1850s
Civil War
1st Phase of Reconstruction
Military Reconstruction
End of Reconstruction and aftermath
100

This book was widely read and even banned in some areas of the United States because it was considered dangerous. It helped to spread ideas of how horrible slavery was and the impact slavery had on families and individuals. The author was credited with starting the Civil War by Lincoln. 

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? 

100
This side was more prepared for the war concerning supplies and men. The opposing side had better military leadership. 

What is the Union or the North? 

100

This was the name of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction

What is the 10% plan? 

100

These are the three amendments of the Reconstruction Era

What is

13- End slavery

14 - citizenship and equal protection under the law

15 - voting

100

This was the job that most African Americans held during and following Reconstruction. It was very similar to returning to slavery, as in this system land owners had contracts with the poor who worked the fields. They had to turn over a portion of their crops in payment for renting the land. 

What was sharecropping? 

200

This Compromise had 5 main components - CA becomes a free state, DC outlaws the slave trade but not slavery itself, TX is made smaller, a stronger fugitive slave law and the Mexican Cession was open to popular sovereignty. This was considered to be the most controversial of those....

What was the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law? 

200

The South thought this country would support them because of how much cotton the South provided 

What was England? 

200

Johnson continued Lincoln's 10% plan -but did this which essentially put most confederates back into positions of power

What is pardon those who directly appealed to him? 

200

When the Radical Republicans took control of Congress, they established this in the South

What are 5 military districts (where the military would enforce what the Radical Republicans wanted)? 

200

One positive to come out of Reconstruction was the establishment of this as a form of higher education for African Americans

What is HBCUs or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (like Howard, Spelman, Fisk, Morehouse, Tuskegee, Hampton)?  

300

This party was nativist and wanted to limit the rights of immigrants, often portraying them as alcoholics as in this cartoon

What is the Know Nothing Party or American Party? 

300

This was created by Lincoln to send a message to the South that ultimately slavery would be abolished, and also to garner support from other nations who were opposed to the use of slavery in the USA

What is the Emancipation Proclamation? 

300

Johnson vetoed this and invoked the ire of the Republicans in Congress. 

What is the Freedman's Bureau and the Civil Rights Bill? 

300

This is what people like Marshall Twitchell would be called by people of the South as he was coming from Vermont to Louisiana to rule over a particular region and support things like the Freedmans' Bureau

What is a carpet bagger? 

300

This Compromise ended Military Reconstruction

What is the Compromise of 1876/1877 coming from the Hayes Tilden election? 

400

These people rushed from Missouri into Kansas to vote pro slavery when the Kansas-Nebraska Territory was open to popular sovereignty. 

Who were the Border Ruffians? 

400

This is the battle strategy used by the Union during the Civil War. It was created by Winfield Scott and led to Grant trying to control cities along the Mississippi River as part of the plan. 

What was the Anaconda Plan? 

400

Lincoln famously stated this in his 2nd inaugural address which laid out what his vision was to bring back the South after the Civil War?  

What is "with malice toward none and charity to all"?

400

This is the perspective of this cartoon including who would be for it or against it

What is those who support the 13-15 amendments would be for it and those who want to return to life before the Civil War would be against it?

400

As military reconstruction ended, these laws were enacted at the state level across the South (including Maryland)

What are Jim Crow laws? 

500

When the Supreme Court decided this case, they effectively made it so that no African American could have citizenship within the USA. The 14th Amendment reversed this decision. 

What is Dred Scott v. Sanford? 

500

Both Sherman and Grant engaged in this type of warfare. This is best exemplified by Sherman's March to the Sea. 

What is total warfare? 

500

Johnson was the first president to be impeached. This is why.

What is he vetoed two major bills - the Freedmans Bureau and a Civil Rights Act - the underlying causes - the direct cause was that he fired the Sec. of War Stanton? 
500

These were outlawed by the Radical Republicans through the Civil Rights Acts that they passed but these set a precedent for the later Jim Crow Laws. 

What were Black Codes? 

500

Even with the 15th Amendment, African Americans were denied the right that it extended through these methods

What are poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses? 

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