Reform & Revivals
What religious movement inspired abolition, women’s rights, and education reform? (Hint: "Second" wave of spiritual energy)
Second Great Awakening
What invention by Eli Whitney boosted Southern cotton production?
Cotton Gin
Who was elected to president in 1860, leading to southern seccession?
Abraham Lincoln
What Union strategy blockaded Southern ports?
Anaconda Plan
What movement worked to end slavery immediately?
Abolitionism
Who wrote the book, "uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was the first state to leave the Union in December 1860?
South Carolina
What 1863 proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states? (Hint: Issued by Lincoln after Antietam)
Emanciopation Proclamation
Who led many enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What 1854 law let territories vote on slavery and led to violence? (Hint: "Bleeding" territory)
Kansas Nebraska Act
What new nation did the seceding states form?
The Confederate States of America
What Pennsylvania battle in 1863 is considered the Civil War turning point?
Gettysburg
What 1848 convention demanded rights for women? (Hint: Held in New York, started with "all men and women")
Seneca Falls Convention
What 1857 Supreme Court ruling said African Americans were not citizens? (Hint: Named after a man who sued for freedom)
Dred Scott
What principle did some Southerners claim allowed states to ignore federal laws?
Nullification
What Union general accepted Lee’s surrender?
Ulysses Grant
What movement pushed to reduce or ban alcohol consumption?
Temperance
What growing divide over economy, slavery, and culture split the nation? (Hint: North vs South loyalties)
Sectionalism
What 1859 raid on a Virginia arsenal tried to spark a slave uprising?
Harper's Ferry
What Virginia courthouse town saw Lee surrender in April 1865?
Appomattox