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- Arguably the most famous of the "conductors" on the Underground Railroad, this former slave traveled into the south to free slaves 19 times.
- Union commander who won at the Battle of Shiloh, setting the stage for capturing most of Tennessee by the end of 1862.
- The group in Congress that tried to push Abraham Lincoln to do MORE to free the slaves was known as
- The famous speech that Lincoln gave to dedicate a national cemetery was known as the
- In which of the following areas did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
- The turning point of the Civil War, where the Confederate army suffered heavy casualties and their ability to wage effective warfare basically came to an end , was at the bloody, three day struggle in and around the town of
- Which of the following statement best describes the new economic opportunities of sharecropping and tenant farming?
- These new armor-plated ships would eventually bring an end to the use of wooden ships of war.
- This book, written in 1853, changed the way people looked at slavery in the North. It became an instant best sellerand increased Northern protests of the Fugitive Slave Act.
- The Civil War began when Confederate cannons shelled this Union fort off the coast of South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
- This battle was not only the location of the single bloodiest day of the war but also served as the reason for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation ProclamationResponses
- Confederate troops rather surprisingly won this first major engagement of the Civil War.
- What was the name of the brand new revolutionary lead bullet that will increase accuracy and deadliness on the battlefield?
- In the year __________ this political party nominated __________ for president.
- A major issues of the election was whether there should be free coinage of __________.
- The __________ declined and it failed to ease the economic hardships of __________ and regulate __________.
- Southern states used tactics like __________, which were beyond the ability of the poor to pay, and a __________, which required voters to read and understand the state constitution, to prevent African Americans from voting.
- Booker T. Washington proposed that African Americans concentrate on __________ goals rather than political ones. He summed up this view in a speech called __________.
- The Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of __________.
- Benjamin "Pap" Singleton encouraged African Americans to move east, the migrants became known as __________.