Show:
Important Individuals
1820- 1860
Civil War
Reconstruction
Synthesis
100
This little lady wrote the nation's best seller (save the Bible) and, according to Lincoln, helped cause the Civil War
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
Who created both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
What is Henry Clay
100
This battle that kicked off the war
What is Fort Sumter
100
The Radicals plan to punish the South that Lincoln vetoed
What is the Wade-Davis Bill
100
BONUS ACTUALLY 500 points The belief that Manifest Destiny should not stop at the Pacific Ocean and should extent to the Caribbean and possibly Latin America
What is Purple Dream?
200
This corrupt politician ran NYC in the late 19th century
Who is Boss Tweed
200
This political party grew from out of the ashes of the Whigs
What is the Republican Party
200
This was the Union plan of attack for the Civil War; designed to strangle the South into submission
What is Anaconda Plan
200
Name two of the scandals that occurred during the Grant adminstration
What is Credit mobilier and Whiskey ring
200
The Ostend Manfesto
What is Bay of Pigs/ SP-AM War
300
This member of the Triumvirate spoke out about slavery and how it was a 'positive good'
What is John C. Calhoun
300
The Dred Scott Case ruled that this 1820 legislation was unconstitutional as it violated the fifth amendment
What is Missouri Compromise
300
This battle convinced Lincoln that it was time to issue his Emancipation Proclamation
What is Antietam
300
President Johnson was impeached for violating this law
What is Tenure of Office Act
300
President Lincoln's RESPONSE to the Supreme Court ruling about his suspension of Habeas Corpus
What is Jackson's RESPONSE to Worchester ruling
400
This "Little Giant" pushed for popular sovereignty in Kansas in spite of the fact that he was indifferent towards slavery
Who is Stephan Douglas
400
Name all four candidates in 1860
What is Lincoln, Douglas, Bell and Breckridge
400
The Civil War event that makes evident the continuity of economic inequality and class warfare
NYC Draft Riots
400
Name the first two African American senators
Who are Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce
400
Sherman's march to the sea
What is napalm and agent orange in Vietnam
500
Founder of the Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
500
Lincoln's first VP; dropped to bring in the wonderful Andrew Johnson
Who is Hannibal Hamlin
500
The affair that almost led to England joining the side of the Confederacy
What is the Trent Affair
500
The ____________________________, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873, ruled that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," as protected by the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment against the states, were limited to those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights given by the individual states.
What is Slaughterhouse Cases (*** important)
500
Denmark Vesey (seed)
What is Stono Revolt