Road to the Civil War
This war added large western territories and reignited the debate over whether slavery should be expanded.
What was the Mexican-American War?
This term refers to people who worked to end slavery for political, moral, or religious reasons.
Who were abolitionists?
The election of this former Illinois representative as President of the United States led to the start of the Civil War. (Bonus 50 points if you can tell me what number president he was)
Who was Abraham Lincoln the 16th President?
This document announced that enslaved people in areas openly rebelling against the United States would be considered free on January 1st, 1863.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This amendment established birthright citizenship, equal protection, and due process under the law.
What was the 14th Amendment?
This agreement attempted to settle debates over slavery in territories gained from Mexico and included California entering the Union as a free state. (Bonus 50 points if you can tell me the Senator that proposed the agreement)
What was the Compromise of 1850 proposed by Henry Clay?
This man led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start an uprising against slavery.
Who was John Brown?
The two sides of the Civil War were fought between the ____ and the ____.
What was the Union and the Confederacy?
This speech given by the President honored the fallen soldiers who had died at battle that had taken place at the site where it was given and addressed the nation's future. (Bonus 50 points if you can tell me the name of the battle)
What was the Gettysburg Address given at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg?
This former Vice President took office after the assassination of the previous president and fought with Congress over Reconstuction efforts and legislation to the point where he was impeached.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This term describes the violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas.
What was Bleeding Kansas?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. (Bonus 50 points if you can tell me the full name of the case ex:____v.____)
What was the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
This Southern State was the first state to succeed from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln.
What was South Carolina?
This battle in Maryland saw massive casualties on both sides, still remaining the bloodiest day in U.S. military history, a narrow Union victory would stop the South's first attempt at invading the North.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
What was the term used to describe Northerners who moved South to work or profit from Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War.
What were carpetbaggers?
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers and increased tension between abolitionists and supporters of slavery.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist used speeches, newspapers, and a close connection with President Abraham Lincoln to challenge slavery and argue for African American equality.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This event started the Civil War when Southern forces fired on this U.S. fort.
By the end of the war this man and future President would take control of the Union army eventually leading them to victory.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This agreement settled the disputed 1876 election giving the Republicans their President while returning the South to "home rule." (Bonus 50 points if you can tell me the name of the newly elected President)
What was the Compromise of 1877 and the election of Rutherford B. Hayes?
This idea allowed settlers in a territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
What was popular sovereignty?
This author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that influenced Northern opposition to slavery.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
What was the Anaconda Plan?
This small town in Virginia was the site of the eventual surrender of Robert E. Lee and his Confederate forces to the Union
These laws restricted the rights of African Americans and controlled their labor and access to public services after the Civil War.
What were the Black Codes?