Pre-Civil War
This invention from Eli Whitney was a catalyst in the continued perpetuation of the institution of slavery in the Southern United States
What is the cotton gin?
This side of the Civil War had a much larger army as well as a strong navy
What is the Union?
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States in this year in what turned out to be a very consequential election
What is 1860?
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, this man took over as the president
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Charles Sumner was beaten with a cane in the Senate Chambers by this man
Who is Preston Brooks?
General William T. Sherman marched from Atlanta to this city in Georgia using a strategy of total war
What is Savannah?
Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech on November 19, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The passage of these two amendments during the Reconstruction era helped to extend the rights of citizenship and suffrage to newly freed formerly enslaved people
What are the 14th and 15th Amendments?
This agreement led to the introduction of popular sovereignty in deciding if a state would be a free state or a slave state
What is the Compromise of 1850
There were roughly this many casualties of the U.S. Civil War (rounded to the nearest 100,000)
What is 600,000?
Lincoln was adamant that the passage of this amendment was necessary for the Union to ultimately win the war and end slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal" in the United States
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Led by abolitionist John Brown, the raid on the federal army in this town was one of the final straws in the lead up to the Civil War
What is Harper's Ferry?
Leaving 23,000 men dead or wounded, this battle also known as Sharpsburg was the bloodiest single day battle during the Civil War
April 14, 1865 marked the date of this event at Ford's Theatre
What is the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
These two terms used in the southern U.S. referred to northerners who came to the South to help Reconstruction and Southern whites who helped reconstruction, respectively
What are "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"?
This man from Kentucky, known as the "Great Compromiser," is credited with establishing the coalitions to pass both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay?
After being surrounded by Generals Sherman and Grant, Confederate General Robert E. Lee finally surrendered to the Union at this location on April 9, 1865
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
In his second inaugural address, Lincoln called for a strategy of Reconstruction "with ______ _______ _______" (three words)
What is "malice towards none?"
This president ultimately ended the Reconstruction era by removing the last troops from southern states with the Compromise of 1877
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?