Pre Civil War
The first state to declare session from the Union was __________
South Carolina
The three day battle of ____________ in Pennsylvania was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War & turning point in the Union's favor
Gettysburg
____________ would become the first President to be impeached after breaking various laws during Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson
The main general of the Union Army was _____________
Ulysses S. Grant
Name AT LEAST 2 of the 5 Border States during the Civil War
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware
Believing he was tasked by God, ___________ would invade Harpers' Ferry to start a slave rebellion, but be caught and executed after nobody showed up to support him.
John Brown
The name of the first battle of the Civil War to the Union army was the Battle of _____________
Bull Run
What were AT LEAST two ways that the South tried to keep African Americans from voting?
-Poll Tax
-Literacy Test
-Grandfather Clause
-Intimidation
The main general of the Confederate Army was ____________
Robert E. Lee
How was there a loophole in the 13th amendment that allowed slavery to exist?
If a person was arrested & charged with a crime, they could be put back into slavery
The first shots of the Civil War would be fired at ____________ when the Confederates attacked in South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
The bloodiest single day of combat in the Civil War was at the Battle of _________ in Maryland
Antietam
What was ruled in the landmark case "Plessy vs. Ferguson"?
Segregation was legal as long as the two sides were "separate but equal"
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, _____________ would accidentally be shot and killed by his own soldiers
"Stonewall" Jackson
-More people
-More supplies & weapons
-More railroads & roads to transport soldiers & goods
_______________ wanted to build a railroad from Illinois to California, which began the events that would lead to Bleeding Kansas
Stephen Douglas
The first battle of the Civil War to the Confederate army was the Battle of ___________
Manassas
Because of ______________ and his "March To The Sea" during the Civil War, the South was completely destroyed and had little to help it grow after the war had ended
William Tecumseh Sherman
The first (and only) President of the Confederacy was ______________
Jefferson Davis
What were AT LEAST two advantages of the South during the Civil War?
-Better Generals
-Better Shots
-Knew the Terrain
-Had a more emotional reason to fight
What was the importance of Bleeding Kansas?
-A miniature Civil War would break out in the state of Kansas
-Tensions would be heightened by the conflict between pro & anti slavery
At the Battle of _________ in Tennessee, General Grant began using his "War of Attrition" strategy
Shiloh
What was the Compromise of 1877 and how did it affect Reconstruction?
-The Democrats would accept Hayes as President IF the military was removed from the South
-It ended Reconstruction, allowing the South to do whatever it wanted and pass restrictive laws against African Americans
The only Native American general during the Civil War was ___________
Stand Watie
Who were the Copperheads?
Northern Democrats who were "poisoning" Lincoln's attempts to win the Civil War