Presidents
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What year was the Ft. Sumner battle?
1861
How many slaves were returned with the fugitive slave act?
330
Where was the slave trade prohibited as part of the Compromise of 1850?
Washington D.C.
What year was the KKK founded?
1865
President Lincoln was assassinated in this theater on this day.
Ford Theater, April 15th 1865
What was the largest battle ever fought in the North American continent?
Battle of Gettysburg
How many died in bleeding Kansas?
55
What amendment ended slavery?
13th
What day did Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
Jan 1st 1863
Who was the president when Texas was annexed?
James K. Polk
In what state did the battle of Bull Run occur?
Virginia
What was the population of the north in 1860?
23 million
What is the idea that people in a territory should decide if it is free or slave?
Popular Sovereignty
When was Lincoln inaugurated?
March 4th, 1861
What president dispatched federal troops to put down the KKK?
Ulysses S. Grant
What year did the battle of Alamo take place?
1836
What was the population of the south in 1860?
9 million
Who was freed by the emancipation proclamation?
Confederate slaves
When did Congress approve the Thirteenth Amendment?
1865
After the war who was not only an advocate for women's suffrage, but also became president of the American Red Cross?
Clarisa Barton
Who was winning at the battle of Antietam
General George McClellan
How many miles of the coast did the south have?
3,500
Who was not freed by the emancipation proclamation?
The slaves on the border states, and the slaves that hadn’t been reached in the south by the Union Army.
What year did black soldiers get equal pay?
1864