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100
Sherman's army famously torched this southern city.
What is Atlanta?
100
This amendment to the US Constitution gave Black men the right to vote. Notably, it did not guarantee this right to women.
What is the 15th Amendment?
100
________ surrendered to _________ at Appomattox Courthouse, formally ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865. (Both names required)
Who are Lee and Grant?
100
For wealthy former slaveholders, Andrew Johnson required them to do this in order to earn back their political rights.
What is personally appeal to him for a pardon?
100
This terroristic hate group formed for the first (but not last) time in the years following the end of the Civil War.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
200
Increasingly bloody battles, more civilian impact, and a reduction of prisoner exchanges all comprised this two-word description of the type of warfare that characterized the last 1.5 years of the war.
What is Hard War?
200
These laws were passed by states like Mississippi shortly after Presidential Reconstruction, and showed a decided lack of commitment to meaningfully reconstructing the South.
What are the Black Codes?
200
Lincoln was assassinated on this day, carrying great symbolism and importance in the Christian calendar.
What is Good Friday?
200
Who did Andrew Johnson notably NOT consult as he pursued his Reconstruction agenda?
What is the US Congress?
200
This form of extra-judicial violence was a favorite mode of suppressing Black votes in the decades following the Civil War.
What is lynching?
300
This northern political faction opposed Lincoln's re-election, yet did not call for an immediate peace settlement with the South. George McClellan became their presidential nominee.
What are the War Democrats?
300
This Constitutional Amendment guaranteed that everyone who was born in the US was automatically a citizen, and enshrined important civil rights protections.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
"Sic Semper Tyrannis!" was shouted by this man as he leapt to the stage after shooting President Lincoln and mortally wounding him.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
This group was created by Congress and tasked with enforcing various laws and protections during Reconstruction in the South.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
300
The election of this man spelled the end of Reconstruction for all intents and purposes.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
400
Derisively named after this poisonous snake, another faction of the Democratic party wanted to settle with the South immediately.
What are the Copperheads?
400
This Constitutional Amendment ended (race-based) slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
In addition to Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, this man also was nearly killed during an assassination attempt. His life was saved thanks to a neck brace, but sadly, the trauma of the attack may have led to his wife's demise soon after.
Who is William Seward (the Sec. of State)?
400
This state had a majority-Black state legislature in 1868, something that no doubt would have made its 1860 state legislature apoplectic.
What is South Carolina?
400
This name was given to the group of white citizens who sought to undo Reconstruction reforms and protections for Black citizens.
What are the Redeemers?
500
Descriptively named for the eventual result of the battle, this encounter featured the then-innovative tactic of tunneling and explosives.
What is the Battle of the Crater?
500
Thanks to the loophole in the 13th Amendment, this type of person could still be sentenced to forced labor, leading to over-policing and sentencing disparities for Black citizens.
What is a convict?
500
In February 1865, the Confederate government made a surprising move and requested to do what to end the war?
What is meet with Abraham Lincoln directly? (You may have guessed "arm slaves," but that was proposed in January, and "the Confederate government" did not actually request this.)
500
This dour-looking man was a champion of the rights of freedpeople, and simply could not with Andrew Johnson's BS.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
500
This false mythology seeped into textbooks, movies, and storytelling and shaped understandings of the Civil War for generations of Americans.
What is the Lost Cause?