BEFORE THE WAR
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN ORDER TO TEACH NORTHERNERS ABOUT THE EVILS OF SOUTHERN SLAVERY.
WHAT WAS UNCLE TOM’S CABIN?
THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR LAND BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR AND SHOWED THE NORTH THAT THE WAR WOULD NOT END AS FAST AS THOUGHT IT WOULD.
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN?
THE LEADING GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES
WHO WAS ROBERT E. LEE?
THIS IS THE TIME PERIOD WHERE THE UNION’S GOAL WAS TO REBUILD THE SOUTH AND REUNITE THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS RECONSTRUCTION?
THE WESTERN REGION IN AMERICA SAW A BOOM IN POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS
WHAT IS THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD?
A TOWN IN VIRGINIA. JOHN BROWN TRIED TO TAKE THE ARSENAL IN THIS TOWN SO HE COULD LEAD A SLAVE REBELLION
WHAT IS HARPERS FERRY?
THIS NORTHERN GENERAL USED TOTAL WAR IN HIS MARCH DOWN SOUTH – DESTROYING FARMS AND TOWNS ALONG HIS PATH.
WHO WAS GENERAL SHERMAN?
SEEN AS A UNION VICTORY, IT WAS THE BLOODIEST SINGLE-DAY BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM?
THIS BUREAU WAS SET UP TO HELP POOR SOUTHERN FARMERS AND RECENTLY FREED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
WHAT IS THE FREEDMAN'S BUREAU?
THESE TYPES OF INDIANS OFTEN USED HORSES AND HUNTED THE BUFFALO IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
WHO WERE THE PLAINS INDIANS?
HE WAS THE PRESIDENT WHO WON THE ELECTION OF 1860, WHICH WAS THE LAST STRAW FOR THE LEADERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AFTER THIS IMPORTANT UNION VICTORY.
WHAT IS THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM?
THE UNION STRATEGY FOR WINNING THE CIVIL WAR BY BLOCKADING THE SOUTHERN PORTS AND TAKING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
WHAT WAS THE ANACONDA PLAN?
THESE SOUTHERN CODES, OR LAWS, WERE WRITTEN TO DENY CIVIL RIGHTS TO FREED AFRICAN AMERICANS.
WHAT WERE BLACK CODES?
THE HOMESTEAD ACT GAVE THIS AMOUNT OF LAND TO SETTLERS WILLING TO MOVE OUT TO THE HEARTLAND FOR 5 YEARS
WHAT WAS 160 ACRES OF LAND?
THE IDEA THAT SUGGESTED RESIDENT VOTERS SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING SLAVERY IN THEIR STATE OR TERRITORY.
WHAT IS POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
A FAMOUS SPEECH BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. IT IS REMEMBERED AS BEING THE BEST SUMMARY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
WHAT WAS THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS?
DAILY DOUBLE
SHE HELPED WOUNDED CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND STARTED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
DAILY DOUBLE
A SURPREME COURT CASE THAT RULED THAT SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL.
THE DISCOVERY OF THIS CAUSED DISASTER FOR INDIANS LIVING IN COLORADO
WHAT WAS GOLD?
THIS COMPROMISE SAID THAT SLAVERY IN THE MEXICAN CESSION WOULD BE DECIDED BY POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND CALIFORNIA WOULD ENTER THE UNION AS A FREE STATE.
WHAT IS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850?
HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
WHO WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS?
WHAT IS HABEAS CORPUS?
AN AGREEMENT THAT HELPED MAKE HAYES PRESIDENT AND REMOVE THE TROOPS FROM THE SOUTH
SOME NATIVE AMERICANS TRIED TO STAY ON THEIR LAND BY DOING THIS- WHICH IS TO ADOPT THE AMERICAN CULTURE
WHAT IS ASSIMILATION?