freedom
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the 13th amendment
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Who was the leader of the Union troops
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Who was the head of the Confederate army
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Robert E. Lee
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Who was General Lee's most valuable assistant
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General Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson became known as
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Unconditional Surrender Grant
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Jackson's most famous victory was at
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Where did Stonewall Jackson get his nick name
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Battle of Bull Run
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How did Jackson die
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riding into camp and one of his own men mistook him for an enemy and shot him
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What was the turning point of the war
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Battle of Gettysburg
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In what battle did the Union army gain Vicksburg and the Mississippi River
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Battle of Vicksburg
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in 1864 General William T. Sherman captured what city
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Atlanta, Georgia and then Savannah, Georgia
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what was the capital of the Confederate States
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Richmond
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Lee and Grant met where to write surrender terms
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Appomattox Court House, Virginia
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Terms of Grant's surrender
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North would not take prisoners
Confederate soldiers could keep horses Officers could keep guns and Lee could Keep his sword |
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Results of the War
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1. no state could leave the Union
2. no more slavery in US |
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Where was President Lincoln shot
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Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Who shot Lincoln
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John Wilkes Booth
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Who took over for Lincoln
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VP Andrew Johnson
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What motto showed up during the Civil War
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"In God we trust"
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New songs that became popular after the war
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Battle Hymn of Republic
Dixie Yellow Rose of Texas When Johnny comes marching home |
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Who was a battle field nurse
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Clara Barton
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What did Clara Barton found
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American National Red Cross
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How was mail delivered in 1860
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Pony Express
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Where did the Union Pacific Company start work
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Omaha, Nebraska
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where did the Central Pacific Company start work
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Sacramento, California
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what was the Union Pacific Company and the Central Pacific Company trying to build
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transcontinental railroad
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When did the train companies meet
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at Promontory Point, Utah
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Who was a black man that loved to learn
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Booker T. Washington
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What did Booker T. Washington start
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Tuskegee Institute
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Booker T. Washington wrote what book
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Up from Slavery
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Who made many things from sweet potatoes and peanuts
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George Washinton Carver
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How many products did Carver make from peanuts
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over 285
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What was Carver's laboratory called
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God's little workshop
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What did George Washington Carver encourage farmers to do
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diversify their crops
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