He was the President of the United States at the start of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The 3/5 Compromise stated that slaves would be counted as 3/5 when determining a state's
population
100
The start and end dates of the Civil War
April 12, 1861
April 9, 1865
100
Speech issued by Abraham Lincoln to consecrate a battle field. This was after a significant victory for the Union.
The Gettysburg Address
100
This is when Reconstruction took place.
It started during the Civil War, but really took place mostly after the Civil War.
200
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
Under this, in 1820 Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and Maine joined the Union as a free state. Also, all land above Missouri's southern border would forever be free.
Missouri Compromise
200
Locations where the Civil War started and ended.
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
200
This man assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
200
What was the purpose of reconstruction?
The rebuild the southern states (economy, buildings, lifestyle) and to help mend the country and bring the states back together.
300
The leader of the Union Army.
The leader of the Confederate Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
300
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
Name the 4 border states
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware
300
He was the leader of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry
Col. Robert Shaw
300
Was reconstruction easy or difficult? Explain your answer.
Reconstruction was very difficult. The South was in ruins and still did not feel that blacks were equal to whites. It would take several years for all the southern states to be re-entered into the Union.
400
He raided Harper's Ferry
He led a raid that killed 55 whites in Virginia
John Brown
Nat Turner
400
Under this, the North was allowed to have California enter as a free state and the South got a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law.
Compromise of 1850
400
Name 10 Union States
Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, NH, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota.
400
This was a military measure issued during the Civil War by Lincoln. It stated that all slaves in areas of rebellion would be freed unless the rebelling state. It was issued to be effective on January 1, 1863. It was the first step toward ending slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
400
Name the 4 different Reconstruction Plans and who sponsored them
10% Plan - Abraham Lincoln
Johnson Plan - Andrew Johnson
Wade Davis Bill - Republicans in Congress
Radical Reconstruction - Radical Republicans
500
A resident of Thetford, he led African American troops until he was shot dead.
Alanson Sanborn
500
This person sued for his freedom in 1857, but Congress stated that slaves were property and not citizens.
Dred Scott
500
Name the 11 Confederate States of America members
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
500
The laws were instituted after the Plessy v. Ferguson court case. This case stated that it was okay to separate people by race as long as the facilities for each group were equal. The "separate but equal" doctrine would last until 1954.
Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
500
What are the Reconstruction Amendments and what do they mean?
13th - makes slavery illegal in the United States
14th - defines citizenship and makes all persons born in the US citizens, including former slaves.
15th - guarantees the right to vote to black males over the age of 18