Causes of the Civil War, key battles, leaders, Emancipation, Reconstruction amendments, and Jim Crow beginnings.
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- Where did the first battle of the Civil War occur?
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina- How many Southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy?
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11 states- What event in 1860 triggered Southern states to secede?
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Abraham Lincoln's election as President- What was the central disagreement between North and South before the Civil War?
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Whether slavery would expand into new territories- What does states' rights mean in Civil War history?
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The belief that individual states had the right to leave the Union- What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
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Enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights in court- What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?
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Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain balance- What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow?
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Popular sovereignty, allowing settlers to decide on slavery- Who won the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861?
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The Confederates defeated the Union army- Why was the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 historically significant?
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It was the bloodiest single day in United States military history- Which battle in July 1863 is often called the turning point of the Civil War?
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Battle of Gettysburg- What major strategic achievement did Union forces accomplish by controlling Vicksburg in 1863?
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They gained control of the Mississippi River- What did the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 reveal about the Civil War?
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The war would be long and costly, with high casualties- What was historically significant about the March 1862 battle between CSS Merrimack and USS Monitor?
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It was the first battle between ironclad warships- What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea in late 1864?
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To destroy the South's resources and will to continue fighting
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