Civil War Causes
Civil War I
Civil War II
Reconstruction
Reconstruction Amendments
100
All credible historians agree that this is the primary cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
100

The union plans of capturing Richmond, controlling the Mississippi River, and blockading Southern ports were nicknamed what?

What is the Anaconda Plan?

100

The CSS Hunley was a new type of revolutionary weapon first successfully used at war- what was it? 

Submarine
100
Literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were all used to prevent African Americans from doing this.
What is voting?
100
This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
This word means loyalty to region - another cause of the Civil War.
What is sectionalism?
200

A 3-day battle that ended in victory for the North and led Lincoln to deliver a eulogy for the lots of injured and fallen soldiers there.

What is Gettysburg?

200

The first major battle of the Civil War, observed by civilian picnickers, was the battle of 

Bull Run/ First Manassas 

200
Southern states used these to limit the rights of African Americans before the passage of the 14th Amendment.
What are Black Codes?
200

The 15th Amendment did what? 

Allow African American males to vote.

300
This led to the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law and the admission of California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300

Confederate held slaves were freed by _________ after the Battle of ________

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam

300

The day of Pickett's charge and retreat of the Confederates at Gettysburg was also the fall of this important fortification on the Mississippi River. 

What is Vicksburg

300

The Tenure of Office Act famously led to this never before seen thing in American Politics 

The impeachment of President Johnson

300

This group fought hard for the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments and overrode Johnson's vetoes in Congress

Who were the Radical Republicans?

400
This legislation led to popular sovereignty and conflicts between anti-slavery and pro-slavery voters.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
400

The leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War was who? 

Jefferson Davis

400

Approximately how many casualties did the Civil War cause? 

~600.000

400
Lincoln's lenient plan for Reconstruction was also called this.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
400
Despite the efforts of Radical Republicans and the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, this court case legalized segregation of the races in 1896.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
500
This was the immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860.
What is secession?
500
This Union general later became the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Grant?
500

This is the name of the courthouse where the surrender of Robert Lee's army took place.

Appomattox Courthouse 

500
This 17th president of the United States was impeached but remained in office by one vote.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500
This Amendment nullified the Dred Scott Decision.
What is the 14th Amendment?
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