The War
This economic system fueled regional tensions before the Civil War.
Slavery
Name all three Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
A former slave turned abolitionist, who became a prominent speaker, writer, and advisor to President Lincoln during the Civil War?
Fredrick Douglass
The medical term for the stage before frostbite is known as this.
Frostnip
Identify the location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Fort Sumter
Founded in the aftermath of the Civil War, this group sought to intimidate and oppress African Americans.
The Ku Klux Klan
Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President and faced impeachment during the early years of Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
General Sherman's famous military campaign in 1864 burned down which Southern City?
What federal agency was established to assist freed slaves and impoverished whites after the Civil War?
The Freedmen's Bureau.
Who served as the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
This battle in Pennsylvania represented a decisive turning point in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Many freed farmers became trapped in a cycle of debt through this agricultural system.
Sharecropping
A Radical Republican leader in Congress, who played a key role in the impeachment of President Johnson and in shaping Reconstruction policies?
Thaddeus Stevens.
Because metal was scarce, Oscar Awards given out during World War II were made of this material.
Wood
This was the final battle of the war and the building where the surrender was signed by Lee?
Appomattox Court House
What political agreement effectively ended Reconstruction, leading to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South?
The Compromise of 1877.
A suffragist and advocate for women's rights, she played a role in the women's suffrage movement post-Civil War. Who is she?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
In what year was your history teacher born?
(depends)