US History - Unit 2B NEW

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In American history, the term "Reconstruction" refers to

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federal government intervention in the former Confederate states in order to monitor the treatment of former slaves

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Why was the battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?

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Was the last offensive attempt of the Confederate and the subsequent loss hurt any chance of foreigh aid

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Which Civil War battle was significant in that the Union army was able to halt Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north?

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Gettysburg

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The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of

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recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races

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What offers the BEST reasoning behind William Tecumseh Sherman's strategy of using "total war" to defeat the South?

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The destruction in Georgia would be so complete that it would break the Confederacy's will to continue fighting.

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This Union soldier rose from obscurity to become a general in the western theater of the Civil War to accepting the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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How did the Emancipation Proclamation have an effect on African American’s ability to serve in the Union army?

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As a result of the proclamation, tens of thousands of African Americans from the South flooded to areas controlled by the Union to join the Union army.

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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address indicates that the president

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desired reconciliation and peace between the North and South and a smooth transition back into the Union.

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To which Civil War event are these facts related? -It cut off the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas from the rest of the Confederacy. -It gave the Union navy complete control of the Mississippi River. -It, along with the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the major turning points in the Civil War

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the Siege of Vicksburg

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Why did President Lincoln call for martial law and suspend citizen's rights in the border states during the Civil War?

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The border states had confederate sympathizers and slave holders so there was division in those states.