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Which northern generals destruction of the south helped Lincoln get re-elected in 1864

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William Sherman

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Grant captured what city that forced the south to surrender?

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Richmond

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Lincoln and “writ of habeas corpus”

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Protesters went to prison without a trial.

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Poor white southerns said that the civil war was, “a rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight”?

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A) southerns planters who owned 22 or more slaves could avoid military services.
B) the south fought to protect slavery which only helped who owned slaves.
C) wealthy planters could hire a replacement solider to avoid going to war. If you were rich you didn’t have to go to war.

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U.S government financed the civil war by?

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A) establishing income taxes

B) issuing green backs

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13th amendment did what?

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Ended slavery in U.S

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Who found the Red Cross?

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Calara Barton

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What was the 54th Massachusetts regiments?

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A) they were a group of African Americans soldiers who fought without pay

B) they won fame by fighting bravely at fort Wagner

C) they increased the popularity and enlistment of African American soldiers in the union army.

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Frederick Douglass urged Lincoln to do what as a war tactic as well as a moral issue?

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To free slaves

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What document inspired African American to enlist in the union army

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The emancipation proclamation

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The emancipation proclamation did what?

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It freed slaves and rebelling states as a military tactic.

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What battle was the turning point of the war?

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Gettysburg

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What was fort Sumter and where was it located?

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Was a fort that southerns forces attacked at the start of the war in charleston South Carolina

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How did the south’s economy put it at a disadvantage in the civil war?

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A) Southerns did not have industries, it needed to make war supplies.
B) slavery reduced number of men available to serve in the army
C) poor Internal transportation system.

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What was one advantage the south had in the civil war?

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They did not have to invade and conquer the north to ruin.

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Why did the north set up a blockade around the south at the beginning of the Civil War

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To weaken South’s economy by cutting off its trade

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What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

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The battle of Antietam

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Why did Southerners refer to Cotton as King Cotton?

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Because the South cotton was a very important crop in the world market

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Why was the north capture of the port at New Orleans a serious blow to the south

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It was the largest city in the south and was a major part

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The railroads in the north were a major advantage in the Civil War

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Yes they were was one more life and income taxes

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What were the parts of the Anaconda plan the north strategy for winning the war

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To cut off South imports and exports with a naval blockade

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What event started the Civil War

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The south firing in Fort Sumter

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If Maryland had seceded Washington DC would have been surrounded by the Confederacy

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False

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Why was Gen. George McClellan fired by Lincoln

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He failed to capture Richmond

