Period 5 APUSH review

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What and when was the homestead act?

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Law that provide 160 acres of land to anyone who lived on the land and cultivated it. Led to a mass movement to the west after the civil war (1862)

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What was the pacific railroad act?

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Law that gave loans and land to subsidized construction of a railroad to pacific coast. Enabled Americans to move west easily after civil war.

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When did James Brown capture Harpers ferry?

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1859

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What is the 13th amendment?

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Banned slavery in territories and states.

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What was the crittenden compromise? And what year?

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Would allow slavery in western territories and reinstated Missouri line and got rid of all other compromises. (1860)

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When and what was fort Sumter?

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Union fort located in the harbor of Charleston SC after being attacked by confederate forces. Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress rebellion starting civil war 1861.

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What is the correct order of events: appomattox courthouse, March of the sea, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Antietam?

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Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, March of the sea, Appomattox court house

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What was the battle of Vicksburg?

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1863 union controls Mississippi River and splits confederate forces

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what was the battle of Gettysburg

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1863 turning point of the civil war in the east. Northern troops led by George e mead stopped southern forces led by Robert e lee from invading the north.

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What was the compromise of 1850?

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Attempt to reconcile north and south over slavery. Written by Henry clay and admitted California as a free state and popular sovereignty in NM and Utah included the fugitive slave law and ended slave trade in DC.