Timeline
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
Did Andrew Jackson represent the Common Man or the Educated Man?
The Common Man
True or False: 0.1% of white people in the South owned over 100 slaves
True
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
What is the US capital?
Washington, D.C.
When did Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse?
1865
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln?
Which Amendment prohibits states from making discriminatory laws against people based on race?
The 14th Amendment
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
The North
What is the capital of Hawaii?
Honolulu
What happened in 1849?
The California Gold Rush
Which former Union general became the 18th US president?
Ulysses S. Grant
The Compromise of 1850 allowed which state into the Union as a free state in return for strengthening the Fugitive Slave Law?
California
What Civil War battle was the bloodiest day in American history?
The Battle of Antietam
Tallahassee is the capital of which state?
Florida
What year did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
Which Vice President became president for the remainder of Lincoln's term after his assassination?
Andrew Johnson
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the US.
False; it freed slaves in the rebel states only
Sherman's March to the Sea plowed through which southern state?
Georgia
What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
What year did the Supreme Court pass the Dred Scott Decision?
1857
Who was the 12th US president?
Zachary Taylor
What government policy contradicted the Missouri Compromise?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who won the Battle of Hampton Roads (between the Monitor and Merrimack/Virginia)?
Trick Question! Neither side won (or both)
Jefferson City is the capital of which state?
Missouri