Civil War
This was the major turning point in the war
What was the battle of Gettysburg?
Name three causes of the Civil War
What was Lincoln, Slavery and states rights? (more answers also accepted)
The ideology of westward expansion used by Americans as justification for their movement
What was Manifest Destiny?
These laws prevented Free blacks from having the freedom they should in the south
What was the Jim Crowe laws and the black codes?
A period in the history of this Midwestern state where abolitionists and slavery supporters fought over the fate of Slavery.
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
This was the deadliest day of battle during the Civil war
What was the battle of Antietnam
The industrialization of the North which created an economic boom generating a divide between the North and the South
What is the Market Revolution.
This purchase was centered around the construction of a Southern Trans-Continental Railroad.
The Gadsden Purchase
This compromise ended Northern Occupation of the South and with it Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877
Who was the first state to secede the union
South Carolina
This was the plan the union had to encircle and blockade the south from supplies
What was the Anaconda Plan?
This crisis over whether state or federal laws take precedent over one another
What was the nullification Crisis?
This event brought thousands of settlers to California in search of Gold and riches.
What was the California Gold Rush?
These were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
What was no slavery, naturalization and universal male suffrage?
Who won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincon
This was the battle that split the South in half a long the Mississippi
What was the siege of Vicksburg?
Senator Stephen Douglas proposed this act for a railroad and would allow popular sovereignty in the affected territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This treaty settled the joint-occupation lands with Britain in the Pacific Northwest.
Describe Abraham Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction:
A majority must swear loyalty to the US government, each state must ratify the 13th amendment, and 10% of voters must accept the oath as well.
Prominent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln challenged this Senator in a series of nationally recognized debates.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
What was Appotomattox Courthouse?
Abolitionists stormed this military munitions warehouse hoping to incite and supply a slave uprising in the whole South in this event.
What is John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
What did people call Alaska after the U.S. purchased it
What is Sewards Folly
Describe Andrew Johnsons Plan for Reconstruction:
A majority must swear loyalty to the US government, each state must ratify the 13th amendment, and amnesty for all non-high ranking confederates.
Who was the last state to surrender after the civil war
Texas