Sectionalism
Loyalty to your own region instead of your nation.
What is sectionalism?
A fort in Charleston harbor, South Carolina and it was the site of the first conflict of the Civil War on April. 12, 1861.
What is Fort Sumpter?
Laws passed by the south that limited the rights of slaves.
What are Black Codes?
The 16th President of the United States of America.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln's Height.
What was 6'4"?
Harriet Beecher Stowes famous book that propelled the Civil War.
Issued by Lincoln after the perceived Union victory at Antietam, intended to free all slaves in states rebelling against the Union.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A racist terrorist organization the White League formed to intimidate (and in some cases kill) blacks and whites who supported African American rights.
Who was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
A famous actor, also known for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The bloodiest war in American history.
What was the Civil War?
A secret system that helped slaves to the North for freedom.
What was the Underground Railroad?
The deadliest 3-day battle and Lee's second invasion.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
A federal government agency that helped newly freed slaves find jobs and gain an education.
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
Leader of the Union Army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The husband of Martha Washington's great-granddaughter.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners in the south.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
The first major battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Bull Run?
A resolution to the disputed 1876 presidential election between Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden and Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Democrats agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become president in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the granting of home rule in the South
What was the Compromise of 1877?
The first impeached president, in whom came into office after Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The man known for dismantling the KKK during reconstruction.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The amendment that states "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. "
Where the Union gains control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy splits in two, Grant takes lead of the Union armies, and total war breaks out.
What was the Siege at Vicksburg?
The amendment that allowed African American Men the right to vote.
What was the 15th Amendment?
A radical abolitionist whom believed it was his God given duty to end slavery, through this he created anti-slavery groups as well as executed those in disagreement.
Who is John Brown?
What is 5'2"?