Who's who?
Name the 16th President of the United States who was elected in 1860 and would lead the USA during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Name the three day battle that took place in Pennsylvania from July 2-4, 1863. The furthest Confederate advance north during the War, this unequivocal victory for the USA was a turning point.
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the effort to rebuild the U.S. following the Civil War.
Reconstruction
What was the date the United States declared its independence.
July 4, 1776
During the Gilded Age, how did the experiences of wealthy Americans differ from those of working-class Americans?
While many wealthy industrialists enjoyed great wealth and prosperity, poor working conditions in factories and sweatshops and dangerous labor led to great disparity among the social classes.
This was the bloodiest single day battle in US History, with ~23,000 total casualties. Taking place in Maryland and resulting in a Confederate retreat, Lincoln would then issue the initial Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam
Name the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
Secession
The word antebellum is used to describe…
The period of time before the Civil War
Name the Commander of the U.S. army by the end of the Civil War. He was a proponent of total war doctrine.
Ulysses S. Grant
Name the period of time when rapid industrial growth, economic expansion, and technological innovation in the late 1800s, when great wealth existed alongside widespread poverty, political corruption, and social inequality.
The Gilded Age
In the final years of the war, name the US belief that to win, they must fight against enemy soldiers, AND target the resources and willpower of the enemy population. This included destroying farms, railroads, factories, and towns.
Total War
Name one event that led to the Civil War.
There are many. Some options:
The Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Bleeding Kansas
The Caning of Sumner
Dred Scott Decision
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
The Election of 1860
After the Civil War, what was the US government's policy in the Western frontier, and what impact did this have on American Indians?
The US government wanted land to expand for railroad construction, settlements and farming, and gold. They pursued this with the use of military and other programs to increase settlement. The US looked to assimilate American Indians and destroy the buffalo and their ability to live on the land.
In this event, the USA would elect its first Republican President. Shortly after its certification, South Carolina seceded from the Union.
Election of 1860
After Reconstruction ended, many southern states & local governments began to pass laws to legalize segregation by race and disenfranchise black voters. What were these laws called?
Jim Crow Laws
When did the Civil War occur?
_____ - _____
1861 - 1865
The Gilded Age saw millions of immigrants settling in the U.S. Where did the vast majority of the immigrants come from?
Europe - notably southern & eastern
Explain one of the three Reconstruction amendments.
13th Amendment = Ends slavery in the USA
14th Amendment = All people born/naturalized are citizens, and have access to “due process” under the law
15th Amendment = Expands access to voting in the USA
Name the US strategy during the Civil War. The U.S. wanted to preserve the union, force the CSA to surrender by cutting them off from all outside support.
The Anaconda Plan
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. Tell me one thing about this speech.
Answers may vary.
- Delivered at ceremony dedicating cemetery for soldiers who died at Battle of Gettysburg