Civil War and Reconstruction

Causes

100

What is the one cause that is the most important in causing the Civil War

Slavery

200

The Economy of the South was based on this crop.

Cotton

300

The Economy of the North was based on this.

Industry

400

The Republicans favored this policy with regard to slavery.

Keeping it within its existing borders.

500

The acquisition of this territory was key to the outbreak of the Civil War.

California

Battles

100

The first battle of the Civil War was this.

Bull Run

200

The Battle plan for the North was called this.

The Anaconda Plan

300

The cause of the Emancipation Proclamation was this battle in Maryland.

Antietam

400

The turning point of the Civil War was defined by two battles, one in the east and one on the Mississippi River. What were they?

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

500

The concept of "total war" was best embodied in this action in 1864.

Sherman's March to the Sea.

People

100

The President of the Union was ...

Abraham Lincoln

200

The President of the Confederacy was . . .

Jefferson Davis

300

The winning General for the Union was this person.

Ulysses S. Grant

400

The main General of the South from 1862 on was this person.

Gen. Robert E. Lee

500

The Union General at the beginning of the Civil War, whose nickname was the "Virginia Creeper" was this person.

George McClellan

Reconstruction 1

100

Lincoln's Reconstruction plan was called this.

The 10% Plan

200

This radical was in the US Senate and represented MA

Charles Sumner

300

This organization was designed to train, educate, provide clothing and otherwise help former slaves and poor Whites after the Civil War.

Freedman's Bureau

400

These court cases established that the 14th amendment only applied to federal law and policies.

The Slaughterhouse Cases

500

The end of the Reconstruction period was brought about by this.

The Compromise of 1877

Reconstruction II

100

This Radical Congressman was from PA.

Thaddeus Stevens

200

Southern leaders who wanted to hold office after the assassination of President Lincoln had to do this.

Swear an oath to the US directly to President Johnson.

300

This successful lawyer from New York should have won the 1876 Presidential election but did not because of shenanigans in the vote submission and counting.

Samuel Tilden

400

The finance company that was overcharging for building railroads was called this.

Credit Mobilier

500

This economic condition erupted in 1873 because of the Credit Mobilier scandal and Jay Gould's attempt to buy up all of the non-governmental gold reserves.

The Panic of 1873