Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that showed the cruelty of slavery and made France and Great Britain think twice about supporting the South during the Civil War.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
The Civil War began when Union troops attempted to deliver supplies to this fort, resulting in Confederate units firing upon it.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
One of the earliest battles of the Civil War, the Union lost and were made to realize that the war would not be over quickly or easily.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
100
Lincoln was the first president from this political party.
What is the Republican party?
100
He wrote The Impending Crisis in the South which was banned in the South because of its arguments against slavery based on economic reasons.
Who is Hinton Helper?
200
This southern sympathizer was president of the United States from 1857 - 1861.
Who is James Buchanan?
200
The side in the Civil War whose biggest advantages were manpower and an industrialized economy.
What is the North/Union?
200
This result of this battle (a Union victory), probably prevented Great Britain and France from entering the war on the side of the South.
What is Antietam?
200
Lincoln fought hard to get this amendment, which officially abolished slavery in the United States, added to the Constitution.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
This political party was based on anti-catholic and anti-immigrant policies.
What is the Know Nothing party?
300
The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas could only apply for statehood by permitting slavery and was rejected by congress based on arguments by this senator, who claimed that popular sovereignty had not truly been used in Kansas.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
300
Most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory supported this side in the Civil War.
What is the South/Confederacy?
300
One of Lincoln's Generals early in the war, he was overly cautious while constantly fearing that his forces were outnumbered. He later ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864.
Who is George McClellan?
300
Lincoln's opponent in the Illinois 1858 race for the Senate, Lincoln became famous for his debates with this Democrat.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
300
John Brown led a failed raid on this town in an attempt to arm runaway slaves and establish a free black state.
What is Harper's Ferry, VA?
400
This Supreme Court chief justice ruled in Dred Scott v. Stanford that slaves were property, blacks were inferior and had no rights, and that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 had been unconsitutional.
Who is Roger Taney?
400
This event consisted of a Union warship stopping a British mail ship in the Caribbean and forcibly removing two Confederate diplomats and nearly brought the British into the war on the side of the South.
What is the Trent Affair?
400
The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in this region.
What are the Border States?
400
Lincoln began allowing black men to be enlisted in the Union army after he delivered this executive order.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
500
John Bell was the nominee for this newly created party during the election of 1860, which sought to preserve the union through compromise over slavery.
What is the Constitutional Union Party?
500
This Confederate commerce raiding ship was built in Britain, manned by British naval officers, and never once entered a Confederate port.
What is the Alabama?
500
This Union General was an expert at 'total war' and marched his troops from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying everything in his path.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
500
Lincoln's running mate in the election of 1864, he became president when Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500
This Confederate ship was the most serious threat to the Union blockade. It was destroyed by the Confederates because they did not want it to fall into the hands of the Union.