Battles
This battle was seen as the turning point of the war in 1865
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the president of the United States during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This piece of legislature regarding the expansion of slavery from 1820 was still causing problems by the 1850s
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This state was the first to leave the Union
What was South Carolina?
These rules worked to undermine the civil rights afforded to African Americans through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
What were the Black Codes?
This battle was the deadliest single day in American history
What was the Battle of Antietam
This individual killed Abraham Lincoln just after the war
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
This court decision undermined the idea that slaves were free in free states and determined that no African Americans were considered citizens
What was the Dred Scott Case?
This new party was created to fight against slavery
Who were the two presidents during Reconstruction AND the president who effectively killed it
Who were Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S Grant, and Rutherford B Hayes
This battle was the final of the war
What was the Battle of Appomattox Court House
This Union General was easily the most successful of the war
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
Popular Sovereignty regarding slavery led to conflict in which state?
What is Kansas?
This document "freed the slaves" during the Civil War
What was The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the other name besides Congressional Reconstruction for the second era of Reconstruction
What was Radical Reconstruction?
This was the first battle of the war, where picnickers attempted to watch from afar
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
This Confederate General was seemingly unstoppable out in the eastern theater of the war
Who was Robert E Lee?
This event was the final catalyst for southern secession
What was the election of Abraham Lincoln
This election was known for the introduction of the mail-in ballot
What was the election of 1864?
This group rose to prominence before being effectively wiped out due to the efforts of Ulysses S Grant
What was the Ku Klux Klan
This battle allowed the Union to take full control over the Mississippi River
What was the Battle of Vicksburg
This Union General would go on to run for president against Lincoln in 1864
Who was George McClellan
Who is John Brown?
This new state was created in 1863, the middle of the war
What was West Virginia
The system where prisoners, largely being African Americans, were rented out to private companies and to do public works
What was convict leasing?