2. $100 Question from Dividing Issues What were some of the issues and events that led to Southern Secession?
3. $100 Answer from Dividing Issues Following Lincoln’s election, the southern states seceded from the union. Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, S.C., marking the beginning of the Civil War. Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the US was one nation that could not be separated or divided. Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the union and could freely leave it.
4. $200 Question from Dividing Issues While there were several issues between the North and the South, what was the issue that increasingly divided the nation and led to the Civil War?
6. $300 Question from Dividing Issues What were some of the cultural issues that divided the nation?
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8. $400 Question from Dividing Issues The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition. Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to increase. Planters were also concerned that England might stop buying cotton from the South if Tariffs were added. What kind of dividing issue does this describe?
18. $400 Question from Roles of Leaders Describe these two Confederate Generals: Robert E. Lee Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
19. $400 Answer from Roles of Leaders Robert E. Lee : Was the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia; was offered command of the Union forces but chose not to fight against Virginia; opposed secession but did not believe the union should be held together by force; urged southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war when some wanted to fight on. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson : was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia
20. $500 Question from Roles of Leaders Describe some the roles and views of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
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22. $100 Question from Major Battles & Events What was the event that began the Civil War, and what was the first major battle?
23. $100 Answer from Major Battles & Events The firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina began the war. The first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) was the first major battle.
24. $200 Question from Major Battles & Events What occurred as a result of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
25. $200 Answer from Major Battles & Events The Emancipation Proclamation made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war. Many freed slaves joined the Union army.
26. $300 Question from Major Battles & Events What was a result of the Battle of Vicksburg?
27. $300 Answer from Major Battles & Events The Battle of Vicksburg divided the South. The North controlled the Mississippi River.
28. $400 Question from Major Battles & Events What was the turning point of the Civil War?
29. $400 Answer from Major Battles & Events The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the war; the North repelled Lee’s invasion.
30. $500 Question from Major Battles & Events What occurred at the Appomattox Court House in 1865 ?
31. $500 Answer from Major Battles & Events General Lee surrounded to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House and ended the war.
32. $100 Question from General Effects How did the Civil War change the lives of soldiers?
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34. $200 Question from General Effects How did the Civil War change the lives of women?
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36. $300 Question from General Effects What were some of the general effects of the Civil War on the South?
37. $300 Answer from General Effects The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate money worthless. Much of the south was devastated at the end of the war (e.g. burning of Atlanta and Richmond).
38. $400 Question from General Effects What was a major killed during the Civil War?
44. $200 Question from Reconstruction What are the provisions of the 14 th Amendment?
45. $200 Answer from Reconstruction The 14 th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.
46. $300 Question from Reconstruction What ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude?