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- Connects the Great Lakes with the Hudson River
- Texas' first elected president after winning independence from Mexico
- Amendment which formally abolished slavery in all states and territories
- First president of the confederate states of America
- Poor whites and blacks who farmed the land of plantation owners in exchange for a portion of the produce they raised
- Northerners who took advantage of the unrest in the south during reconstruction by moving south and seizing political offices formerly held by southerners
- Amendment which granted citizenship to all citizens born or naturalized in the United States .
- A former slave owner from Kentucky who commanded the union forces at Fort Sumpter
- Became the first African American senator in the U.S. He served In Mississippi
- Amendment which granted the right to vote to African- American males
- Where did General Lee and General Grant meet to discuss the terms of surrender?
- True or False? A predominately industrial society triumphed over and agricultural one.
- True or false? Nearly every family in the South experienced the loss of a father, husband, brother, or son
- He was the first African American governor in the United States. He served in Louisiana
- He was an intensely religious confederate general. He died at Chancellorsville after being accidentally shot by his own men
- True or False? During reconstruction, plans to build with slavery were discussed and carried out
- Who won the election of 1860? What was a problem with the 1860 presidential ballot in the South?
- Which side won the Battle of Fort Sumpter Union or Confederate?
- President of the United States when South Carolina seceded from the union
- He was confederate general who was born in Virginia. He did not favor either slavery or secession but joined the confederate army out of duty to Virginia