VOCABULARY
FAMOUS PEOPLE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
MAJOR BATTLES & EVENTS
RECONSTRUCTION
100
"Oh say can you see..." are the opening lyrics to this famous anthem.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
100
This great woman founded the Red Cross after witnessing the carnage of battles like Antietam.
Who is Clara Barton?
100
Which number of president was Abe Lincoln?
What is the 16th?
100
The first battle of the Civil War took place at this South Carolina fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
After Lincoln's assassination, this man became the 17th President of the United States.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
200
This infamous railroad lacked trains, tracks and stations, but it did feature some famous "conductors."
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
What nickname did Confederate General Thomas Jackson earn for holding strong and steady at the First Battle of Bull Run?
What is "Stonewall."
200
Abe Lincoln was born in this state, the home of the NCAA champion Wildcats.
What is Kentucky?
200
23,000 men were dead or wounded during this, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is Antientam?
200
This amendment granted full citizenship to all individuals born in the USA.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
While slavery was illegal, these codes were "slavery in disguise."
What are Black Codes?
300
I am not property! I am a citizen and a man!
Who is Dred Scott?
300
Abe Lincoln's most famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," begins with these 6 words.
What is "For score and seven years ago?"
300
Both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the question of ________ in the _________ territories.
What is slavery in the western territories?
300
This name was given to Northern Whites who moved to the South after the Civil war and offered "bags" of support to the Republicans.
What is Carpetbagger?
400
The Union Army successfully used this military tactic to cut off shipments to Southern ports.
What is a blockade?
400
This Underground Railroad conductor was secretly narcoleptic......ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
What official declaration made by Abraham Lincoln freed all enslaved people in the South?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
This period began at the end of the Civil War and lasted until 1877.
What is Reconstruction?
400
These two pieces of legislation (2 acts) were aimed at reforming the Union and reorganizing Southern states.
What are the First and Second Reconstruction Acts?
500
This method of war, which aims at all aspects of an enemies life, was famously used in William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea."
What is total war?
500
Born into slavery in the South, this man escaped to the North and became the most widely known African American abolitionist.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
500
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 in this Washington D.C. theatre.
What is Ford's Theatre?
500
These two famous generals met at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 to negotiate the terms of the South's surrender.
Who are Grant and Lee?
500
A series of laws which included a law which allowed whites to take orphaned African American children as servents.
What are the Black Codes?
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