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42 Cards in this Set
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Who propsed the Compromise of 1850?
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Henry Clay
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The admission of what state in 1850 temporarily upset the balance between free and slave states.
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California
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Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?
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Fort Sumter
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Which two men met at Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of surrender?
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Grant and Lee
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Who was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"?
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Clara Barton
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John C. Calhoun was a famous "states's rights" spokesman from what state?
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South Carolina
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How many states joined the Confederacy?
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11
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
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Harriett Beecher Stowe
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Which man introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Stephen Douglas
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What officer was responsible for capturing John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
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Robert E. Lee
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What was the first major battle of the war?
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First Bull Run
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What bloody battle was fought in Tennessee?
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Shiloh
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In what battle did the Confederate army split and then lure the Union army into a trap?
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Chancellorsville
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What bloody battle was fought in Pennsylvania?
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Gettysburg
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What was the bloodiest single day of the war?
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Antietam
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Who was a leading general at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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A.E. Burnside
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Who was a leading general at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Joseph Hooker
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Who was a leading general at the Battle of Antietam?
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George B. McClellan
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Who was a leading general at the Battle of New Orleans?
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David Farragut
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Who was a leading general at the Battle of Vicksburg?
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U.S. Grant
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Which Confederate general won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Braxton Bragg
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Name the Confederate general who won his nickname at BUll Run.
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Stonewall Jackson
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Which Confederate general led the dramatic charge on Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of Gettsyburg?
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George E. Pickett
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Which Southern general did Lee call the "eyes of the army"?
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Jeb Stuart
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What Confederate navy ship fought against the Monitor?
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Merrimac
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What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
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1863
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Who burned Savannah, Atlanta and Columbia?
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Sherman
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After the surrender of the Confederate army what two things did Grant allow each soldier to keep?
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horse and rifle
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In the North, how much could one pay to get out of the draft?
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$300.00
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By 1865 how much was the Confederate dollar worth?
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1 cent
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Under what party(Union or Confederate) did Lincoln run during the Presidental election of 1864?
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Union
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How many lives were lost during the Civil War?
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600,000
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What amendment outlawed slavery?
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13th
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What were Souhterners called who gave assistance to "carpetbaggers"?
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scalawag
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Who shot President Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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Who was the first President to be impeached?
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Andrew Johnson
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Which amendment made former slaves citizens of the United States?
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14th
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What agreement ended Reconstruction in the South?
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1868
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Who won the Presidential election of 1868?
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U.S. Grant
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Name the man who invented the symbols for the leading political parties: a donkey for the Democrats and an elephant for the Republicans
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Thomas Nast
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Essay Question:
What did Booker T. Washinton believe the freed slaves should do to take their proper place in American society? |
look at the last section of Chapter 14 "Growth of..."
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Describe the advantages and the disadvantages of the North and South in the beginning of the Civil War.
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I am looking for 3 advantages from the South and 3 disadvantages and I am looking for 3 advantages from the North and 1 disadvantage.
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