Civil War & Reconstruction

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What was the southern economy primarily based on?

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agriculture

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What describes slavery's role in the Southern economy?

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It was profitable.

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The violence in Kansas in 1854 occurred because

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most of the people voted for Kansas to be a slave state

Front

Which Supreme Court decision angered and outraged people for saying African Americans were not citizens and had no rights?

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Dred Scott

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Many people opposed slavery that didn't mind it before as a result of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book called

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Who was an escaped slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad?

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Harriet Tubman

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As part of the Compromise of 1850, which law made it possible for California to join the Union as a free state?

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Which of the following was part of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan?

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Attacking the Confederacy from both the east and the west.

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Why was the Ironclad a unique and valuable weapon?

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It could resist damage from enemy fire

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Which executive order issued by President Lincoln freed slaves in the Confederate states at war with the Union?

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Emancipation Proclamation