explain the causes of the Civil War, including sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery, and significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip Bazaar
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How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the
Confederacy?
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Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.
Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.
The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations
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What was one result of these regional differences?
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Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms.
Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills.
Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.
Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded.
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How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the
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What was one result of these regional differences?
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What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?
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What was one major impact of this novel?
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Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?
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30 After General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to —
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Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?
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Where did the events shown in this painting occur?
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This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by —
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How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon?
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What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?
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Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?
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Why were these tactics effective?
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —
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In the excerpt above, what does “this interest” refer to?
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The New York City riots of 1863 were partly a result of —
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One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had —
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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the —
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What was one result of the law described above?
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Which accomplishment could be added to this diagram?
