Causes of the Civil War
She wrote the bestselling (and controversial) novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The fall of this federally held fort to the confederate army caused a spike in volunteers for both armies - and is considered the start of the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
The winningest Confederate General, later shot in the arm by his own men and died of an infection
Who was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
He was the first African-American elected to Congress and ironically took over the Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis.
Who was Hiram Revels?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act which precipitated the "Bleeding Kansas" incident used this rationale to determine if a state should allow slavery.
What is "popular sovereignty?'
'Stonewall' Jackson earned his famous nickname at this battle - the first with casualties in the Civil War.
What was Bull Run?
She was a escaped slave, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a Union spy and battle leader (and she should be on the $20 bill)
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This agreement invalidated the Missouri Compromise, added California as a free state, and strengthened Fugitive Slave Laws as Congress debated the spread of slavery to the western territories.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This battle marked the last attempt by the South to invade a Union state - and was Lee's first defeat.
What was Gettysburg?
This infamous pre-Civil War case ruled that slaves did not become free by living in a free territory (because they were not human being with the "standing" to bring a suit but were chattel property (like cows))
What was Dred Scott (v. Sanford)?
This the name of the Southern myths (lies) told about the war to make the South look sympathetic and heroic.
What is the Lost Cause?
A former slave, educated in Boston and London, he was a successful lecturer and organizer of the both the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
This was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War and also prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
This Union General advanced the strategy of 'total war' in his infamous March to the Sea and Burning of Atlanta.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
It was for violating this act (but actually for vetoing everything related to African-American rights) that Andrew Johnson was impeached.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
These intentionally racist laws were created after the Compromise of 1877 gave "Home Rule" or "Redemption" back to the South
What are the Black Codes/Segregation/Jim Crow?
Lincoln's plan for reuniting the Union, put forward by Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's assassination, was generally known by this nickname.
What was the 10-Percent Plan?
John Wilkes Booth shouted this motto of the state of Virginia after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.
What was 'sic semper tyrannis?' (Thus always to tyrants)
The "Corrupt Bargain" made by the Radical Republican to get Rutherford B. Hayes elected President while also ended Reconstruction and giving control of the South back the men who founded the Confederacy.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
A Southern politician who sided with Republicans during Reconstruction (usually for financial benefit) was known as this derogatory term by Southern Democrats.
What is a scalawag?