Geography Challenge/ General Knowledge
What was the first step of the Anaconda Plan?
Surround the South by sea to cut off its trade
Which river was the boundary in determining whether a new state could allow slavery or not?
The Ohio River
What was the second step of the Anaconda plan?
Divide the confederacy into sections to prevent one region from helping another
What was the main purpose of Jim Crow laws
To segregate African Americans
Which state did slaves first arrive in?
Virginia
What kept the slavery issue out of Congress for ten years?
The gag rule
Who had the idea of Total war?
General Grant
Why was the Klu Klux Klan created?
Whites didn’t want blacks to vote and legal methods didn’t work, so they turned to violence.
What year did South Carolina secede from the Union?
1860
Roughly how many African American slaves were in America in 1860 when Lincoln took office?
(Answer in millions)
4 million
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1863
Who ran against Ulysses S. Grant in the election of 1868?
Horatio Seymour
Who wrote the iconic book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which aroused powerful emotions about slavery?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Did the Supreme Court rule in favor or against Dred Scott in 1857?
Against
What significant event was held in the Appomattox Court House?
The surrender of General Lee and the South, which marked the end of the civil war.
Why were most African Americans debted when sharecropping?
They couldn’t pay back for the supplies that were bought for them
How many of the original 13 states allowed slavery?
six states of the thirteen allowed slavery
Which compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a state with slavery and Maine as a free state?
(List year for points)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Which town was besieged by the Union in 1863 which would allow control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
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