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- Lincoln believed he was going to _____ the re-election
- This slave sued his owner since his owner wanted to take him back after this slave escaped to the north. Court ruled that since he was a slave he had no rights and was sent back to his owner
- Who bombarded Atlanta and burned every town they passed?
- The War comes to an End (1865): Which Union General accepted the surrender of Confederate forces?
- What did John Wilkes Booth say at Lincoln's speech about wanting to give slaves a right to vote?
- Who did Lincoln run against in the re-election?
- The War comes to an End (1865): On what day did this take place?
- Total War (1864): Which coastal city did Sherman capture and present as a Christmas gift to Lincoln?
- Total War (1864): What city's capture truly helped Lincoln win re-election in the war-weary Union?
- The War comes to an End (1865): Which city fell to the Union army on April 3, 1865?
- Total War (1864): Was Lincoln's re-election assured in 1864?
- From 1774-1804, every state north of ______ passed laws to abolish slavery
- The Civil War began after the Confederate attack on which fort?
- which nation did the United States battle during the War of 1812
- Total War (1864): Which of the two Union generals engaged Robert E. Lee in Virginia and wore him down through a series of bloody battles the Confederacy could not afford to fight?
- what slave filed a lawsuit for his freedom and had his case heard by the Supreme Court in 1857?
- Total War (1864): Name the two Union generals appointed by Lincoln in March of 1864 that would prove to fight, wear down and destroy the Confederacy
- what executive order freed all slaves living in states that were fighting for this Confederacy but allowed slavery to continue in slave states loyal to the union?
- Total War (1864): Which of the two Union generals invaded Georgia and destroyed everything they could not use themselves in an effort to destroy the Confederate war effort?
- Total War (1864): Which state did Sherman invade next, devastating private property in his advance?