Row 1
Which political party was established to end slavery in the United States?
Republican Party
The North’s strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River during the Civil War was called
Anaconda Plan
An example of “total war” (targeting not only the enemy’s military but also its people and land) from the Civil War was
Sherman’s March to the Sea
The Radical Republicans wanted Reconstruction to be
Difficult
To formally charge a public officer is to
Impeach
Which court case in 1857 determined that enslaved individuals could not bring cases to the Supreme Court?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Manassas
Who won the American Civil War?
The Union (The North)
These were laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling the newly freed African Americans
Black Codes
Which president was impeached by the House of Representatives?
Andrew Johnson (for removing his secretary of war with another person).
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in 1858 for the Illinois Senate seat?
Stephen Douglas
The proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln that abolished slavery in Confederate/rebel states was
The Emancipation Proclamation
What does Reconstruction mean?
The period of rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states to the Union.
Which Amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
The term used by former Confederates to describe Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction in the South
Scalawag
In 1859, John Brown led a raid on this federal arsenal and was arrested and hanged:
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
What is the draft/conscription?
A system of selecting people required for military service
Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was known as
The 10% plan
Which Amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race?
15th Amendment
A system of farming where a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop
Sharecropper
Which event triggered Southern states to secede from the Union starting in December 1860?
The election of Republican president Abraham Lincoln
What roles did women take on during the Civil War?
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
This organization was created by the United States to help newly freed African Americans find work, education, and adjust to their new lives
The Freedman’s Bureau
One way Southern whites denied voting rights to black men was
Literacy exams