Causes
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
What is slavery?
What was the first major battle fought in Arkansas?
What is the Battle of Pea Ridge?
This delegate refused to change his vote in favor of secession from the Union.
Who is Isaac Murphy?
This amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment gave rights to all citizens born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
What event is often cited as the beginning of the Civil War?
What is the firing on Ft. Sumpter?
What date marked the beginning of the Civil War?
What is April 12, 1861?
This confederate general surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va. on April 9th, 1865.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What divided the South into military districts?
What are the Reconstruction Acts?
The period after Reconstruction that saw industrial growth in the South is known as the ________________.
What is the New South?
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To provide a balance between slave and free states in the government?
Victories in these two battles turned the war to the Union's favor.
What are the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
The president that took office when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The process of charging a public official with misconduct.
What is Impeachment?
This amendment gave African American males the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This document was delivered by Abraham Lincoln and freed the slaves in states that had seceded from the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
After the attack of Little Rock, Confederate forces had to withdraw to this city to set up a new Capitol.
What is Washington Ar.?
The Union general that defeated Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Northerners who moved South after the Civil War.
What are Carpetbaggers?
The era after the Civil War that was designed to put the country back together.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
Who won the Election of 1860, and upset many southerners?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Not all Arkansas soldiers fought for the confederacy, approximately how many joined the Union army?
What are 8000 soldiers?
This former slave sued for his freedom, but was denied his rights by the Supreme Court?
Who is Dred Scott?
Laws that restricted the rights of African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
This compromise allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to take the office of President and officially ended the Reconstruction Era.
What is the Compromise of 1877?