Civil War Unplugged

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What happened as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

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Which of the following were an effects of the Compromise of 1850?
- Escaped slaves were welcomed to work in the western territories
- Freedmen were allowed to vote in the Mexican Cession territory
- Freedmen and slaves were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law
- California became a slave state

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Freedmen and slaves were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

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What common question do the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act answer?

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Should slavery expand into the new states

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What was a major effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

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The Abolitionists movement grew in the North

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Who was the West Point graduate that became commander and chief of the Union army during the Civil War?

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Ulysses S. Grant

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How did the Civil War end?

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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA

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How did the siege at Vicksburg effect the Civil War?

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It upset the balance of power by dividing the Confederacy in half.

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What encouraged African Americans to fight in the war, and shifted the focus of the war to freedom for all? Options: The Gettysburg Address, The 13th Amendment, The Emancipation Proclamation, Dred Scott vs Sanford

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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What's the significance of the bombardment of Ft. Sumter?

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This Confederate attack initiated the Civil War

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After the Civil War, the U.S.'s main goal was to......

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bring the southern states back into the Union