The British used this act to try and collect taxes from the American colonies to repay debts from the French and Indian War.
What is the Stamp Act
100
In this original compromise, states were allowed to own slaves if they were positioned below the 300th parallel. All others would be free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise
100
He was the leader of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
Lincoln gave this famous speech after a major military battle in order to remind the people of the U.S. why the civil war was being fought.
What is the Gettysburg Address
100
This man was held responsible for the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
200
This famous document was written on July 4th 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence.
200
This compromise admitted California to the union as a free state however made it easier for fugitive slaves to be returned to their masters.
What is The Compromise of 1850
200
He was a famous General in the Union who was responsible for many union victories later in the war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
This famous political statement given by Lincoln promised freedom to many of the slaves trapped behind Confederate lines.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation
200
This year marked the end of the Civil War.
What is 1865
300
For resisting British rule, the British Parliament issued this series of acts in order to punish the colonists.
What is the Intolerable Acts
300
This act declared that each state could choose whether or not it wanted slaves as it was admitted to the union.
What is The Kansas Nebraska Act
300
Prior to this exceptionally bloody battle, the majority of Americans believed that the war would be over in 90 days or less.
What is Shiloh
300
This crucial amendment gave former slaves the right to vote.
What is The Fifteenth Amendment.
300
This amendment declared that all former slaves were Citizens of the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment.
400
Colonists resisted British taxation by destroying the very goods they were attempting to tax during this famous act of insurrection.
What is the Boston Tea Party
400
Due to Civil Unrest created by the Kansas Nebraska Act, a group of insurgents lead by John Brown seized federal weapons to encourage slave riots in the South.
What is The Raid on Harper's Ferry
400
This battle is still considered the bloodiest battle in American history and represent a major turning point in the in favor of the Union.
What is Gettysburg
400
During the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln omitted these states in order to ensure that they would not turn against the Union.
What are Border States
400
This event marked the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
500
This document was created to increase the strength of the Federal Government after the Articles of Confederation failed.
What is The Constitution
500
Attempts at compromise failed when a number of Southern States seceded from the Union after this important political development.
What is the Election of Abraham Lincoln
500
This battle resulted in an embarrassing defeat for the Union, which caused President Lincoln to fire Major General Ambrose Burnside and replace him with Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Fredericksburg.
500
This post war law made it illegal to not be employed. Such laws were used to arrest African Americans and place them back into conditions similar to slavery.
What is Vagrancy Laws.
500
Ulysses S. Grant was very lenient toward Lee's Confederate Army during Lee's surrender at this famous courthouse.