Terms
People
Battles/Court Cases
Documents
Compromises/Random
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Reconstruction
What is the time following the Civil War, where the United States attempted to Unify.
100
President who thought that slavery should be abolished
Who is Abe Lincoln
100
The Battle that started the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
100
Amendment to the Constitution which made Slavery illegal
What is the 13th Amendment
100
In this compromise, both sides got what they wanted. A two-part (bicameral) Congress was created to meet each side needs. Senate- top or upper house, would give equal power to each state, two senators per state. House of representatives- lower house, would give representation based off of the state’s population.
What is the Great Compromise
200
Suffrage
What is gaining the right to vote
200
President who did not agree with abolishing slavery and wanted to push Native Americans off of their land
Who Andrew Jackson
200
Court Case that decided a former slave was a citizen, but property of the former owner
What is the Dred Scott Case
200
Amendment to the Constitution which: -Granted citizenship to blacks -Equal protection for all citizens -Former Confederate solders could not hold office in Government
What is the 14th Amendment
200
The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes.
What is the Three-Fifth's Compromise
300
NAACP
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
300
Abolitionist- Leader of the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
300
an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people in the designated areas of the South from slave to free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
Amendment to the Constitution which granted suffrage (right to vote) for all blacks
What is the 15th Amendment
300
The _____________________ put Rutherford Hayes into office as the nation's 19th president; outraged northern Democrats derided Hayes as "His Fraudulency."
What is the Compromise of 1877
400
Ku Klux Klan
What is a racially discriminatory group that carried out hate crimes.
400
Abolitionist- AKA the Liberator- Called for and immediate end of slavery without compensation.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
400
During the Civil War, a blockade of supplies was put in place on Texas and the Gulf Coast to stop all trading of cotton and was supplies- meant to starve and divides the south and not let is trade with Europe
What is the Anaconda Plan
400
A speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best-known speeches in American history. Came to be seen as one of the greatest and most influential statements of American national purpose. In just over two minutes Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union.
What is the Gettysburg Address
400
-Abolition of Slavery -Growth of Federal Government -Growth of industry -Nation reunited
What are Effects of the War
500
Sharecropping
What is the term used to describe the idea of free slaves working on a farm and splitting profits/paying rent to a white land owner.
500
Abolitionist- Former Slave, Published the "North Star" and spoke out against slavery
Who is Fredrick Douglas
500
Over 23,000 men fell as casualties in the 1-day Battle of _________________, making it the bloodiest day in American history. This Union victory resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.
What is the Battle of Antietam
500
Harsh Laws that regulated behavior of African Americans
What are the Black Codes
500
-Slavery -States Rights -Economic differences between north and South -Secession of the South
What are Causes of the War
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