Slavery
Southern Society
Politics
Warfare
MR. GRAHAM'S CHALLENGE
100
This escape route to the north guided slaves to freedom and did not involve trains.
Underground Railroad
100
The expansive society southern whites built around cotton was called this.
Cotton Kingdom
100
This party was created from old Whigs who wanted a dedicated anti-slavery party.
Republican Party
100
This unit of Irishmen fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War.
Saint Patrick's Battalion
100
This was the name of the fort attacked by South Carolinians starting the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
200
These people wanted to end slavery once and for all.
Abolitionists
200
These people were at the top of Southern society, owning 20 or more slaves.
Planters
200
This state famously nullified the fugitive slave act, showing the South's hypocrisy on 'states' rights'.
Wisconsin
200
These new ships were incredibly durable and revolutionized naval warfare.
Ironclads
200
Mr. Graham reenacted this infamous charge at Gettysburg often referred to as the 'High Water Mark' of the Confederacy.
Pickett's Charge
300
This area of the south, especially in Mississippi and Alabama, was called this for its dark, rich soil, perfect for growing cotton.
Black Belt
300
These wealthy women often did many of the business work around the plantation, including overseeing slaves.
Plantation Mistress
300
This compromise effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Compromise of 1850
300
This was the battle strategy used by the Union to ensure the South's defeat.
Anaconda Plan
300
The South ultimately failed to get Great Britain to side with them in the Civil War, mainly because Britain needed this crop more than they need cotton.
Corn!
400
These songs were used as morale boosters and coded messages by slaves.
Spirituals
400
Middle class southern whites were called this.
Plain White Folk
400
This court case effectively opened all states to slavery because the Supreme Court affirmed that slaves were personal property, not state property.
Dred Scott
400
This battle was a turning point in the Western Theatre of the Civil War, securing the Union the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
400
"Follow the drinking gourd" was a coded message on the underground railroad that did not refer to actual drinking gourds, but rather this.
The Big Dipper
500
People of mixed black-white heritage were known as this.
Mulattoes
500
The comradery poor whites felt towards rich whites in the south based on their race is called this by historians.
White Solidarity
500
This idea advocates that states should get to vote whether they should be free or slave states.
Popular Sovereignty
500
This was the best example of 'total war' used by Union forces against the South.
Sherman's March to the Sea
500
There are many famous Civil War songs like Dixie, The Yellow Rose of Texas, and the Battle Cry of Freedom. But this one, inspired by Abolitionist John Brown, stands above the rest...
The Battle Hymn of the Republic // Glory, Glory, Hallelujah