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- American History
- 1840-1885
- 1860
- South Carolina threatened to secede if the this man was elected President.
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- Lincoln
- Davis
- Douglas
- Seward
- Lincoln
- Lincoln voted in-Good as her word South Carolina unanimously voted to secede
- 1861
- Mar 4, 1861 Lincoln became President as _______ States seceded from the Union.
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- Seven
- Eleven
- Thirteen
- Ten
- Seven
- Seven States had seceded & eight more were teetering on the edge of seceding
- 1861
- Apr 12, 1861 After 34 hours of bombardment Fort __________ was captured.
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- Sumter
- Fort Sumter taken without loss of a life by Confederate troops
- 1861
- July 21st Preliminary clash at Bull Run, Jackson was nicknamed this:
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- Stonewall
- Stonewall Jackson, his gray-clad warriors, stood like a stonewall at Bull Run
- 1850
- Eli Whitney popularized the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing.
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- True
- True-The basis of modern mass production assembly line methods
- 1860
- 28,000 Patents were registered in 1860
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- True
- True-America was the Land of the Fertile Minded & the Home of the Ingenious
- 1844
- First Telegraph message sent over a wire, 40 miles was "What hath God wrought'
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- True
- True-Morse clicked out the historic message from Washington to Baltimore
- 1850
- Who got the better of the Compromise of 1850
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- North
- South
- East
- West
- North
- The North-California, as a free State clearly tipped the Senate balance
- 1862
- Aug 29-30, 2nd battle of Bull Run, Gen. Pope was defeated by Gen. _________.
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- Lee
- Gen. Lee furiously attacked Gen Pope & inflicted a crushing defeat
- 1863
- Emancipation Proclamation of Jan 1, 1863 was written by _________.
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- Lincoln
- Lincoln declared Forever Free slaves in Confederate States still in rebellion
- 1865
- Apr 14,1865 John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head at ______ Theater.
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- Fords
- Fords theater witnessed its most sensational drama, Lincoln's Assassination
- 1863
- The famous Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln in dedication of the Cemetery
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- True
- True-Branded Ludicrous (London Times)-Dishwatery & Silly by Democratic Editors
- 1867
- Secretary of State Seward purchased Alaska from _________.
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- Russia
- Britain
- France
- Mexico
- Russia
- Russia's frozen asset was furred out & was a growing economic liability to her
- 1864
- Atlanta, Georgia was captured & burned by General ________.
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- Sherman
- Grant
- Meade
- McClellan
- Sherman
- Gen. Sherman was ruthless & cut a swath of destruction through Georgia
- 1865
- The always dangerous Gen. ______ met with Gen. Grant to surrender.
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- Lee
- Less, cornered, met with Grant on Palm Sunday for Terms of Surrender
- 1861
- An Income Tax was levied for the first time in the Nations experience
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- True
- True-Though rates were low by later standards, they netted millions of dollars
- 1867
- Drastic Military Reconstruction Act of Mar 2, 1867 imposed on South by Radicals
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- True
- True-Military districts set up-Commanded/Policed by Union Generals & Soliders
- 1881
- Charles J. Guiteau shot President ____________.
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- Garfield
- Conklin
- Grant
- Arthur
- Garfield
- Garfield, lingering in agony for eleven weeks, died Sept 19, 1981
- 1883
- The Pendleton Act of 1883, Civil Service Reform, established the Merit System
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- True
- True-An Anti-Spoilsmen Law, did not achieve thorough reform, it was a start
- 1885
- President _________ almost lost to Blaine in both popular and electorial vote.
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- Cleveland
- Blaine
- Arthur
- Johnson
- Cleveland
- Grover Cleveland narrowly defeated Blaine in both Popular & Electorial votes
- 1866
- Invisible Empire of the South or Ku Klux Klan founded was in _________.
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- Tennessee
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Tennessee-KKK embittered against Radical Rule-some resorted to savage measures
- 1861
- Colorado, Dakota & Nevada Territories were created in 1861 by ____________.
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- Congress
- Congress-These lands were acquired from Mexico, Britain & Louisana Purchase
- 1865
- The Black Codes were the South's answer to handling the Freedmen (slaves)
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- True
- True-Black Codes restricted Black ownership of land & freedom of movement
- 1854
- Commodore Perry persuaded __________ to open its commercial trade.
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- Japan
- China
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Japan
- Japan-A judicious display of force & tact-our commercial foot was in the door
- 1862
- North's blockade of the South-the Merrimack & Monitor fought to a standstill
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- True
- True-This was the first battle between ironclad ships
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