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The capture of what southern city advanced the north plan to divide the south
New Orleans
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What was Anaconda plan
The North strategy to defeat the south by forming a naval blockade and capturing the Mississippi River
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Who was the commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
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How did the southerner leaders justify the secession
They argued since each state had voluntarily join the union it had the right to leave the union.
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How did Southern plantation owners view uncle Tom's cabin
They viewed it as an unfair attack on their way of life
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John Brown attack on Harpers Ferry had what Affect
To inspire slaves for fight for their freedom
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Why did southern states seceded after 1860 election
Southerners feared Republicans would abolish slavery
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Seneca Falls convention did what
To win for woman the same rights as men
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American opposition to immigration
Some Americans were prejudiced against immigrants
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Why Southerners didn't want slaves to learn to read
They feared educated slaves would rebel
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Why Irish immigrants settled in cities along the east coast
They found jobs where they arrived
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How where persons with mental illness treated before Dorthea Dix
They were treated like criminals
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Why Fredrick Douglass and sojourner truth were effective abolitionist
Both have been slaves themselves
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Reasons for European immigration
For a economic opportunities to escape famined and religious persecution
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Women's rights movement and abolitionist movement had what common?
Both try to help a group that was denied rights by law
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Harriet Tubman
Famous because she was a conductor on the underground railroad
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African-Americans and educational opportunity in the 1800
Limited because it was illegal in the south to teach enslaved person to read
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Problems with California becoming a state
If it were a free state or a slave state
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What event started this war with Mexico
Polk ordered Zachary Taylor to straiten troops on desputed island
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Seffin Austin in Birmingham young has what in common
Both carried and found new colonies in the west
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Mountain men
Careers declined after men in the east started wearing Silk hats
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American commander at the Alamo
William Travis commanded Texas forces
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Sought religious freedom in the west (Utah)
The Mormons
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How native Americans resisted the indian removal act
A) challenged the law in the u.s court system B) fought wars against the u.s government C) they lift and then returned
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Jackson said of john Marshall after he ruled in favor of the Cherokees, "John Marshall has made his decision.... Now let him enforce it. "What does this mean?
Jackson did not intend to carry out the courts ruling
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Why the Cherokee were different from other tribes in the southeast
A) Sequoia developed a written language B) Cherokee owned farms and ranches C) Cherokees had their own constitution
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Jacksonian democracy
The central principle was to spread political power to common people
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Why was John Q.Adam's not affective as president of the United States
He had a difficult time accomplishing his goal because Jackson supporters dominated Congress
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Panic of 1837
A ) state banks issued too much paper money b) having too much paper money in circulation cause inflation C) people worried about the health of the nations economy
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Andrew Jackson in the national Bank
He disliked it because he thought the banks policies favoring the wealthy over the average people
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Sequoya
He invented a writing system for the Cherokee language.
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The spoil system andrew Jackson
It was just practice of rewarding his political backers
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Black codes
Laws that severely limited the rights of free blacks to try control African-Americans in this south
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Affect of the war of 1812 on American manufacturing
It encouraged the growth of US manufacturing because a British blockade kept European products out of the US so Americans had to make their own products
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New England and factories
A)swift moving streams and rivers provide a source of power. B)poor soil conditions made farm families willing to do factory work. C) it had ships and Access to the ocean to transport finished goods.
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Why manufacturing grew in the United States between 1800 and 1840
A)transportation improvements made it easier to ship products to distant region of the nation. b) the British blockade during the war of 1812 deprived Americans of European manufacturing goods. C) the single currency issued by the national banks encouraged trade between regions of the country
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Missouri compromise
It's important because it maintain the balance of power of free and Slave states
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Adams – onis Treaty of 1819
It gave Florida to the US
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Mcculloch vs. Maryland
Is Supreme Court ruling created a stronger federal government
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Spirituals
Slaves used spirituals to secretly spread plan to escape
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Gibbon Vs Ogden
Supreme Court ruled that the only federal government had the right to control intrastate commers
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Why northeast and Midwest developed a close bond
There was a great deal of trade between them
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Cotton gin
1. it's development was encouraged by the growth of textile miles 2. it encourage Southerners to settle in Native American 3. It unabled Soren's to grow cotton
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Methods of transportation that improve America's economy
Canals, steamboats, improved roads, steam powered trains.
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The American system
Plan to make the u.s economical self-sufficient
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Sectionalism
In attitude where someone puts the interest of his or her state or region ahead which is best for the nation
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Improvements in transportation changed life in the United States in the 1800s in what ways
1. encouraged national unity by linking distant places 2. they opened up larger market for products 3. they made the movement of people in products cheaper and easier.
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Interchangeable parts
Elie idea that transformed manufacturing by making each copy of a manufactured item exactly alike
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Samuel S.B.morris
Invented the telegraph that allows people to communicate over the long distance
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Nat Turner
Best known for leading in armed revolt of Some 70 slaves.
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Legacy of the war of 1812
The war encouraged the growth of US manufacturing
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Napoleon and the Louisiana territory
Napoleon sold the Louisiana territory to the US for very little because he needed money to fight his wars in Europe
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Sacagawea
She guided Lewis and Clark and acted at the translator
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Oliver hazard Perry
He had a victory of British fleet in 1813 that gave the US the control of Lake Eyrie
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Treaty of Ghent
It ended the war of 1812
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Tecumseh
A Native American leader that died while fighting for the British in the war of 1812 in the battle of tahames .
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Francis Scott Key
Author of a poem that in 1931 became the national anthem of the US
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Judicial review
Supreme Court's power to be the final authority on what the Constitution means.
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Marbury Vs. Madison
It's established the Supreme Court's power of Judicial review
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Judiciary act of 1801
It allowed president Adam to a point many Federalist and judges before his time as president expired
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Corp of discovery
Sent into Louisiana territory to find out if there was an all water route to the Pacific ocean
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Jefferson – problem – Louisiana purchase
He feared it because the Constitution did not empower the president to buy land
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Dolley Madison
She saved important items before the British burned the White House
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Lewis and Clark
They were told by Jefferson to treat the Native Americans in a friendly and peaceful manner
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Election of 1800 decided by the house Of representatives
They determine who the president of the United States would be.

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