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- What happened because the British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley and the French wanted to keep fur trade unharmed?
- What actions would the British take against Patriot's homes and farms?
- The revolt of ___________________________ in Virginia, threw slaveholders in the south in a panic.
- The Supreme Court ruled that ___________________ could not sure for his freedom, as, according to them, he was not a person but property.
- The Civil War led to the deaths of about how many?
- Lincoln believed the _____________ amendment prevented him from banning slavery in the states.
- According to Horace Greeley, who was a, "first-rate second-rate man?"
- In which region of the colonies were there a lot of Loyalists? (New England, the Middle Colonies, the South)
- For how long did a Continental soldier have to serve in Washington's army?
- The Battle of Trenton was different from previous battles because the Patriots:
- General Sherman issued Field Order 15, which was supposed to give enslaved people reparations in the form of...
- What year did the Americans declare their independence from England?
- Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, stole ______________________ and delivered it/them to the Union Army..
- What two NJ battles were moral victories for the Continental Army?
- The Civil War officially started with an attack on...
- Which group made the greatest contribution to the war effort?
- Who organized the plan to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and set off a revolt of enslaved people?
- David Walker's Appeal encouraged Black people to _______________________________ to eliminate slavery, whereas William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator encouraged people to ___________________________________.
- Who gave the Fourth of July speech, and stated, "for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without rival."
- Enslavers feared which tactic of slave resistance the most...