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1
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What was Ailment Proviso?

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A ban on slavery in any territories gained in the war of Mexico

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Who said “our government is a government of white men”

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John C. Calhoun

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3
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Which party supported access to public lands and to give lands to poor farmers

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Free Soilers

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4
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Were the free soilers abolitionists?

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No

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Which party won broad support of white farmers

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Free Soilers

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6
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Which party held the ideal of Jefferson’s free holder society?

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Free Soilers

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7
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What was the name of the nativist party?

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Know Nothings

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8
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What party replaced the whigs?

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The Republican Party

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9
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What party was formed when then Whigs and Free Soilers combined

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The Republican Party

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10
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Who was the 12th president of the United States?

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Zachary Taylor

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“Old Rough and Ready”

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Zachary Taylor

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12
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Where did the 49ers get their name?

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The year of the gold rush - 1849

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13
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What settled mining disputes during the gold rush?

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Claims clubs

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14
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What was the Foreign Miners Tax?

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Charged Latino and Asian Miners

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15
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Who was mainly exploited during the gold rush?

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Native Americans

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16
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After the gold rush died out, what did Californians turned to

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Wheat

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17
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In California originally, there were 20,000 native Americans. How many were left after the gold rush?

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3,000

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18
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What compromise consisted of 5 laws about slavery?

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Compromise of 1850

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19
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What state was free under the compromise of 1850?

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California

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What compromise resolved a boundary issue between New Mexico and Texas in favor of New Mexico

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The compromise of 1850

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21
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What treaty affirmed the Rio Grande boundary to El Paso as the international boundary

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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What compromise abolished the slave trade in British Columbia

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Treaty of 1850

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What treaty organized the rest of the conquered Mexican lands into New Mexico and Utah that left slavery in the hands of the residents

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Treaty of 1850

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24
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How was slavery decided in New Mexico and Utah

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popular sovereignty

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25
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What compromise included the Fugitive slave act

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The compromise of 1850

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What act set up federal courts to determine the legal status of alleged runaways

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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What did abolitionists illegally do to counter the Fugitive Slave Act

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Protected fugitives/runaways

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28
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What case nullified the Missouri Compromise

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Dred Scott Case

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29
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What was the underlying message of the Dred Scott Case?

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Black people are not people

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30
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What were slaves new status in a free state after the Dred Scott Case

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Slaves

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31
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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32
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Was Harriet Beecher Stowe an abolitionist or pro-slavery?

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An abolitionists

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33
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What did the play Uncle Tom’s Cabin depict?

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A family torn apart due to slavery

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Who does “This is the little woman who started the big war” refer to?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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35
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Who was the democrat representative in the 1852 election?

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Franklin Pierce

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36
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Who supported trans-pacific policy to trade with Japan

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Franklin Pierce

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37
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What didi the Treaty of Kanagawa allow the US to do?

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Refuel at Japanese ports

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38
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Which purchase allowed a rail line fro New Orleans to LA

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Gadsden Purchase

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39
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Who oversaw the Gadsen Purchase?

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Franklin Pierce

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40
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What was the name for private military expeditions

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Filibustering

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41
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T/F: Franklin Pierce did not support filibustering

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False

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42
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What policies did Franklin Pierce hold?

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Colonialist

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43
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What was the name of the writing that urged Pierce to seize Cuba by force

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Ostend Manifesto

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44
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T/F: Frankling Pierce was a president

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False

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45
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Why did many Irish immigrate to the US

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Potato famine

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46
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What was the nicknames for immigration ships from Ireland

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“Coffin Ship”

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47
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How many Irish immigrants dye at sea

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10%

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48
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What is chain migration

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One person establishes life then sent for neighbor or family back home

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49
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How did US succeed off of immigrants?

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used work of wage-working immigrants to grow economy

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50
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What is the name for anti-catholicism

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Nativism

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51
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Were nativists pro or anti immigrants?

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anti

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52
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What 2 reasons were there for nativist hostility toward immigrants

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Taking their jobs and spoiling their culture

53
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What political party did Irish support?

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Republicans

54
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T/F: Germans supported abolitionists

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True

55
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What party was anti immigration and anti slavery

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Know-Nothing Party

56
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Why was there resentment for catholicism in America?

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Too similar to a monarchy

57
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What was the law that divided Indian Great Plains to Kansas and Nebraska?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

58
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How was slavery decided in Kansas and Nebraska under the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Popular soverignty

59
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What state rushed into Kansas to skew the vote

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Missouri and New England Emigrant Aid Society

60
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What was the philosophy that led to Bleeding Kansas

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Guerrilla warfare and starting fire with fire

61
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Who won the election of 1857

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Buchanan

62
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What party was Buchanan

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Democrat

63
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What two territories did Buchanan want?

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Kansas and Cuba

64
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What war did Buchanan take part in?

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The Mormon War

65
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What did Buchanan want to do regarding the Missouri Compromise?

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Expand the border to California

66
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What did Lincoln want in terms of slavery in Mexican territory?

