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| Who interpreted his own re-election in 1864 to mean the country had given him a mandate, specifically the authority to end slavery by amending the Constitution? |
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| In what Civil War event did Grant cut off food and supplies and bombard a city until it surrendered? |
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| Jefferson Davis planned to wear down the Union in a defensive war. His plan was to impose heavy losses on the Union until they were forced to surrender because they would be outnumbered by the Confederates. What is this type of strategy called? |
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| Lincoln used what measure to prevent Maryland's secession? |
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| To smuggle goods under cover of night, the South used small, fast boats called what? |
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| What is the term for the protection from prosectuion for an illegal act |
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| Lincoln temporarily suspended a rule of Constitutional law that made it illegal for a person to be imprisoned unless they were charged with a crime and given a trial. What was that rule of law called? |
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| What was the term Southerners used to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, and who supported the Republicans? |
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| What is the term for the President blocking the passage of a bill by letting a session of Congress expire without signing it? |
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| What is the term for a person who rents land on which to farm, and pays the rent in the form of a portion of the crops the land yields? |
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| What was the term for a series of laws passed in the South after the Civil War that were aimed at exploiting former slaves? |
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| What derogatory term was used to describe a Southerner who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War? |
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| The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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| What was the specific law that finally abolished slavery in the United States? |
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| What was the name of the terrorist organization that was formed in Tennessee in 1865 by veterans of the Confederate Army, with an objective to restore white supremacy through threats and violence against blacks and white Republicans? |
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| Memphis, TN (46 killed) and New Orleans, LA (40 killed) |
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| In 1866, in which two major cities were dozens of African-Americans massacred? |
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| Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi |
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| Who, in 1875, became the first African American senator that would go on to serve a full six year term? |
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| The first African American senator was from Mississippi, but he served only one year in the Senate. Who was he? |
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| President Grant sent federal troops to South Carolina to restore order. |
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| In the summer of 1876, South Carolina experienced race riots and terrorism directed at African Americans. How was order restored? |
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| In 1876, Henry O. Flipper became the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York |
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| What was the most noteworthy fact about Henry O. Flipper? |
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| In September 1868, 200-300 African Americans were massacred in Louisiana |
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| What was the the most devastating loss of African Americans during the Reconstruction? |
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| The North had a strong naval tradition, a population of 22 million and 90% of the nation's factories. |
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| Which had a strong naval tradition, a population of 22 million and 90% of U.S. factories? Was it the North or the South? |
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| The South had a strong military tradition, a population of 9 million, and only 10% of factories |
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| Which had a strong military tradition, a population of 9 million, and was home to only 10% of the nation's factories? |
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| Attack, retreat when necessary, and hope to wear the North down over time |
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| What was the South's military strategy? |
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| The Anaconda plan, which emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two |
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| What was the North's military strategy? |
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| The Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg |
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| What is widely considered to have been the turning point for the Union, eventually leading to it's victory in the Civil War? |
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