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- t/f a writ of -habeas corpus- is a court order that requires authorities to appear before a judge and show cause for jailing a prisoner
- t/fin 1863, the -Confederacy- instituted the first income tax, taking a specified percentage of an individual's income
- t/fa -Copperhead- was a Northern Democrat who supported peace with the South
- t/f-Clara Barton-, a Union nurse, was known as the "angel of the battlefield"
- t/fthe -Thirteenth Amendment- abolished slavery throughout the United States
- According to the declaration of Independence who came power to rule
- t/f during the war, the Confederacy faced a severe shortage of -nurses- that led to skyrocketing prices and riots in the streets
- t/fat -Andersonville-, Confederate troops shot to death more than 200 African-American prisoners as they pleaded for thier lives
- t/fthe riots that broke out among lower-class New York City workers in 1863 were in reaction to -emancipation-
- During which years was sectionalism mild and resolved by compromise?
- First state to secede, starting the civil war
- Laws that were put in place to ensure that formerly enslaved people were discriminated against were called...
- What had the greatest impact on military tactics?
- Which of these called for Missouri to become a slave state while Maine would be created to be a free state?
- Which of the following was a key figure in the Underground Railroad?
- Who was the first and only president of the Confederate States?
- Under Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, what percentage of a states population had to pledge loyalty to be readmitted?
- Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had as the war began?
- Which political party was formed during time and was dedicated to the 'free soil' movement?
- The main goal of President Lincoln in the Civil War was to end slavery in America. True or False?