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AHSGE Objective IV
Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What congressional solution made California a free state and gave popular sovereighty to the New Mexico and Utah territories? | Compromise of 1850 |
| What part of the solution in the Compromise of 1850 upset many northerners (there were five parts of this solution)? | Fugitive Slave Law |
| What act supported by Stephen Douglas gave popular sovereighty to two territories just west of Missouri? | Kansas-Nabraska Act |
| What political party was formed in the 1850's that supported the antislavery platform (also, it is known as the party of Lincoln)? | Republican |
| what famous court case upheld the right of slave owner as property holders and disallowed slaves to file court cases. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| Who led the massacre at pottawatomie Creek, NE and led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry? | John Brown |
| Who won the preisential election in 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
| what state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860? | South Carolina |
| What county in Alabama never seceded from the Union? | Winston County |
| What state was actually split over the decision to secede and eventually became two states? | Virginia |
| What was the most famous of the black military units to fight in the civil war? | 54th Massachusetts |
| What act passed by the republican dominated congress (during the Civil War) gave large land grants to states from the federal government? | Homestead Act |
| What act passed by the Republican dominated congress (during the Civil War) gave land grants to states from th e federal government? | Morill Land Grant Act |
| What did Lincoln pass on Jan. 1, 1863 granting freedom to slaves in the Confederate states in rebellion? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| What did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War, depriving many citizens of their civil rights? | Writ of Habeas Corpus |
| What was the first major battle of the Civil War? | First Bull Run |
| What battle resulted in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War? | Antietam |
| What major three-day battle di the Confederates lose in Pennsylvania? | Gettysburg |
| What battle in Mississippi resulted in a complete blockade of the south by the Union? | Vicksburg |
| What Union general captured Atlanta and continued southeast to Savannah destroying everythin in his path? | Sherman |
| What famous speech was given by Lincoln at a consecration ceremony shere he reminded Americans of the basic ideal, "All men are created equal?" | Gettysburg Address |
| Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant in 1865? | Appomattox Courthouse |
| What was the program called that retuned southern states to the Union, rebuild the South's infrastructure, and attempted to protect the rights of free blacks? | Reconstruction |
| What were the laws called that were passed by southern states attempting to control freedmen and keeping them in a subservient position? | Black Codes |
| What were northerners called who moved to the south and voted Republican after the Civil War? | carpetbaggers |
| What were southerners who voted Republican after the Civil War called? | scalawags |
| What southern secret society emerged during the Reconstruction that harrassed, tormented, and killed balcks demanding equality? | KuKluxKlan |
| What man served as president during Reconstruction and whose presidency was known for being very corrupt? | Grant |
| What congressional solution resulted in Hayes winning the presidential election in 1876 and Reconstruction ending? | Compromise of 1877 |
| What were the laws called that were passed in southern states after Reconstruction that stripped African-americans of basic rights like voting? | Jim Crow |
| What type of farming existed in the south after the war whre farmers rented land to grouw crops? | tenant farming |
| What type of farming existed in the south after the war where farmers were forced to share crops with landowners? | sharecropping |
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