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Question 1 The Calhoun Resolutions were important because they demonstrated The anger many Southerners felt about the issue of slavery
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Question 2 Conscience Whigs were Northern Whigs who Opposed Slavery
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Question 3 In 1849 thousands of people came to CA because Gold had been discovered there
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Question 4 The original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase was to Create a route for a railroad
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Question 5 After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Northerners headed for Kansas because They wanted to create an antislavery majority there
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Question 6 The Know-Nothings were Anti-Catholic & nativist
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Question 7 By rejecting the Lecompton Constitution, Kansas voters Rejected slavery in their state
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Question 8 Crittenden’s Compromise proposed to Extend the Missouri Compromise line westward
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Question 9 In his inaugural speech, President Lincoln said what about slavery? He repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed
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Question 10 Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did? Washington D.C. would be surrounded by Confederate territory
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Question 11 The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed would have what? Prohibited slavery in any territory gained from Mexico
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Question 12 Most members of the Free-Soil Party opposed the spread of slavery because they believed what? Allowing slavery to expand would expand would make it difficult for free men to find work
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Question 13 In the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay grouped his resolutions in pairs so that Each pair offered concessions to both sides
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Question 14 The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was who? Harriet Tubman
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Question 15 The caning of Charles Sumner resulted from him accusing other senators of what? Forcing Kansas into the ranks of slave states
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Question 16 The Whig Party and American Party both dissolved because why? Northern and Southern members split over the slavery issue
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Question 17 The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case did what? Considered free soil unconstitutional
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Question 18 John Brown’s intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was to arm who? Enslaved people and begin an insurrection against slaveholders
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Question 19 The Confederate Constitution stated that each state was what? Independent
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Question 20 Did Missouri secede from the Union? No
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Question 21 What battle resulted in the Union’s capture of the South’s largest city? Battle of New Orleans
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Question 22 What battle in Tennessee between Braxton Bragg and William S. Rosecrans ended inconclusively? Battle of Murfreesboro
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Question 23 The results of what battle convinced Lincoln that the time had come to end slavery in the South The Battle of Antietam
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Question 24 What battle did “Stonewall” Jackson earn his nickname? First Battle of Bull Run
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Question 25 What battle led newspapers to demand that Lincoln fire Grant? Battle of Shiloh
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Question 26 The Union’s defeat at this battle prompted Lincoln to increase enlistment to 500,000 for three years First Battle of Bull Run
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Question 27 What was the bloodiest one- day battle in the war? Battle of Antietam
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Question 28 What battle was a series of attacks on McClellan’s forces in VA? Seven Days’ Battle
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Question 29 Battle in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee pushed back Union forces defending Washington, D.C. Second Battle of Bull Run
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Question 30 With its defeat in this battle, the South lost its best chance at gaining international recognition and support Battle of Antietam
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Question 31 Robert E. Lee did not accept command of the Union troops because why? He could not fight against VA
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Question 32 Lincoln suspended writs of habeas corpus. As a result what could happen to a person? A person could be imprisoned indefinitely without trial
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Question 33 Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a war of attrition, in which the South would do what? Avoid large battles and force the North to exhaust its resources
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Question 34 Citizens of the South suffered food shortages during the Civil War because why? The South’s transportation system had collapsed
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Question 35 The prison in the South where 13,000 captured Union soldiers died was called what? Andersonville
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Question 36 In response to the South’s treatment of African American troops, Lincoln does what? Stopped all prisoner exchanges
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Question 37 Why did Benjamin Grierson’s forces traveled 600 miles? To distract Confederate forces so Grant could land south of Vicksburg
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Question 38 Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War? Gettysburg
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Question 39 The capture of Chattanooga was important objective for Union forces because why? They would control a major railroad running south to Atlanta
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Question 40 In the election of 1864, candidate George McClellan promised to do what? Stop fighting and negotiate
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Question 41 Was having more military colleges an advantage for the South? yes
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Question 42 The Trent Affair brought the Union close to war with what country? Britain
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