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- First foreign nation to recognize the United States
- Which of these statements is an opinion about Andrew Johnson?
- Before forming the Republican Party, Lincoln belonged to the Whig Party. What can you infer about the Whig's platform?
- The 14h Amendment gave citizenship rights to all freedmen. This meant they would:
- What was the biggest motivating factor behind John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Lincoln?
- A __________ is most likely to have been called a carpetbagger.
- What was the immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
- Confederate states began seceding in December of 1860. The Civil War began in April of 1861, when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter. What can you infer from these two facts?
- Which statement best summarizes Radical Republicans' strategy for reforming the South?
- When the Civil War ended, the Union and Confederacy were most life:
- What can you conclude about West Virginia from its actions at the time of the Civil War?
- From which document did Lincoln draw most of his inspiration for the Gettysburg Address?
- Lincoln has been described as an eloquent public speaker. Which of these is a synonym for "eloquent"?
- During his term in the U.S. House of Representative, in which states did Lincoln believe slavery was protected by the Constitution?
- Lincoln's approach to the South after the Civil War was:
- Which political title did Lincoln never hold?
- Battle that actually took place on Breed's Hill
- Who was Lincolns first choice to lead the union army
- During the 1800s, the belief that people could improve themselves and society led to what?
- Which of the following was NOT a favorite subject of American painters on the mid 1800's?