Civil War and Reconstruction Study Stack
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| What was the chief product made using the labor of slaves? | Cotton
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| Why did the Confederates want to control New Mexico? | to gain access to gold and silver mines
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| Why was the Confederate capture of Galveston important? | It kept an important port open.
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| Why did Texans suffer shortages of goods during the Civil War? | The Union navy stopped ships from bringing in goods.
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| Which Texan was least likely to be a Unionist? | a plantation owner
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| What work was done by the Freedmen’s Bureau? | helping African Americans find jobs, providing African Americans with health care, and setting up schools for African American children
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| Besides slavery, conflict over what issues led to the Civil War? | use of public lands and states’ rights
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| Why did many Southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | It made slavery possible in those territories.
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| Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor? | He refused to pledge loyalty to the Confederacy.
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| What did blockade runners do? | They carried supplies into and out of Texas.
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| Why did industry in Texas grow during the Civil War? | Since supplies were not coming into the state, people had to make things for themselves.
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| What caused the “Great Hanging” in Texas? | Unionists refused to join the Confederate army.
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| What were the “black codes” passed after the Civil War? | They said: African Americans could not serve on juries, Could not hold public office, and that the government could force them to work.
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| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 push the nation closer to civil war? | It gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide on slavery, and most Northerners were not in favor of this.
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| How did most Texans participate in the Civil War? | Some Texans joined the Union, and other Texans joined the Confederacy.
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| How did the Battle of Palmito Ranch affect the outcome of the Civil War? | It changed nothing because Lee had already surrendered at Appomattox.
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| Dissatisfied with the course of Reconstruction after the Civil War, what action did Congress take to reform the Reconstruction plan? | Congress placed the South under control of the army.
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| What was an important feature of the Constitution of 1876? | limiting the power of the governor
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| What was a major effect of the 1857 Dred Scott case decision? | Northerners were angered because the decision could extend slavery into territories.
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| The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it | gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River.
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| The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution - | granted civil rights primarily to African Americans
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| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter
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| The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska as popular sovereignty territories. Following the passage of this law, fighting broke out in Kansas over _________. The conflict came to be known as ________________. | Slavery; Bleeding Kansas
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| Where was slavery common in 1860? | It was common in areas with high cotton production.
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| Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___?____ was to the Confederacy. | Robert E. Lee
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| Which side won the Civil War? | Union
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| In what were slaves freed in the rebelling states during the Civil War? | Emancipation Proclamation
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| Who became president when Lincoln was assassinated? | Andrew Johnson
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| Person who takes the law into his or her own hands | Vigilante
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| Farm worker who hands over part of the crop to the land owner | Sharecropper
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| using a fleet of ships to block trade in an area | blockade
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| to withdraw from the Union | Secede
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| person who supported the United States | Unionist
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| place where weapons are stored | arsenal
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| person who wanted to end slavery | abolitionist
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| formal change to an official document like a constitution | amendment
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