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Causes of the Civil war
Freed Slaves
The Ills of Reconstruction
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The Civil War
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3. 400
One of the economic conditions that led to the Civil War, the South’s economy was primarily based on this type of economic activity.
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4. Agriculture/Cotton Production
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5. 800
One of the economic conditions that led to the Civil War, the North’s economy was primarily based on this type of economic activity.
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6. Industry/Textile Manufacturing
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7. 1200
The election of this political candidate was the straw that broke the camels back and launched the United States into all out Civil War.
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8. Abraham Lincoln
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9. 1600
Growing sentiments opposing the institution of slavery in the North eventually grew into this movement.
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10. Abolitionist Movement
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11. 2000
The conflict over how to admit new states into the Union centered primarily around this political issue.
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12. Slave and Free States
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13. 400
This government institution was created following the Civil War to look after the welfare of freed slaves and African-Americans.
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14. The Freedmen’s Bureau
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15. 800
This amendment to the United States Constitution officially gave black men the right to vote.
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16. 15th Amendment
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17. 1200
Fearing that the Supreme Court might overturn the Civil Rights Act, this amendment was passed to guarantee citizenship to all former slaves born on United States soil.
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18. 14th Amendment
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19. 1600
This economic resource was given to freed African-Americans in order to give them a “fresh start” in the newly reconstructed South.
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20. 40 acres and a mule
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21. 2000
This political party was largely responsible for the majority of improvements enjoyed by blacks following Reconstruction.
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22. The Republican Party
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23. 400
A series of laws passed in the South to limit African-American’s rights following Reconstruction.
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24. Black Codes
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25. 800
This terror group sprung up in the South in violent protest to the growing political and social equality being achieved by African-Americans.
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26. The Klu Klux Klan.
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27. 1200
A farmer who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop.
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28. Sharecropper
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29. 1600
The acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a public official or politician.
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30. Graft
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31. 2000
Condition of sharecroppers who could not pay off their debts and therefore could not leave the property they owned.
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32. Debt Peonage
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33. 400
The name given to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil war and supported the Republicans.
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34. Carpetbaggers
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35. 800
Farmers who paid rent to white land owners in the South following reconstruction.
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36. Tenant Farmers
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37. 1200
Name given to Southerners who supported republican Reconstruction in the South.
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38. Scalawag
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39. An obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crops.
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An obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crops.
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40. Crop Lien
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41. 2000
A tax placed on alcohol and tobacco during the Civil War to pay off war bonds and national debts.
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42. “Sin Tax”
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43. 400
Officially the first battle of the Civil War, this battle did not have a single casualty.
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44. Fort Sumter
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45. 800
Early in the War, this battle convinced Northerners that the South would not be easily defeated and that the War would be a protracted affair.
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46. 1st Manassas/Bull Run
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47. This battle suffered the most casualties of any battle in any 1 day of America’s history. A record that it still holds to this day.
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48. Antietam
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49. 1600
This battle was the first clear major victory for the North and marked the turning point for them in the war.
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50. Gettysburg
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51. 2000
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53. Daily Double 1

54. This famous act of President Lincoln turned the tide in the Civil War and was the first step in the act of outlawing slavery.
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55. The Emancipation Proclamation
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56. Final Jeopardy Category:
Politics

57. This president’s political inexperience is largely to blame for the ultimate failure of Reconstruction.

58. Ulysses S. Grant
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