Pre-Civil War
Civil War
Reconstruction
Key Figures
Misc.
100
This was a successful slave rebellion that led to an increase in restrictions on slaves.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
100
This was an organization created in order to ease the transition of the newly freed slaves
Freedman's Bureau
100
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
100
This side in the war had an advantage because many of the battles were fought on their land.
Confederacy
200
This man attempted to start a slave rebellion in Harpers Ferry Virginia, but failed.
John Brown
200
This was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War and was huge turning point for the North.
Gettysburg
200
This organization used terror and harassment to intimidate black voters
Ku Klux Klan
200
Who was the commander of the Confederate army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
200
This slave attempted to gain his freedom in court. Ultimately, he failed.
Dred Scott
300
The Kansas Nebraska Act decided that slavery would be decided by what?
Popular Sovereignty
300
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves where?
In the Confederacy/Rebellious states
300
The laws were set into place in order to ensure white supremacy and a stable labor force
Black Codes
300
Who was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
300
This section of the Compromise of 1850 stated that escaped slaves had to be sent back to their masters in the South
Fugitive Slave Act
400
This decision led to the line of slavery being set at the lattitude line of 36 30. North of it was free, South was slave.
Missouri Compromise
400
The battle of Vicksburg gave the north control of what?
The Mississippi River
400
The Radical Republicans _______ Andrew Johnson because he did not agree with their plans for Reconstruction.
impeached
400
Which man from South Carolina was a strong supporter of states rights and nullification?
John C. Calhoun
400
This speech was given by Abraham Lincoln in order to honor fallen soldiers and articulate that the war was now about slavery.
Gettysburg Address
500
This decision allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves if they would be slave or free.
Compromise of 1850
500
Sherman's campaign of burning and destroying the land from Atlanta to Savannah is known as what?
March to the Sea
500
What are the 13, 14, and 15th amendments
Abolish slavery, Citizenship, Black male vote
500
Who was Abraham Lincoln's vice president when he was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
500
This was an attempt to ban the expansion of slavery after the Mexican American War. (It failed)
Wilmot Proviso
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