The Confederacy fired the first shots of the Civil War here.
What is Charleston SC?
100
Confederate General killed by friendly fire after the battle of Chancellorsville.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
100
Terrorist organization formed during Reconstruction to maintain white supremacy.
What is the KKK?
100
Publication that infuriated Southerners and made Northerners aware of the plight of slaves.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
Northerners who came South after the Civil War looking for economic opportunity.
Who are carpetbaggers?
200
Lee's first invasion of the North and his first defeat.
What is Antietam?
200
Impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
200
Granted all males suffrage.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
First attempt to placate the North and South on the issue of slavery in the territories.....divided the Louisiana Purchase by the 36'30 line.
What is the Missouri Compromise.
200
Civil War nurse who believed it was best to treat wounded on battlefield....would start American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
300
Issued after a major battle....Lincoln wants to ensure that soldiers did not die in vain.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
300
Confederate President.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
Act created by Congress that banned discrimination based on race.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
300
Civil War in Kansas over slavery....first time we encounter John Brown.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
300
Daily Double!!!!!!
Confederate prison located in Georgia...in one summer they averaged 100 deaths per day.
What is Andersonville?
400
Part of the Anaconda Plan...Grant captured city and gained control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
400
Union General who would defeat South by leaving a path of destructin on his "March to the Sea"
Who is General Sherman?
400
Upheld Jim Crow Laws...seperate but equal does not violate rights as a citizen.
What is Plessy v. Furguson?
400
Compromise position over the expansion of slavery into the territories. The people would decide for themselves on the issue.
What is popular soveriegnty?
400
Unfair economic system in south that replaced slavery....planters owned land and provided workers with seed...workers paid owners with a portion of their crops.
What is sharecropping?
500
Major engagement between two iron-clad ships...was a draw, but marked end of wooden ship.
What is the Monitor v. Merrimack?
500
Daily Double!!!!
Favored harsh punishment for South during Reconstruction....proposed the Reconstruction Acts.
Who are the Radical REpublicans or Stevens and Sumner?
500
Reconstruction plan that placed Federal soldiers in South to enforce laws.
What are the Reconstruction Acts?
500
Attempt to placate North and South over issue of slavery in the territories gained from the War with Mexico.
What is Compromise of 1850?
500
After Reconstruction....Southern Democrats take control of governments by voting straight ticket....keeps segregationist policies in tact.