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1
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What is another name for Southern nationalists?

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Fire Eaters

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2
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Where was John Breckinridge from?

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Kentucky

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3
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Who was the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election?

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John C. Breckinridge

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4
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Who was the Republican candidate in the 1860 election?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the Northern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election?

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Stephen Douglas

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5
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Who was the Constitutional Union candidate in the 1860 election?

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John Bell

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6
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How many Southern votes did Lincoln get in the 1860 election?

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0

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6
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Who was the Secretary of State in 1855?

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William L. Marcy

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7
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How many states originally succeeded when Lincoln became president?

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7

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7
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When was Lincoln inaugurated?

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March 4th, 1861

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8
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What happened on December 20, 1860?

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South Carolina seceded from the Union

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9
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What was Lincoln intending to do when he sent ships to Fort Sumter?

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Resupplying and maintaining federal support of Fort Sumner

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10
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What year did South Carolina secede?

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1860

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11
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What year was the Fort Sumter battle?

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1861

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12
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What year did the Civil War begin?

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1861

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13
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What was the population of the North in 1860 (in millions)?

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21 million

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14
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What was the population of the South in 1860 (in millions)?

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6.5 million

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15
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How many men served in the Union Army (round number)?

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2.7 million

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16
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How many men served in the Confederate Army (round number)?

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1.2 million

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17
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Which side had more resources for the war?

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The Union

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18
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How many Union soldiers died at the POW camp in Andersonville, GA? (In thousands)

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About 13,000

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18
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Who won the first battle of the Civil War?

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Confederates

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19
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What was the name of Lincoln’s plan to strangle the South economically?

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The Anaconda Plan

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19
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Who was the commanding general for the South?

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Robert E. Lee

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20
What Confederate “raider” had great success against Union shipping in the Atlantic?
CSS Alabama
21
What was the Confederacy's biggest advantage in the war?
King Cotton
22
What next generation vessels that would have been able to break the Union blockade were almost sold to the Confederacy?
Laird Rams
23
According to Alexander Stephens what was the “cornerstone” of the Confederacy?
Slavery
24
Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander H. Stephens
25
The Union’s first significant victories came with the capture of what?
Rivers and supply lines west of the Appalachian Mountains
25
Who was the Union Admiral that steamed into New Orleans in April 1862?
David G. Farragut
26
In what state did the battle of Bull Run occur?
Virginia
27
Who led the Union army in their first win of the war?
Ulysses S. Grant
28
Who was the Union General during the Second Battle of Bull Run?
John Pope
29
Who was the winning general at the Battle of Antietam?
George B. McClellan
30
What was the name of escaped slaves?
Fugitive or Contraband Slaves
31
Congress adopted a resolution proposed by who that affirmed that the Union had no intention of interfering with slavery?
John J. Crittenden
32
What did African-Americans in the North and South call the war?
The War of Liberation
33
In what year did Congress prohibit the army from returning fugitive slaves?
1862
34
What did the 2nd Confiscation Act do?
Permanently freed the confiscated slaves
35
Who was the Secretary of State during Lincoln’s administration?
William H. Seward
36
What did the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation warn?
If the Confederates didn't stop fighting and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, all slaves in the Confederate states would be freed
37
Who carried out the total war strategy in Georgia?
William Sherman
38
Who was the commanding general at the end of the war for the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
39
Who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves in the Confederate states
40
Who was not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in the Union border states
41
By the end of the war how many African-Americans had served in the Union Army?
179,000
42
How many black soldiers survived in 1864 when troops under Nathan B. Forrest overran Fort Pillow?
0
43
What is considered Lincoln’s finest speech?
The Gettysburg Address
44
Who was the brilliant general leading the army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
45
The Supreme Court in the case Ex Parte Milligan declared what?
Using military tribunals to try civilians is unconstitutional when civil courts are operationing
46
How many acres of land did the Homestead Act offer for free to settlers in the West?
160 acres
47
What act helped the states in establishing “agricultural and mechanic colleges?”
Land-Grant College Act of 1862
48
What was the final chance at victory for the Confederacy?
Gettysburg
48
What were Sanitary Fairs?
Fundraising events for the Union's medical and sanitary efforts during the war
49
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
50
After the war who was not only an advocate for women's suffrage, but also became president of the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
51
His “charge” at Gettysburg was annihilated.
Pickett's Charge
52
What did Republicans label those northerners who were opposed to the war?
Copperheads
53
What did the Union’s draft law allow individuals to do?
Hire substitutes or pay a fee of $300 to avoid military service
54
What was the “twenty-negro” provision in the Confederacy?
It exempted 1 white mand for every 20 slaves owned on a Confederate plantation
55
He was the commanding Union general multiple times, but Lincoln replaced him because he wouldn’t fight.
George McClellan
56
What were two places where food riots broke out in 1863?
Richmond, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia
57
At Chancellorsville what lieutenant was mistakenly killed by fire from his own soldiers?
Stonewall Jackson
58
What was the largest battle ever fought in the North American continent?
Battle of Gettysburg
59
Who was the Peace Democratic candidate for President in 1864?
George McClellan
60
This important victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
61
What did the Wade-Davis bill require of every state for readmission?
50% of the state's white males take an oath to the US
61
Where did Lee surrender?
Appomattox Court House
62
Where was President Lincoln mortally wounded at?
Ford's Theatre
63
What year did General William T. Sherman finally enter Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center?
1864
64
Who shot President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
65
What was the ruling in the slaughterhouse cases?
The fourteenth amendment only applied at the federal level and states could ignore it
66
What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution (Separate but equal)
67
What bill by Radical Republicans would have had extremely harsh terms for states to be readmitted, but was pocket vetoed by Lincoln?
Wade-Davis Bill
68
What were the two ships involved in the first ironclad battle?
Monitor and Merrimac
69
What year was the Battle of Shiloh?
1862
70
What year was the Battle of Antietam?
1862
71
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1863
72
What year was the Wade-Davis Bill?
1864
73
What city had draft riots in 1863?
New York City
74
What general “marched to the sea” in 1864?
William Sherman
75
What year was the 13th Amendment?
1865
76
What amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
77
What year was the Ex Parte Milligan ruling?
1866
78
Who was the Secretary of War in 1865?
Edwin Stanton
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Politically, what label would have fit for Andrew Johnson before Lincoln chose him as a running mate in 1864?
War Democrats

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