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American Civil War

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  • What became the first major legislation enacted over a presidential veto?
    Civil Rights Act of 1866
  • What "era" came after the Civil War?
    Reconstruction
  • Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
    15th Amendment
  • Jim Crow laws are
    Discrimination laws in the south
  • What country do the following people belong to? Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, U.S. Grant
    The United States
  • Name two men who wanted to preserve the Union?
    Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee
  • What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
    freed slaves in the confederate states
  • Where did the Civil War begin?
    Fort Sumter, SC
  • What was the only battle fought in the North?
    Gettysburg
  • Who said, "I cannot fight against my home state"?
    Robert E. Lee
  • Who vetoed the Freedmen Bureau act?
    The President/Jackson
  • Which Border State is south of Pennsylvania?
    Maryland
  • Tariffs made items too expensive. Why else did the South dislike tariffs?
    Great Britain might not buy cotton
  • In the Gettysburg Address, what did Abraham Lincoln say he wanted to preserve?
    A government of, by and for the people
  • Where did the war end?
    Appomattox, VA
  • What did the 13th amendment do?
    abolish slavery
  • Who started the American Red Cross?
    Clara Barton
  • What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Runaway slaves joined the Union Army
  • Put the compromises in order: Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise
    Missouri, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska
  • Who was the Confederate General who died from infection?
    Stonewall Jackson
  • What law allowed slave owners to send slave catchers to the north to return runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Act
  • The Conderates represented the ______ during the civil war?
    South
  • KY, MO, MD and DE are what type of states?
    Border
  • Identify the state and what type of state is it?
    Alabama, Confederate
  • The 14th amendment says if you...........................
    if you are born in the united states, you are a citizen/guaranteed citizenship
  • What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    Free the slaves in the Confederacy
  • Name two generals in the Confederacy.
    Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
  • What states are shaded red?
    Confederate States of America
  • What was slavery estimated worth in 1860?
    $3 billion ($90 billion in 2025)
  • Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
    Andrew Jackson
  • Who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox?
    U.S. Grant
  • This picture is a depiction of what ?
    Klu Klux Klan
  • What was the 2 major causes of the Civil War?
    State rights and Slavery
  • The freedman bureau helped african americans ......
    get clothes, food, training, education
  • Who was President during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What country was created when Lincoln was elected?
    Confederate States of America
  • When Lincoln became president, what was his first priority?
    To preserve the Union
  • Who was responsible for getting weapons for African American soldiers?
    Frederick Douglass
  • Identify the state and what type of state is it?
    Mississippi, Confederate
  • What was the turning point of the Civil War?
    Gettysburg
  • The Union represented the ______during the civil war?
    North
  • To balance Congress what compromise was approve?
    Missouri Compromise
  • California joined the Union under which compromise?
    Compromise of 1850
  • What battle is known as the bloodiest one day battle?
    Antietam
  • When Lincoln became president, what was his first priority?
    To preserve the Union
  • What is a Border State?
    Slave states remained with Union
  • Who won the Civil War?
    The North
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