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- What was the outcome of the attack on Fort Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
- What was the outcome of the battle in Fredericksburg in winter 1862?
- Who was the Confederate general in the Battle of the Wilderness?
- When did the Battle of Chickamauga occur?
- What type of military operation was the event in Vicksburg known for?
- What was the ratio of Union soldiers killed to Confederate soldiers killed in the battle of Fredericksburg?
- Who had the high ground and emerged victorious in the Battle of Gettysburg?
- Notion that the people of a territory should determine if they want to be a slave state or a free state.
- Who replaced General McClellan and attacked Lee in Fredericksburg in 1862?
- System of farming in which a person rents land to farm from a planter & pays in crops or $
- Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise1. Remove military from South2. Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general)3. Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river
- After the Civil War former landowners "rented" plots of land to blacks and poor whites in such a way that the renters were always in debt and therefore tied to the land.
- Who was the colonel in command of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
- What is the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg in the context of the American Civil War?
- Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war and equality for newly freed peoples
- Based on passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867; divided the south into military districts; states must ratify the 14th Amendment and protect black voting rights
- Where did Stonewall Jackson lead troops?
- A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
- 1868 violated the Tenure of Office Act when he removed Edwin M. Stanton from the Secretary of War, but really was because of his stubborn defiance of Congress on Reconstruction
- A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.