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  • What advantages did the North have at the start of the Civil War?
    Larger population, industrial capacity, and a more extensive railroad network.
  • What were the main terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865?
    Confederate soldiers could return home with their horses, and no soldiers would be tried for treason.
  • What was the main message of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
    To expose the moral and human costs of slavery.
  • What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
    To address tensions over slavery in newly acquired territories and maintain the Union.
  • What was the outcome of the Civil War for the United States?
    The Union was preserved, slavery was abolished, and the process of Reconstruction began.
  • What were the main components of the Republican Party platform in 1860?
    Opposition to the expansion of slavery and support for a protective tariff and internal improvements.
  • What was one significant outcome of the Mexican-American War?
    The U.S. gained new territories, including California and much of the Southwest, through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  • How did the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) change the nature of the Civil War?
    It shifted the focus to ending slavery, in addition to preserving the Union.
  • What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam (1862)?
    It was the bloodiest single day of the war and led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • What role did women play during the Civil War?
    They served as nurses, managed farms and businesses, and supported the war effort through organizations.
  • What event directly caused the secession of Southern states?
    The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
  • What was the Union's strategy known as the Anaconda Plan (The Great Snake)?
    To blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to strangle the Confederacy's resources.
  • What was the significance of the Homestead Act (1862) during the Civil War?
    It encouraged westward expansion by granting 160 acres of public land to settlers. Confederates could not.
  • What role did African American soldiers play in the Civil War?
    They served in the Union Army, especially after the Emancipation Proclamation, contributing significantly to the war effort.
  • What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
    To honor fallen soldiers and redefine the war as a struggle for liberty and equality.
  • Who was John Brown, and why is he a significant figure in the lead-up to the Civil War?
    An abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry to incite a slave uprising.
  • How did the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857) impact the nation?
    It ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
  • Who led the "March to the Sea," and what was its significance?
    General William T. Sherman; it aimed to destroy Southern infrastructure and morale.
  • What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) establish regarding slavery?
    It allowed for popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.
  • What was the primary goal of the Missouri Compromise (1820)?
    To maintain the balance of free and slave states in the Senate. Maine = Free, Missouri = Slave
  • How did Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 affect the Reconstruction era?
    It led to increased tensions between President Johnson and Congress over how to rebuild the South.
  • Why was the Siege of Vicksburg (1863) a turning point in the Civil War?
    It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
  • How did the Second Great Awakening influence reform movements in the antebellum period?
    It inspired movements for abolition, women's rights, and temperance through its focus on morality and societal improvement.
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