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| How many states had already seceded when Lincoln was elected? |
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| What were some major points to Lincoln's inagural adress? |
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| No war unless the South provoked it, the Union cannot split, secession is anarchy. |
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| Why would Europe be pleased if the US broke up? |
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| They could defy the Monroe Doctrine. |
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| What were the 2 southern forts that still held the Union flag after the South seceded? |
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| Fort Pickens and Fort Sumter |
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| When was the blockade of the southern ports ordered? |
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| Why were the border states so important? |
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| They contained industry, the Ohio River, and many whites. |
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| What was the famous quote by Lincoln in regard to Kentucky? |
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| I hope I have God on my side, but I have to have Kentucky. |
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| How did Lincoln convince the border states not to secede? |
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| He promised he would not free their slaves |
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| What states were part of the butternut region,and what defined a butternut? |
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| Ohio, Indiana, Illinois; had much pro-southern sentiment. |
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| Who did the Cherokees support in the Civil War, and why? |
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| The Confederates, because the Cherokees had similar slave policies. |
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| What senator had 2 sons, one who was a general for the Union, and the other a general for the Confederates, and where was he from? |
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| Senator Crittenden of Kentucky. |
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| What were some of the South's advantages in the war? |
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| They had superior defensive strategy, self-determination, the best officers (Lee,Jackson,Beauregard), and soldiers who could ride and shoot |
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| What were some of the South's disadvantages in the war? |
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| That had few factories, a shortage of supplies resulting in hunger and death, and not enough railroads. |
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| What were some of the North's advantages in the war? |
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| They had a large number of railroads, factories, and farms, a control of the sea (blockade) through a superior navy, and far more man power (22 million) |
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| What were some of the North's disadvantages in the war? |
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| Soldiers were harder to train,and commanders were very weak and ineffective. |
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| What was the opinion of the workers in Europe on the issue of American slavery? |
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| They were anti-slavery and supported the north. |
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| What was the South's biggest hope in the war? |
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| That Britain would intervene and help the South because of a shortage of cotton. |
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| Why did "King Cotton" fail to win Britain over? |
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| There was a large surplus of cotton in British warehouses. |
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| What year did Britain begin to see a cotton shortage? |
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| What two countries sent cotton to Britain, other than the United States? |
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| What did Britain import from the North instead of cotton from the South? |
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| When and what was the Trent affair? |
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| Late 1861; Union ship removed 2 confederate diplomats going to Britain; Britain angeredl; Lincoln gave up prisoners. |
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| What was the name of the Confederate "pirate" ship that sunk US ships, and when was it sunk? |
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| What violation of the Monroe Doctrine occured in 1863? |
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| Napoleon III sent Maximilian and the French army to be emporer of Mexico. |
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| Which state almost seceded from the Confederacy because they did not want to cooperate with Jefferson Davis's desire for power? |
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| What did Lincoln do that was questionable, even in wartime? |
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| He stretched his legitimate power, but the supreme court backed him |
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| When did Northern conscription begin, and how much could one pay to avoid being drafted? |
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| Where was the Northern draft most unpopular? |
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| When did the South's conscription begin, and how could one be exempt from it? |
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| 1862; owned 20 or more slaves |
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| How much did the Morrill Tariff Act raise the tariff? |
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| When was the new banking system authorized, and what did they use as currency? |
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| What was the inflation rate in the North and the South, respectively? |
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| Who was a famous woman who worked as a nurse during the civil war? |
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| What was the South's percentage of income in 1860 and 1870 respectively? |
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| Complete this phrase: cotton capitalism lost to ____ capitalism. |
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| How many days was the war expected to take? |
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| Describe the battle of Bull Run. |
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| Many wives, children, ect. came to watch, Union retreated after Confederates got reinforcements, Confederates ate picnic lunches |
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| Who was the Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run? |
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| Who was given control of the army of the Potomac? |
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| What was McClellan's nickname, and what was his downfall? |
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| Young Napoleon; He would not risk anything and always believed he was outnumbered. |
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| What did Lincoln ask McClellan permission to do? |
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| Borrow the army if "he wasn't going to use it" |
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| When was the 7 Days Battle, and how many men were lost on each side? |
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| June 26 - July 2 1862; Lee lost 20,000;McClellan 10,000 |
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| What was the Union's overall plan for war called? |
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| When Lee's battle plans for the Battle of Antietam were discovered, what were they wrapped around? |
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| When was the Battle of Antietam? |
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| Why was McClellan dismissed from military command after he had already been regiven command because of popularity with the soldiers? |
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| He failed to pursue Lee after he fled from the Battle of Antietam |
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| Why did France and Britain never recognize the Confederacy as an independant nation? |
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| They were considering it, but the Union won the Battle of Antietam |
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| What did Lincoln use the Battle of Antietam for, and when was it to go into effect? |
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| Announcing the Emancipation Proclamation; January 1, 1863. |
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| When did the fufillment of the Emancipation Proclamation occur? |
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| After the end of the war (13th ammendment) |
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| Which party began to become stronger in congress in the fall of 1862, but did not have a majority? |
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| What did blacks begin to do after the Emancipation Proclamation that they were not earlier permitted to do? |
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| What percentage did blacks made up of the army and navy, and how many died in the war? |
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| Who replaced McClellan, and what battle did he promptly lose? |
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| Who replaced Burnside, what battle did he lose soon after, and when was it? |
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| Hooker, Chancellorsville, May 1863 |
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| At what battle and how was Stonewall Jackson killed, and what did Lee have to say about it? |
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| Killed by friendly fire; Chancellorsville;"I have lost my right arm" |
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| Who replaced Hooker as Union general? |
