Test - 4.7 The U.S. Civil War
Textbook 4.7; Key terms; articles; notes on John Brown
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States added to the Union in 1867 & 1898 as a result of Manifest Destiny.
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Legal separation of the races
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Policy of extending the nation's boundaries
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In 1803, Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from
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To withdraw from the union
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The British colony of _______________ actually banned slavery from 1735 to 1750.
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Congress reached a series of agreements that became known as the Missouri Compromise.  Missouri was admitted as a slave state and _____________ was admitted as a free state, preserving the Congressional balance.  
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The Compromise of 1850.  The compromise admitted ________________ as a free state and did not regulate slavery in the remainder of the Mexican cession all while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act, a law which compelled Northerners to seize and return escaped slaves to the South.
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The second-best-selling book in America in the 19th century, second only to the Bible.  Its popularity brought the issue of slavery to life for those few who remained unmoved after decades of legislative conflict and widened the division between North and South.
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Elected by a considerable margin in 1860 despite not being included on many Southern ballots.  As a Republican, his party’s anti-slavery outlook struck fear into many Southerners.  
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In Springfield, Massachusetts, John Brown first befriended the abolitionist writer and editor ___________________, who had escaped from enslavement in Maryland.
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The Southern economy became a one-crop economy, depending on __________ and, therefore, on enslaved people.
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The first organized government in the U.S. after the Revolution
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New party seen as both anti-slavery and for the advancement of the American economy. This included the support of industry and encouraging homesteading while advancing educational opportunities.
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Technological innovation that had the LEAST impact on the Civil War
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The sole state that was formed by seceding from a Confederate state.
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In May 1861, _____________ became the capital city of the CSA because it had the natural resources that Confederate government so badly needed to effectively wage a war against the Union.
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This was the first major battle of the Civil War fought on July 21, 1861 and also a major Confederate victory.
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The expansion of slavery into the new territories gained from ____________ was the real cause of the Civil War.
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The distinct starting point of the Civil War
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 A major factor in the Union grand strategy was to
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One of the most spectacular field commanders in history was established in the likes of gentlemanly but aggressive leader; A West Point graduate and career army officer, he turned his back on oath and country and declared that his loyalty to Virginia was a higher, more sacred duty than that which he owed to the United States.
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The battle of ________________ remains the bloodiest day in American history, with 4,808 killed in action.[22] The operational defeat dashed the Confederacy’s misplaced hope to have foreign powers recognize the South as a legitimate government and also to gain thousands of recruits from neutral Maryland, a border state.[23]
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The true turning point in the war. The nation and army that controlled the Mississippi River would eventually win the war. Grant transported his army south by gunboats and riverboats under the heavily entrenched and armed batteries built on a high river bluff, a natural fortress.
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 One of several border states that did not join the Confederacy but had a strong pro-slavery sentiment; the focal point of another awful condition of modern warfare—guerrilla war. For nearly four years, towns, farms, homes, and barns were burned and people dragged from their homes at night. Even captured soldiers were dragged from trains or camps and murdered.
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After three days of incredible slaughter and a final disastrous charge losing some seven thousand men, Lee retired on July 4, and this offensive campaign was his last of the war. Some fifty-eight thousand men from both sides fell or were casualties in this, the bloodiest of all Civil War battles.
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This great campaign divided the South and also broke the will of the Southern people. The Federals cut a swath sixty miles wide that destroyed war resources and commodities. This military victory sealed Lincoln's reelection.
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How many Americans perished in the Civil War?
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The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court
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Who said, "I walk by faith, and not by sight" in reference to the Dred Scott decision
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All are TRUE of John Brown except
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