Causes of the war
What was Uncle Tom's cabin
This novel was written to inform people of the terrible circumstances of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
What was reconstruction?
The era of rebuilding and reuniting the nation after the Civil War
What was Fort Sumpter
The first battle of the civil war
President of the confederacy
Q: What is the Fugitive Slave Act ?
This piece of legislation unsuccessfully tried to ban slavery in the new territories.
Who is John Brown?
Leader of Harpers Ferry, VA’s military armory was attacked by this nationalist abolitionist
What did the 13th amendment do?
Grant slaves freedom
Battle where the Union secured the Mississippi river
the battle of Vicksburg
Robert E. Lee
What is Bleeding Kansas?
The violence that resulted from Popular Sovereignty from letting people vote whether slavery should be allowed in Kansas or not
President over the Union during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Grant all people born in the US citizenship
Number of states that seceded from the Union
11
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo give us?
Mexican Cession (any of the states given are also acceptable)
Who was the commander of the Union Army by the end of the war?
What did the 15th amendment do?
Grant all men suffrage
Last battle where the Confederacy tried to invade the North
Name one advantage the Confederacy had during the war
They fought on their homeland, better generals, fighting defensively
This event was the last straw beforefrom Mexico. the South seceded from the Union
The election of Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
What was the Radical Republican's plan called for reconstruction?
Congressional Reconstruction
Appomattox Court House.
Which confederate general famously died due to poor medical practices
Stonewall Jackson