Civil War
Which battle started the Civil War in April 1861?
Fort Sumter
Which state is Lincoln most associated with?
Illinois
Who was the woman most associated with the "Underground Railroad"?
Harriet Tubman
During the Missouri Compromise, which state joined the Union as a free state?
Maine
Where did the Confederate Army surrender to the Union in April 1865?
Appomattox, VA
Which were the first three state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida
In 1858, which incumbent (already holding office) senator did Lincoln debate seven times?
Stephen A. Douglas
This abolitionist was originally an enslaved person before writing several autobiographies and advocating for women's suffrage.
Frederick Douglass
This concept was used in both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act ultimately enabling citizens to determine the legality of slavery in unsettled territories.
Popular Sovereignty
Which war did Ulysses S. Grant (General of the Union Army) and Robert E. Lee (General of the Confederate Army) both fight in?
Mexican-American War
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
(Hint: Lincoln gives a famous speech at this location.)
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the name of the executive order issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that changed the legal status of enslaved people living in rebellious states from enslaved to free?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which was the only state in the Compromise of 1850 admitted as a free state?
California
An event which took place during the 1840s in upstate New York is often considered one of the most famous in the history of feminism.
Seneca Falls Convention
Which Union General is known for his "march to the sea" in which he and his troops ransacked (caused damage) to portions of Georgia and the South?
William Tecumseh Sherman
In Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, he begins with "four score and seven years ago." If "score" represents twenty (20) years, which event was Lincoln referencing?
(Hint: The Gettysburg Address took place in 1863.)
It was 87 years prior to the Gettysburg Address in 1863, so Lincoln was referencing the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Which abolitionist was the publisher of the Boston-based anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the name of the 1857 Supreme Court case involving an itinerant (traveling from place to place) Black man who sued for his freedom?
(Hint: Despite living in the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal, the Supreme Court considered him to be enslaved since he was from the slave-state of Missouri.)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What was the name of the Chief Justice whose majority opinion on Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) determined that African Americans (at the time) were not protected under the Constitution?
Chief Justice Roger Taney
During the Civil War, there were five "border states." These were slave states that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War and bordered the South. What were these five states?
(The group that guesses the most correctly will receive full credit.)
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia.
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Unlike the other abolitionists we studied, this abolitionist advocated for violence including his involvement during "Bleeding Kansas." What was his name?
John Brown
This Kentucky Senator was chief architect during the Missouri Compromise and was referred to as the "Great Compromiser."
Henry Clay
What was the name of the document drafted and signed by many people (women and men) attending the Seneca Fall Convention?
(Hint: We read portions of this primary source during class. Also, there are two correct answers; the full-length title and the abbreviated version.)
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments