Assorted
Aftermath/ Reconstruction
The Civil War
Before the War
Assorted (part 2)
100

What was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?

Disease

100

Which general surrendered to the other?

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

100

Which of the two sides had strong military leadership?

The South (Robert E. Lee)

100

Why did Southern states want to keep free states from entering the Union?

They would lose voting power in Congress.

100

Which document does Lincoln quote when he delivered his Gettysburg Address?

DOI

200

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

Slaves in Confederate states were free.

200

Where did the surrender at the end of the Civil War occur?

Appomattox Courthouse

200

What was a major danger for African American troops who fought for the Union?

If captured, they could be sold into slavery.

200

Which act of Congress in 1820 temporarily ended the slavery issue?

Missouri Compromise

200

What was step one of the Anaconda Plan?

Cut off the South's trade by sea.

300

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and who wrote it?

Harriet Beecher Stowe, and it started to make more people oppose slavery.

300

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?

To separate African Americans and whites in public life.

To limit African American rights.

300

This battle proved that quick victory would not be possible for either side.

The Battle of Bull Run

300

What was the famous Supreme Court case that stated that African Americans could not sue in federal court?

Dred Scott Decision

300

What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?

Protect voting rights of African Americans.

400

What are 2 ways that women supported the Civil War cause?

Spying on enemies, working in factories and on farms, nursing the wounded.

400

What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?

To abolish slavery.

400

Which battle turned the tide of the war in the North's favor?

Gettysburg

400

Which act made by Congress included the fugitive slave laws?

Compromise of 1850

400

What was Bleeding Kansas?

The violent actions between Northerners and Southerners settling in Kansas.

500

Which General's march through Georgia was an example of total war?

General William Sherman (Sherman's march)

500

What does the 14th amendment guarantee to all individuals in the US?

Equal protection under the law.

500

This Battle resulted in the North gaining control of the Mississippi.

The Battle of Vicksburg

500

Which event made the South lose all hope to keep their slaves, causing them to secede from the Union?

Election of 1860 (Lincoln)

500

Who was Abraham Lincoln's assassin and then who took over as the 17th president?

John Wilkes Booth

Andrew Johnson

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