Civil War & Reconstruction

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Which event leading to the Civil War, also known as “Bleeding Kansas”, allowed slavery in the “North”?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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A “civil war” can be defined as?

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A war fought between two or more groups in the same country.

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The Emancipation Proclamation was?

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A document written by Abraham Lincoln, Was signed after the Battle of Antietam, a Union victory, Freed the slaves in the Confederacy.

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On April 9, 1865, the Civil War effectively ended when the South surrendered to the North at?

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Appomattox Court House

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Which of the following was NOT a condition of the South’s surrender?
Options:
The South had to disband their military and get rid of their weapons.
The South had to rejoin the Union and promise to never secede again.
Grant and Lee joined forces to create the United States Navy Seals.
Slavery was abolished.

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Grant and Lee joined forces to create the United States Navy Seals.

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The general who was chosen to lead the Confederate army was?

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Robert E. Lee.

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At which battle did the Union stop the Confederate invasion of the North during the bloodiest day in U.S. history? (Hint: Sept. 17, 1862 and over 23,000 dead or wounded on this single day in history).

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Antietam

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Which enslaved man sued for his freedom and lost in a landmark Supreme Court case? The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were NOT citizens therefore they had NO rights!

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Dred Scott

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What was the name given to people who fought against slavery & wanted to get rid of it in the USA?

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Abolitionists

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Black Code (also known as Jim Crow) laws stated:

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African Americans were property and not people, therefore they had NO rights.