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IV-1: Causes & effects of the Civil War
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01/14/2005

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This group terrorized minorities and tried to stop the Reconstruction.
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KKK
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Give the name for Northerners who came to the South to make money after the war.
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Carpetbaggers
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The plan developed to ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
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Anaconda Plan
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What were Southerners called who supported the Reconstruction?
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Scalawags
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These laws kept Blacks from voting through literacy tests and poll taxes.
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Jim Crow Laws
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What laws made black people 2nd class citizens?
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Black Codes
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What new state was formed during the Civil War from an existing state?
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West Virginia
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This President opposed Reconstruction and was almost impeached.
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Andrew Johnson
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Robert E. Lee was the commander of this country's forces during the Civil War.
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Confederate States of America
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This battle stopped the Confederate invasion of the North.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The commander of the USA forces toward the end of the Civil War.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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This denomination became a haven for Blacks to escape discrimination.
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African Methodist Episcopal (all black)
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This abolitionist seized an arsenal to try to start a slave rebellion.
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John Brown
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Where was the first capital of the C.S.A (Confederate States of America)?
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Montgomery, AL
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This fort was fired on by the C.S.A. and started the Civil War.
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Fort Sumter
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Name the speech given by Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg Address
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What group focused on terrorizing minorities and occasionally murdering them?
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Ku Klux Klan
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This senator was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor.
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Charles Sumner
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
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South Carolina
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Who was the President before the Civil War who chose to do nothing about the country's secession crisis?
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James Buchanan
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What political party was formed from 3 existing parties and wanted no slavery in new territories?
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Republican Party
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Name the place where Lee surrendered to Grant.

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Appomattox
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This compromise established the Mason-Dixon Line below Missouri.
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
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The policy of governing for emergencies by military rule is known as what?
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Martial Law
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What idea stated that new states could vote to have or outlaw slavery in their state? IV-1
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Popular Sovereignty
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This Alabama County remained neutral throughout the Civil War.
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Winston County
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The legislation adopted by congress that set the final conditions for readmission into the Union.
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Reconstruction Act 1867
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This President was characterized as being corrupt.
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U.S. Grant
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What campaign ravaged Georgia to bring total war to the C.S.A.?
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Sherman's March
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The first country in America that adopted the draft.
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Confederate States of America
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This organization was formed in 1865 to help the immediate needs of freed slaves.
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Freedman's Bureau
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This section of the Constitution forbids holding one in jail for a long time without a charge.
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habeus corpus
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This order freed the slaves in the C.S.A. during the Civil War.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Name the President of the C.S.A.
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Jefferson Davis
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What law gave federal land to the states to build public universities?
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Morrill Land Grant Act
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What battle, won on 7/4, took the Mississippi River from the C.S.A.?
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Battle of Vicksburg
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This case stated that slaves were property and could bring no case before the courts.
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Dred Scott Decision
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Name the law that helped settle the West by giving people land to work.
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Homestead Act
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