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| What and when was the Confederate's last chance to win, and how many soldiers were killed on each side of the battle? |
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| Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863; 92,000 Union, 76,000 Confederates |
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| Who became a top general in the west? |
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| What was Grant known for doing when he was separated from his wife? |
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| When this port fell, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River. |
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| What group of Democrats, in particular, opposed Lincoln's being reelected? |
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| What man inspired the book "A Man Without a Country" and who wrote it? |
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| Vallandingham; Everette Hale |
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| What party did the Republicans and War Democrats form? |
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| Who was nominated by the Union Party for vice president in the 1864 election, and why? |
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| Andrew Johnson; To attract the vote of the border states |
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| Who did the Copperheads support in the 1864 election? |
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| What was Lincoln's slogan for the 1864 election? |
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| "Don't swap horses in the middle of a stream!" |
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| Who replaced Meade as General? |
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| What was ironic about the quote from Grant, "I plan to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer?" |
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| It took all of summer, fall, winter, and some of spring. |
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| Grant was willing to trade how many of his men for each Confederate soldier killed? |
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| Where and when did Lee finally surender? |
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| Why were the confederates allowed to keep their horses after the war was over? |
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| Who killed Lincoln, and when was the assasaination? |
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| John Wilkes Booth; April 14, 1865 |
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| Lincoln became a ____ after his death, even more loved than when he was alive? |
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| What were the results of the war in terms of dead, wounded, and cost in damages alone? |
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| 600,000 dead, 1 million wounded, $15 billion in damages |
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| The Civil War was a supreme test of what? |
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| What happened to Jefferson Davis after the war? |
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| Why was the South especially hurt by the war? |
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| Nearly 2billion dollars in slave revune was lost. |
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| What did some slaves do to their previous owners? |
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| Pillage their plantations |
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| People who went to Kansas from Texas and Louisiana in the 1870's. |
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| What was the Freedman's Bureau? |
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| An organization created by Congress in 1865 to supply food, clothing, and education to blacks (taught 200,000 to read and write) |
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| Who was the head of the Freedman's Bureau? |
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| What man opposed the Freedman's Bureau, and when did it expire? |
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| Andrew Johnson was sometimes called the ______ President. |
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| What was the Wade-Davis bill? |
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| Required 50% of voter's loyalty rather than 10%; Lincoln vetoed. |
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| What were laws passed by the Southern states after the war to control black's freedom called? |
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| What were some things the Black Codes prohobited blacks from doing? |
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| Voting, serving on jury, being idle (or without work) |
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| Many blacks had to become _____ during the time of the Black Codes because of intense poverty? |
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| What did 4 Confederate generals try to do in December of 1865, and what was the outcome? |
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| Reenter Congress; Congress refused them |
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| What did Congress realize/fear after the war? |
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| That the Southern Democrats had enough popularity to begin gaining more votes in Congress |
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| What did Andrew Johnson do with the bill to renew the Freedmen's Bureau, and what was the outcome. |
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| He vetoed it, but his veto was overruled. |
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| What did the Civil Rights Bill passed by the Republicans do? |
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| Gave citizenships to blacks |
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| What happened to the 40 acres and a mule policy? |
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| Worked in theory, but the land was not readily available for distrubution |
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| What changes did the 14th ammendment make, and when was it sent to the states? |
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| Gave Freedmen Civil Rights, Reduced representation of states who wouldn't let blacks vote, Disallowed those who had been Federal officers in the confederacy from being in the nation's federal office, guarunteed federal debt while repudiating Confederate debt. |
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| What was "Swingin' Round the Circle with Andrew Johnson" and what was its effect? |
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| A series of speeches made by an infuriated and seemingly drunken Andrew Johnson. Designed to decrease the Republicans popularity, it actually increased it. |
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| After Andrew Johnson made his series of counter-productive speeches, the Republicans had a 2/3 majority in Congress. What is another term for this? |
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| Who was the veto-proof congress led by? |
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| Radicals: Senate - Charles Sumner; House - Thaddeus Stevens |
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| How many men did the Military Construction Act of 1867 call for, and what did it require? |
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| 20,000; Required state constitution ratify 14th ammendment |
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| What was the 15th ammendment, and when was it ratified? |
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| Ensured black suffrage; 1870 |
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| What group was pleased, and what group was displeased by the 13th-15h ammendments? |
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| Abolitionists were pleased, femenists like Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton were displeased |
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| What was the only state with a black majority in the state legislature? |
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| How many blacks were senators, what were their names, and how many blacks were members of the House? |
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| Southerners who supported the north strongly |
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| Who were the carpetbaggers? |
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| Northerners who went South to make a profit |
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| Who founded the Ku Klux Klan? |
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| When and where was the Ku Klux Klan founded? |
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| What was another name for the Ku Klux Klan |
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| When were the force acts passed and what did they do? |
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| 1870 and 1871; Permitted use of federal troops to stop the Klan |
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| What was the Tenure of Office Act and when was it passed? |
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| It required the permission of the Senate to remove a member of the Cabinet; 1867 |
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| Who did Andrew Johnson fire in hopes of getting the Tenure of Office Act tried in the Supreme Court? |
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| After the House voted to impeach Andrew Joshson, he was prosecuted by _____ and ______ of the Senate, and they failed to impeach Johnson by ____ vote(s) |
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| Ben Butler, Thaddeus Stevens, 1 |
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| Seward Signed a treaty with _____ to obtain _____ for _____ million $. This was called "______ ______" |
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| Russia, Alaska, 7.2, Seward's folly |
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| What came out of the purchase of Alaska? |
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| Fur, fish, and gold gold gold |
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| What did the Southerners feel about being ruled by blacks? |
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