This 1820 agreement resulted in Maine being admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise
100
This was the North's plan to win the Civil War. It involved surrounding the Confederacy and strangling it to death.
What is the Anaconda Plan
100
This man was the Confederate president.
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
Despite their contributions to the war effort, African Americans still faced this.
What is Prejudice/Racism
100
This event marked the beginning of the Civil War
What is the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
200
This 1857 Supreme Court ruling legalized slavery in the territories, and declared the Missouri Compromise Unconstitutional. Further, it labeled African Americans not as people, but as property
What is the Dred Scott decision
200
This three day battle lasted from July 1-3, 1863 and resulted in 50,000 soldiers killed or wounded. Lincoln later visited the site of the battle and stated that out of the war would come a "new birth of freedom".
What is the Battle of Gettysburg.
200
These were two challenges faced by President Lincoln during the Civil War
What is preserving the union, finding enough men to fight, leading a divided union.
200
These are two examples of discrimination faced by African American soldiers during the Civil War.
What is lower pay, menial jobs, poor weapons, inadequate training...
200
This agreement admitted California into the Union as a free state, divided the rest of the Southwest into two territories-New Mexico/Utah-and opened both to slavery
What is the Compromise of 1850
300
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown seized the federal arsenal at this location.
Where is Harper's Ferry
300
This Union general was a proponent of total war and famously stated, "We cannot change the hearts of the people in the South...but we cam make war so terrible ...and make them so sick of war that generations will pass away before they again appeal to it."
Who is William T. Sherman
300
This event broke out in April, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia and involved hundreds of women rampaging through town, breaking windows, and stealing food, shoes, and other goods.
What is the Bread Riot
300
This regiment helped African Americans gain acceptance in the Union Army.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
300
The Anaconda Plan included these three goals.
What are blockading Confederate ports, taking control of the Mississippi River, and taking the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA.
400
This was the first state to secede from the Union following the election of President Lincoln in 1860.
What is South Carolina
400
General Lee surrendered to Grant at this location, on this date.
What is Appomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865
400
These were four challenges faced by soldiers during the Civil War:
What are unprecedented casualties, disease, psychological trauma, poor/unsanitary medical care, keeping busy between battles, leaving families behind...
400
These are three examples of how women helped with the war effort.
What is serving as spies, providing medical care, holding down the home front, and secretly enlisting for military service.
400
Northern Democrats that sympathized with the South were known by this nickname
What are Copperheads
500
Included in the Compromise of 1850, this law required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
500
This one-day, 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War. Though the battle was not decisive, it was a turning point in the war.
What is The Battle of Antietam.
500
To stay occupied in camp, soldiers pursued these various pastimes. (Include 4)
What are reading, writing letters, singing, hunting/fishing, sports (baseball, wrestling), skits, magic shows...
500
This woman was one of the thousands of women who served as nurses during the Civil War and was the founder of the American Red Cross in 1881.