American abolitionist who led a raid on a government weapons storehouse at Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
100
16th president, president during the entire Civil War, against slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
A system of secret escape routes that lead enslaved people to free land.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
The states that left the Union to form their own nation and government,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
What is the Confederacy?
100
The site of the first battle in the Civil War. A fort on an island guarding the harbor of Charleston.
What is Fort Sumter?
200
U.S. Senator from Mississippi who became president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
U. S. Army colonel who gave up his post to become commander of the Confederate army in the Civil War.
Who is Robert E Lee?
200
Abolitionist and former enslaved person who became a leading spokesperson against slavery.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
to free (from slavery)
What is emancipate?
200
The site in Virginia of General Lee's surrender, which ended major fighting in the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
300
Enslaved African American who sued for his freedom in 1857. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against him.
Who is Dred Scott?
300
Confederate supporter who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
In 1819, Missouri wanted to join the union as a slave state throwing off the balance between free and slave states. Henry Clay of Kentucky came up with a compromise. This compromise kept peace for nearly 30 years.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
to leave
What is secede?
300
One of General Ulysses S. Grant's first victories which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and it cut the Confederacy into two parts.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
400
Commander of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
400
African American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became a famous speaker and writer.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
400
This plan created by Henry Clay allowed California to join as a free state. It also included the Fugitive Slave Act which required all Americans turn in people who escaped slavery.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
a tax on imports
What is a tariff?
400
A 3 day battle and one of the deadliest of the Civil War. The union victory marked a turning point in the war. Lee's army would never again be able to launch attack against the union. Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in U.S. History.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
500
Representative from Kentucky who worked for compromises on the slavery issue.
Who is Henry Clay?
500
Seventh president of the US, supported tariffs on trade which added to sectionalism
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
African American abolitionist and former enslaved person who helped lead others to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
500
loyalty to the region a person belongs to
What is sectionalism?
500
The war between the Union and the Confederate states over the issues of economic issues, state and federal rights, slavery, and secession