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100

This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

100

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

Fort Sumter

100

South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860

What is secession?

100

Lincoln’s plan required this percentage of voters to take a loyalty oath.

10% Plan

100

This supporter of Manifest Destiny served as the 11th President and acquired more territory in his one term than any other President in US History. 

James K. Polk 

100

What Union General was known for utilizing Total War tactics during his famous March to the Sea

William T. Sherman 

200

The 1860 election of this president caused several Southern states to secede.

Abraham Lincoln

200

This 1862 battle was the single bloodiest day in U.S. history.

Antietam

200

Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.

 What is the Gettysburg Address?


200

This VP became the 17th President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 

Andrew Johnson 

200

Which ammendment abolished slavery?

13th

200

Who wrote Uncle Toms cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

300

This 1820 agreement kept the balance of free and slave states.

Missouri Compromise

300

On the second day of this 1863 battle, Union forces held strong at Little Round Top after the 20th Maine Regiment "Fixed Bayonets" and rushed the Southern Troops

Battle of Gettysburg

300

What event shocked America shortly after the Civil War had ended?

The Assassination of Lincoln

300

"With Malice towards none, with charity for all"

(Name of the Speech)

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

300

Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and nicknamed Moses?

Harriet Tubman

300

This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.

What is the Fugitive Slave Act? 

400

This 1854 law allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, sparking violence.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

400

This siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in 1863.

Vicksburg

400

What was the battle plan for surrounding the South and their ports to prevent the Confederacy from importing supplies

 The Anaconda Plan

400

Johnson was impeached for violating this law.

Tenure of Office Act

400

This Amendment granted citizenship to people born in the United States and equal protection under the law.

14th Amendment

400

What state was admitted to the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850

California 

500

This 1859 event in Virginia, led by an abolitionist who attempted to start a slave uprising, increased Southern fears of Northern aggression and moved the nation closer to Civil War.

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

500

Lee surrendered to Grant here in April 1865, ending the war.

Appomattox Court House

500

The capital of the Union

Washington DC

500

This group of Republicans wanted harsh punishments for the South and full rights for freedmen.

Radical Republicans

500

This amendment granted suffrage to black men over the age of 21

15th Amendment. 

500

Commanding general of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee 

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