US History EOC Review FLASHCARD Unit 1 & 2 Civil War/Reconstruction

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President Lincoln was the winner of which election?

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1860

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A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the horrors of slavery and popularized the Abolitionist Movement

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Which Amendment, starting in 1865, abolished slavery?

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13th, 13

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What was the Northern Civil War Strategy to starve the South using a naval blockade, capturing Richmond VA, and controlling the Mississippi?

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Anaconda Plan

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Term used to describe the 1854-1856 Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas:

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Bleeding Kansas

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What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Dred Scott Vs. Sandford from 1857?

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The court ruled that slaves were property, not citizens.

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The Missouri Compromise established the 36' 30' North latitude line as what?

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a dividing line that banned slavery in northern territories while allowing it in southern territories

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What amendment to the U.S. Constitution made former slaves citizens of the U.S. and gave them equal protection under the law?

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14th

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Define the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854:

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It divided Kansas and Nebraska into two separate territories and gave each territory the right to vote on the issue of allowing slavery.

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What did the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allow?

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African American men the right to vote