Slavery
Slavery began in American at this point?
What is before the US began?
This is the fictional book that described slavery and convinced many Northerners to reconsider slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This was a general in the Confederate Army.
Who is General Lee?
This was the amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This was the candidate that won the presidential election of 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is how enslaved people resisted slavery.
What is rebel, runaway, break tools, work slowly, act dumb?
This was the name for the violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This was the bloodiest day in American history.
What is The Battle of Antietam?
This the amendment that outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Having better military generals was an advantage of this side.
What is the Confederacy?
This is Chattel slavery.
What is a type of slavery where the enslaved person is considered property?
This was the name of the man who sued for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the amendment that said that all citizens are protected under the laws. (all citizens get rights)
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is the belief that "states rights" was the cause of the war and not slavery.
What is the "Lost Cause" myth?
This was what enslaved people were not allowed to be taught.
What is reading/writing?
This was the man who tried to start a slave revolt in Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
Having a higher population, more factories and more railroads was an advantage of which side?
What is the North?
This was a terrorist group that popped up during the Reconstruction period.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This is a law that required northerner to turn in run-away slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This was the candidate in the 1860 election that wanted the citizens to decide if they wanted slavery in their state or not.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
This was the document that freed the enslaved peoples in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This is what Andrew Johnson wanted to do during reconstruction.
What is admit the south back into the union as quickly as possible?
This was the name of the man who killed Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?