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| Purpose of Missouri Compromise? |
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| Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Manie to enter as a free state. Prohibited slavery in Missouri over 36/30 line. Cotton could not be grown there anyway. |
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| North differ from South economically prior to the Civil War? |
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| North was industrial. South was agricultural |
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| 3 technoligical advances that had an impact on the Civil war? |
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| Minie ball(bullet), New musket, railroads, telegraph, embalming, medicine |
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| Someone against slavery , slaves, lead them in rebellion |
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| Wat was the effect of the 1860 election, and what did it show? |
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| Abraham Lincoln became president. Opponent of slavery. Showed the country was split into two. |
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| What was Lincoln's number one goal when the Civil War began? |
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| Make America one country again, stop slavery |
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| Biggest turning point of the war? |
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| Gettysburg. Lee tried assault, failed. North ordered attack and won. South never fully recovered. |
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| What did the Emacipation Proclamation do? |
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| Declared freedom to all slaves in the Confederacy. |
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| Name all the laws/acts passed that helped the slaves during the Civil War and Reconstruction? |
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| Emancipation Proclamation, 13 14 15th Amendements |
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| First state to secede from the Union? |
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| Describe event referred to as "Bleeding Kansas" |
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| An armed pro slavery group burned part of a anti-slavery town. John Brown |
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| Women's role in Civil war? |
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| What happened to all the Confederate soldiers following the Civil War? |
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| They were pardoned, (forgiven for their crimes) |
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| Name the battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi river? |
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| Which battle had the greatest one day total of casualties and led to the Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Antietam, 23,000 soldiers died in one day |
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| How did the Confederate government differ from the US government? |
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| Did not use original constitution, made their own. States were independent from each other, guarenteed right to own slaves. No judicial system. President elected for 1, six year term, no re election |
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| What is popular soverignty? |
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| state is created and sustained by the will or consent of its people |
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| This is the place that the Confederacy officially surrendered to the Union? |
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| Were blacks allowed to fight for the Union during the Civil war? why, why not? |
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| No, because if they were captured as war prisinors in the South, they would be forced to slavery. |
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| To segreagate and control the black population, restrict black civil rights. |
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| Why was President Johnson impeached? What was the verdict? |
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| Due to his differing views over the nations ratification. Not removed from office |
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| WereNorthern buisnessmen who purchased plantations and became wealthy land owners hiring free men to do their labor. Benefirted from southern misery. |
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| Southern whites who joined the Republican party in the ex. confederate South during Reconstruction |
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| What did the 13th Amendent do? |
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| No slavery , involentary servitude |
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| What did the 14th Amendent do? |
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| Gave everyone who was born in america citizenship |
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| What did the 15th Amendent do? |
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| attacked wealthy planter, rebellion must be punished, rid of all former confederate militay. Those who owned $20,000 or more. Old planter aristocracy to small farmers |
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| 10% of voting population must take oath of loyalty, then could beocme their own state. All confederates emprisoned, end of slavery, leniant in reberl states. |
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| South let Nirth win presidency, if they were in the cabinet, no military in south. Blacks left to suffer in south. |
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| Significance of PLessey Vs. Ferguson? |
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| Made segregation legal. Seperate but eqaul |
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| Resist reconstruction. Reverse social changes brought on by federal gov. about black freedom. |
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| Sharecroppers in charge of buisness. Had to pay rent, food and supplies |
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