Pre-Civil War
Civil War
Reconstruction
Citizenship Questions
100
How did the Compromise of 1850 harm African Americans?
It required every state to return those who escaped slavery.
100
Who were the generals of the North and South?
North = Ulysses S. Grant
South = Robert E. Lee
100
Who was the first African American to serve in Congress?
Hiram Revels
100
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
200
What does "fugitive" mean?
Someone who tries to escape something bad
200
When did the Civil War start and end?
1861-1865
200
What forced people to understand difficult documents?
Literacy tests
200
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery
300
Which state was the first to secede from the Union immediately before the Civil War began?
South Carolina
300
At the beginning of the Civil War, what was Lincoln concerned about?
The Union
300
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300
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
Freed the slaves.
*Freed enslaved people.
400
Which act allowed people in each state to vote on whether to allow slavery?
Kansas Nebraska Act
400
Put the events of the Civil War in the order they occurred: Sherman's March to the Sea, First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Antietam
1. First Battle of Bull Run
2. Battle of Antietam
3. Battle of Gettysburg
4. Sherman's March to the Sea
400
What protected poor, uneducated white voters from voting restrictions?
Grandfather clauses
400
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves.
*Freed enslaved people.
500
Who is the best known conductor that helped enslaved people escape to the Midwest, New England, and Canada?
Harriet Tubman
500
Name the flags:
1. The Union
2. The Confederates
500
What required people to pay a fee to vote?
Poll taxes
500
Name two wars fought by the United States in the 1800s.
▪ War of 1812
▪ Mexican-American War
▪ Civil War
▪ Spanish-American War