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  • Which side won the Civil War?
    the North
  • What were 2 main causes of the Civil War?
    slavery and keeping the Union together (not wanting South to secede)
  • What do we call "laws that were made after the war to stop African Americans from gaining economic, social and political power"?
    The Black Codes
  • What did the 13th Amendment do?
    It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  • Which side had the advantage of the telegraph to communicate orders to the battlefront?
    the North
  • What do we call "the time period BEFORE the Civil War"?
    antebellum
  • Which side had the advantage of familiar territory when fighting?
    the South
  • Which amendment overturned the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision?
    Amendment 14 - if born in US, then you are a US citizen
  • What are "large -caliber cannons to project heavy firepower at a distance"?
    artillery
  • Why is John Wilkes Booth important?
    He assassinated President Lincoln.
  • Who was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • How long did the Civil War last?
    4 years
  • What does the 14th Amendment say?
    Anyone born in the US is automatically a citizen and guaranteed rights
  • What did the 15th amendment say?
    Can't stop people from voting based on race/color
  • Who is the General of the Union?
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • What happened immediately after the 1860 Election of Abraham LIncoln?
    The South seceded
  • What do we call "soldiers that fought on foot and made up most of both armies"?
    infantry
  • What do we call the 12 years AFTER the Civil War that were filled with change and violence?
    Reconstruction Era
  • Why was Appomattox Courthouse important to the Civil War?
    That is where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant
  • Name 2 things the Compromise of 1850 did.
    1) allowed California in as a free state 2) created the Fugitive Slave Law
  • What is the "term used to describe Northerners loyal to the Union" ? (Usually used by Southerners)
    Yankee
  • What is the "idea that people in a territory should vote to decide if slavery would be allowed"?
    popular sovereignty
  • What is the "term used to describe Southerners loyal to the Confederacy" ? (Usually used by Northerners
    Rebels
  • What are 2 reasons that made the Civil War the bloodiest war ever?
    mass casualties caused by newer guns and bullets and old battle tactics
  • What do we call "land that belongs to a nation but is not yet a state"?
    territory
  • What do we call "soldiers that fought on horseback"?
    calvary
  • Why was Fort Sumter important to the war?
    It was the start of the Civil War
  • What is the Confederacy?
    11 states that seceded from the US to form their own country
  • What is the name of the novel that allowed Northerners insight into a life of a slave
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Who is the General of the Confederate Army?
    Robert E. Lee
  • What is the name of the President of the Confederate States of America?
    Jefferson Davis
  • Give 2 reasons why Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
    1) He freed the slaves in the Confederate States 2) Stop Fugitive Slave Law 3) Hoped escaped slaves would join the Union Army
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