Battles
A Dividing Nation
Vocabulary
People
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100

This battle had no winner as it was deadly for both sides.

Battle of Antietam

100

This compromise allowed a new state to join as a slave state and Maine to join as a free state. 

Missouri Compromise. 

100

This amendment gave rights to all citizens born or naturalized in the United States.

14th Amendment. 

100

The leaders of the two armies.

Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. 

100

The moment when Lincoln declared all Southern slaves to be free.

Emancipation Proclamation 

200

This battle was won because of a spy.

The Battle of Bull Run

200

This compromise upset southerners as it added California as a free state. 

The Compromise of 1850. 

200

This amendment gave voting rights to all men regardless of their skin color. 

15th Amendment. 

200

The creator of two major compromises, as an old and young man. 

Henry Clay. 

200

These laws were legalized to ensure segregation in the South.

Jim Crow Laws. 

300

After many were lost in this battle, President Lincoln gave a speech to remember the lost. 

Battle of Gettysburg.

300

The Supreme Court said that Black men were not citizens, even if they were born in America. 

The Dred Scot Decision. 

300

This is what the southern states did when they left the United States after Lincoln's election win.

Secession. 

300

The creator of the Anaconda Plan along with Abraham Lincoln. 

Winfield Scott. 

300

This court case stated that separate but equal is constitutional. 

Plessy. Ferguson. 

400

This battle lasted 9 months and was the last battle of the Civil War.

Battle of Petersburg 

400

This act allowed slavery above the Missouri line when two new territories were added. 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act. 

400

This act led to a frustrated North because it helped capture escaped slaves. 

The Fugitive Slave Act. 

400

The creator of the white supremacist group, the KKK. 

Nathan Bedford Forrest. 

400

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

John was impeached because he fired a government official without permission or reason. 

500

This battle led to the Union's completion of step 2 of the Anaconda Plan.

Battle of Vicksburg.

500

This conversation led to the majority of the United States learning that slavery was a major issue.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

500

This amendment was originally written as the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

13th Amendment. 

500

The three main presidents during our discussions of the Civil War and Reconstruction. 

Lincoln, Hayes, and Johnson. 

500

This organization supported newly freed slaves by giving them basic needs. 

Freedman's Bureau. 

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