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Why was the civil wars first large battle the first battle of bull run so shocking

The battle was more brutual than people expected

Where did the homestead act open land to farming

The West

What effect did the union victory at Vicksburg have on the confederate garrison at port Hudson

They surrendered.

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at what event

the dedication of a cemetery

Why had northern support for reconstruction faded by the end of the 1860s

There were several reasons that Northern support had faded:

  • The cost of military operations in the south worried many people
  • The south didn't want to change and were passing laws in direct repudiation of federal mandates
  • The KKK terrorists were widely accepted in some southern state governments
  • Violence against blacks and dismissal of law was widespread... reconstruction didn't seem to be working
What was the successful union strategy for taking Vicksburg

Distracting the attention of the garrison commander by ordering a cavalry raid right down through the state of Mississippi, while Grant managed to get his men across to the East bank of the river, unnoticed.

Why was Vicksburg key to the union's anaconda plan

it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river

How would the passage of the wade-Davis bill have slowed the reconstruction effort

The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.

Which factor helped abraham lincoln win reelection in 1864

Some timely battlefield victories, to compensate for the terrible casualties coming out of Grant's endless Siege of Petersburg.

Sheridan in the Shenandoah, Sherman in Atlanta, and Farragut in Mobile.

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