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100This battle shattered the Unions hope of winning the war quickly and easily

The First Bull Run

100How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

States or territories would decide whether to permit slavery.

100The Freedmens Bureau was a/anorganization established by Congress to aid newly freed African Americans.100In the opinion of the North, thi gave commissioners too much power and should have allowed slaves the right to jury trials.

Fugitive Slave Act 100This practice forced freedmen to live in a cycle of debt, first buying goods on credit and then failing to make much money selling their crops

Sharecropping 100Following this compromise, the divisions between North and South became more distinct

Compromise of 1850200Why did Lincoln wait until after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?

He thought the North would support his decision after the victory200enforced the segregation of African Americans and whites.

Jim Crow Laws200The Fugitive Slave Act permitted fugitives to testify on their own behalf. True or False?

False200destroying civilian and military resources

Total War200This organization was formed in Pulaski, TN by ex-Confederate soldiers

KKK300

The Union and the Confederate armies built up their troops by only using volunteers. True or False

False

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What was the major reason why the Democratic Party was not a strong force in the election of 1860?

The Democrats could not agree on a single candidate so their votes were divided between two candidates.

300

The main goal of Reconstruction was to

readmit the former Confederate states into the Union.300

Tennessee was a Confederate, Union, or Border State

Confederate 300What did Generals McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker have in common?

They all lacked aggression and timing.300

This amendment ended slavery in the United States (officially)

13th Amendment 400Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil WarIt was the last time Lees troops launched an attack in the North.400The Emancipation Proclamation was an order from Lincoln

calling for all Confederate slaves to be freed400Lincolns main vision for Reconstruction was to

reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible.400This gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River.

Vicksburg400Why did Union General George B. McClellan hesitate before launching an attack on the Confederate army in 1862?

overestimated the size of the Confederate army.400Who were carpetbaggers

People from the North who moved to the South to profit after the war500Which of the following was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack on South Carolinas Fort Wagner?

54th Massachusetts Infantry500The Civil War began with the

firing of Confederate guns on Fort Sumter500What amendment granted people equal protection under the law

14th 500The goal of the Union army in the West was to gain control of the

Mississippi River500This president was impeached

Andrew Johnson500Who assassinated Lincoln and where

John Wilkes Booth Fords Theater