All credible historians agree that this is the primary cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
100
Its goals included: capturing Richmond, controlling the Mississippi River, and blockading Southern ports.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
She was a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriett Tubman?
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 but led Lincoln to deliver a eulogy for the 60,000+ fallen soldiers there.
What is Gettysburg?
200
This black abolitionist wrote a narrative of his life and spoke out publicly despite being a fugitive.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
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 allowed this group to vote.
What is African American males?
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 slaves were freed by this after the Battle of Antietam.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This feminist and abolitionist asked America, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
300
Northerners who moved into the South during Reconstruction were often called this derogatory term.
What are carpetbaggers?
300
This group fought hard for the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments and overrode Johnson's vetoes.
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
Fighting a defensive war and more experienced leadership were advantages of -
What is the Confederacy (South)?
400
This abolitionist created an anti-slavery newspaper called "The Liberator"
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
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
These young Southern ladies left their plantation homes to speak out against slavery to Northern audiences.
Who are the Grimke sisters?
500
This 17th president of the United States was impeached but remained in office by one vote.