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Who was the first person to find gold in Califonia?

A

James W. Marshall

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What was the main cause of mass immigration to California in 1849?

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Gold Rush

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California became a state in 1850. What type of state was California admitted as?

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Free State

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4
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Robert E. Lee was the commander of the ______

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Confederates

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5
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The Battle of Gettysburg marked the ________ ________ of the Civil War.

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Turning Point

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6
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President Lincoln uses the dedication ceremony at the Gettysburg’s Soldiers’ National Cemetery to honor the fallen and reassert the purpose of the war in his historic __________ ___________.

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Gettysburg Address

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7
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_______________ case in which the Supreme Court stated enslaved people were not citizens of the U.S.

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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___________ worked in the Underground Railroad and protected fugitive slaves from being caught

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John Brown

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9
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_______________ was founded in 1848 with the purpose of stopping slavery from spreading to the southwest

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Free Soil Party

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10
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What senator was involved with Compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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Territories ______ of Missouri were divided as Kansas and Nebraska

A

West

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What state was admitted as free in The Compromise of 1850?

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California

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13
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What theater was Lincoln shot?

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Ford Theater

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14
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Booth shot Lincoln because he supported ______

A

Black Citizenship

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15
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Booth escaped to ________ and met up with ___________

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Maryland; David Herold

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16
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What southern state was the first to secede?

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South Carolina

17
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Who was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America?

A

Jefferson Davis

18
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How long was the president’s single term under the Confederacy?

A

Six years

19
Q

The Klu Klux Klan was started by ____________ ?

A

Confederate Veterans

20
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One goal of the white supremacists was to maintain ______ between races.

A

Separation

21
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Knights of White Camellia was based in _______ , and were not connected to the KKK.

A

Louisiana

22
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What was the main medicine that revolutionized the war?

A

Anesthesia

23
Q

The USS Monitor has rotating what? (3 things)

A

Gun turret, Low draft, and a Sleek profile

24
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They were a unit in the Union Army that were trained to quickly transfer the wounded

A

The Army Ambulance Corps

25
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Clara Barton was inspired to bring the _____ _______ ________________ to America after she saw it in Switzerland.

A

Red Cross Movement

26
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_____ _____ was the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree.

A

Elizabeth Blackwell

27
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_____ _____ _____ is the only female in history to receive the Medal of Honor.

A

Mary Edwards Walker

28
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What was the estimated number of slaves freed during the Underground Railroad?

A

25,000-50,000

29
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Who wrote the Underground Railroad book in 1872.

A

William Still

30
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What where the guides on the underground railroad called.

A

Conductors

31
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What was the area the first Battle of Bull Run took place?

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Manassas Junction

32
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Did Stonewall Jackson’s own men kill him or did the enemy?

A

Stonewall’s own men killed him

33
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What was the deadliest day in American history?

A

Battle of Antietam

34
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How many states were readmitted into the Union during the summer of 1868?

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7 States

35
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What states did Andrew Johnson try to reconstruct after Abraham Lincoln’s death?

A

The Confederate States

36
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What did the former slaves get stuck participating in where they would far the land in return for a place to stay and very little money?

A

Sharecropping

37
Q

The early Republican party consisted of?

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Former slaves, Northern Protesters, Professionals, Former member of the Whig party, Prosperous Farmers, Business men. (Any answer could work.)

38
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The Republican party was founded in 1854 in response to ___

A

The Nebraska-Kansas Act

39
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Nicknamed the Grand Ol’ Party?

A

Republican Party

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