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He did not want it

67
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What political party was Lincoln originally?

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A Whig

68
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What political party did Lincoln become?

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A Republican

69
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What did the House divided speech predict

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The civil war.

70
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What was the name for a group of Antebellum South who urged the separation of southern states?

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Fire-eaters

71
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T/F: Lincoln beat Douglas for a seat in the Senate

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False

72
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How long did Lincoln-Douglas debates last?

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Hours

73
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Even though Douglas beat Lincoln, what did the Lincoln-Douglas debates give Lincoln?

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Respect

74
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What was the first battle of the Civil War

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Battle of Fort Sumter

75
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What was the name of the battle where confederates first attacked after seceding?

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Battle of Fort Sumter

76
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What was the name for an assault by an armed band of abolitionist on a Federal Army.

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

77
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Who led the Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown

78
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Who was the president of the confederacy?

A

Jefferson Davis

79
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Who wanted economic sanctions and naval blockades of the southern ports?

A

General Winfield Scott

80
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Which general led the confederacy in the Battle of Shiloh?

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General P.G.T Beauregard

81
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Who was McDowell’s replacement after the battle of Bull Run?

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General George McClellen

82
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Which general helped secure Richmond?

A

General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson

83
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Who was the confederate army leader?

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General Robert. E Lee

84
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Who was the final leader of the union army, who used “hard war” tactics?

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General Ykyssess S Grant

85
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Who was the Native American who fought for the Confederacy

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General Stand Watie

86
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Who was the president of the Union who used very aggressive military tactics?

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Abraham Lincoln

87
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Who commanded Union naval fleets that stuck the confederacy at the Gulf of Mexico?

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David Farragut

88
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Which union general, former 1856 presidential candidate, freed slaves held by Missouri confederates?

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General Fremont

89
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Which general replaced McClellan, but resigned due to his great incompetence?

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General Burnside

90
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Who murdered African Americans at Fort Pillow, and later formed the Klu Klux Klan

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Nathan Forest

91
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Who led confederate raiders and burned down the “free state” town of Lawrence, Kansas.

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William Quantrill

92
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Who led confederates against General George Meade in the battle at cemetery ridge?

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General George Pickett

93
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Who led the union in the battle of cemetery ridge, but let the confederates flee, infuriating Lincoln.

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General George Meade

94
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Who was the first general to use scorched earth policy?

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General Sherman

95
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Which general was ordered to used scorched earth policies to punish confederate raiders?

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General Sheridan

96
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Which confederate general abandoned the city of Atlanta?

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General Hood

97
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Which battle took place at a Virginia railroad function?

A

Battle of Bull Run

98
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Who won the battle of bull run?

A

The confederates

99
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Which battle that took place at a small church in Tennessee, and had more deaths than all previous battles combined

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Battle of Shiloh

100
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Who won the battle of Shiloh?

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Union

101
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Which battle that took place near a creek was the deadliest day in American history?

A

Antietam

102
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Who won the battle of Antietam?

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Union

103
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What were the names of the confederate victories that eroded northern support for the war?

A

Battle of Fredericksburg

104
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Who won at the Battle of Fredericksburg?

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Confederate

105
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In which battles did northerners surround the town for 9 months, then laid siege on it?

A

Battle of Vicksburg

106
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Which was the northern most battle in the Civil war, other than the battle at shrute farms ofc, that led to the death of 50,000 and was a turning point in the war?

A

Battle of Gettysburg

107
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Who won the battle of Vicksburg?

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Union

108
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Who won the battle of Gettysburg

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Union

109
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What was the final battle of the civil war that resulted in Lee fleeing Richmond

A

Battle of Petersburg

110
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Who won the battle of Petersburg

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The Union

111
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T/F: Lincoln originally rejected the emancipation proclamation

A

True

112
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Why did Lincoln wait to write the emancipation proclamation?

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Waited for a union sucess

113
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When was the official Emancipation Proclamation passed?

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New Years Day 1863

114
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T/F: The emancipation proclamation immediately abolished slavery

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False

115
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What allies did the Union get after the Emancipation Proclamation

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Britain and France

116
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Why was West Virginia formed?

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Broke off from Virginia to join the union

117
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What was the name for the legal instrument that protected citizens from arbitrary arrest

A

Habeas Corpus

118
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What controversial constitutional policy did Lincoln suspend?

A

Habeas Corpus

119
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What law resulted in the government giving cheap land to settlers moving west?

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The Homestead Act

120
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What was the paper money of the union called?

A

Greenbacks

121
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What war tactic allowed armies to rampage through towns?

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Hard War

122
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Who used Hard War tactics, the Union or the Confederacy?

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Union

123
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What amendment abolished slavery?

A

The 13th amendment

124
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Who assassinated Lincoln

A

John Wilkes Booth

125
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How many days after he assassinated Lincoln did Booth die?

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8

126
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Where did the civil war officially end

A

Appomattox court house

127
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What caused the end of the civil war

A

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox courthouse

128
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Who documented the civil war in photographs

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Mathew Brady

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