Pre Civil War
Which two regions had industrial vs. agrarian economies?
North vs. South
What was the first major Confederate victory that taught both sides the war would not be easy?
Bull Run
What were the restrictive laws meant to control African Americans and limit their rights in the south?
Black Codes
Who was POTUS during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who led the uprising of enslaved people that would lead to harsher laws in the South?
Nat Turner
Which agreement banned slavery above the 36'30 line?
Missouri Compromise
Which battle was the bloodiest single day in the Border State of Maryland? (A victory here could mean allies for the South...)
Antietam
What is the period following the Civil War called?
Reconstruction, of course!
Which VP (then POTUS) was lenient on the South?
Andrew Johnson
What was the South called in the Civil War?
Confederacy/Confederate States of America
Which agreement allowed for popular sovereignty in New Mexico, and made a stricter Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
What was issued after Antietam?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which agency provided aid and resources to newly freed African Americans?
Freedmen's Bureau
Who surrendered Confederate forces to the Union?
Robert E. Lee
Name a Union advantage
More factories/resources/people
Which law led to "Bleeding Kansas"
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which battle was a turning point in the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
Who led Congressional Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
Whose total war campaign destroyed large parts of the South?
William T. Sherman
Name an abolitionist piece of literature
Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Liberator (newspaper)
Which event led southern states to secede?
Election of 1860
Name 3 border states. (Hint: strategic locations by Mississippi River, Ohio River, and Richmond, VA)
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland
Name the Reconstruction amendments and the rights granted
13th - Abolished slavery
14th - Granted citizenship
15th - Right to vote (suffrage)
Which Union general became the 18th POTUS?
Ulysses S. Grant
In which speech did Lincoln push for amnesty (forgiveness, charity) for the South?
Second Inaugural Address