TechComm
General Knowledge
Fight!
Reconstruction?
Vocabulary
100

This form of communication made Lincoln's control of the War far easier. It was created by Samuel Morse.

The Telegraph (used Morse code to communicate phrases and words)

100
Who was the main Southern General?

Robert E. Lee

100

Name 2 Battles of the Civil War

Answers will vary. 

Antietam

Gettysburg

Bull Run

Vicksburg


100

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

To "reconstruct" the south following the devastation of the Civil War. 
100

The North Star was founded by which key abolitionist?

Frederick Douglass

200

What was the name and material of the new bullet?

The minie ball, made out of lead. 

200

Name 2 Northern Generals.

Ulysses S. Grant

George B. McClellan

William Tecumseh Sherman

George Meade

200

Name two "successful slave revolts" think of vocabulary terms!

Nat Turners Rebellion

The Violent Slave Revolt in Haiti

200

This name was given to extremists in Congress who pushed for greater rights for African Americans.

Radical Republicans

200

Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin was written in response to what law?

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

300

What two forms of communication allowed people at home learn stories from the battlefield?

Newspaper and the Postal Service (primary source letters)

300

What General became famous from the Battle of Vicksburg?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

What was the name of the Northern strategy to win the war?

The Anaconda Plan

300
Following President Lincoln's assassination, who became president?

Andrew Johnson

300

What compromise established that slavery could not go above the 36 30' line?

The Missouri Compromise

400

What are 3 industries that grew in the Civil War period?

1. Telegraph

2. Railroad

3. Funeral

400

What tactic did Union general, Sherman use?

Sherman's "March to Sea" used the strategy of Total War which included mass destruction of Southern property.

400

What is the deadliest battle of American history?

The Battle of Antietam

400
What did the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments do?

13. Abolished Slavery

14. Establishes Citizenship and civil rights.

15. Allowed Black men to vote

400

Name the two territories of land that nearly doubled the size of the United States for 15 million dollars each.

The Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession

500

Clara Barton founded which association following the Civil War?

The American Red Cross

500

What military academy did both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant attend? Who was the better student?

West Point, Lee was second to the top of his class while Grant struggled in academic classes.

500

How many days did the Union army siege Vicksburg?

47 Days
500

What case determined, "Separate but Equal"?

Plessy v. Ferguson 

500
Popular Sovereignty was used to determine whether states became a slave state or a free state. Name 2 states that chose based off popular sovereignty. 

Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico 

M
e
n
u