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Unit II. Jeopardy
Causes
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The 1852 novel that helped rally opposition to slavery (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
The Abolitionist who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry (John Brown)
The state that first broke into widespread violence over the slavery question (Kansas)
The African-American who took his case for freedom to the Supreme Court (Dred Scott)
This law angered northerners because it personally involved them in maintaining slavery
(Fugitive Slave Act)
People
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The General who led the Confederate Army (Robert E. Lee)
Lincoln’s Assassin (John Wilkes Boothe)
The man who became Lincoln’s top General at the end of the war (Ulysses S. Grant)
The Union General who used Total War to break the Southern will to fight (Sherman)
The President of the Confederate States of America (Jefferson Davis)
Battles of the Civil War
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Who won the first major battle of the war? (Manassas—Confederates)
This City was key to control of the Mississippi River (Vicksburg, Mississippi)
The bloodiest day of the War (Antietam)
This Battle marked the last major offensive of the Confederates (Gettysburg)
Fort Wagner was the key to capturing what city (Charleston, SC)
Abraham Lincoln
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Declaration that freed the slaves in the rebelling states (Emancipation Proclamation)
How many times was Lincoln elected President? (2)
What political party was Lincoln the first person elected from (Republican)
What State was Lincoln a US Representative from? (Illinois)
How did Lincoln legally justify fighting the Civil War (Constitutionally bound)
Terms
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People who were in favor of banning slavery were called what? (abolitionists)
The word that means to leave the union (secede)
System in which farmers rented land in exchange for a portion of their crop
(sharecropping)
800 Slave states that remained loyal to the union were called (Border states)
1000 The Civil War plan that called for the economic strangulation of the South (Anacaonda)
Reconstruction
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Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated? (Andrew Johnson)
This group of White supremacists began terrorizing African Americans (KKK)
This group controlled congress during Reconstruction (radical Republicans)
This government agency was created to help former slaves (Freedmen’s Bureau)
This President's Election ended Reconstruction (Rutherford B. Hayes)
Misc:
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Sherman began his March to the Sea in which City? (Atlanta)
Who was the 54th of Massachusetts? (1st Black Regiment)
The Whig party was replaced by what anti-slavery political party (Republicans)
Name the sight where the Lee surrendered to Grant? (Appomatox Court House)
This technological innovation used a long piece of lead with a rounded tip (bullet)
Constitutional Amendments
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What did the 13th Amendment do? (abolished slavery)
What did the 15th Amendment do? (right to vote cannot be denied due to race)
What did the 14th amendment do? (equal protection)
When was the 14th amendment truly enforced (1960s)
Name 2 groups that the 15th amendment upset (women and Southern whites)