Civil War People
Civil War Places
Civil War Things
Civil War Ideas
Civil War Events
Odds and Ends
Reconstruction
Government
100
The president of the U.S.
The president of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
100
The first shots of the war were fired here, but no one died.
Fort Sumter
100
The uniforms of Union and Confederacy were mostly these two colors
What are the Blue (Union) and the Gray (Confederacy)?
100
Ownership of human beings, it was the primary cause of the Civil War
What is Slavery?
100
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
100
The war began this year
The war ended this year
What is 1861 to 1865?
100
This military leader was in charge of the whole Confederate Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
The general pictured here-
Who is General Grant?
200
Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated this man succeeded the presidency (became the new president).
Who is: Andrew Johnson
200
The first major battle of the war was fought here and people brought picnics to watch.
What is: The Battle of Bull Run
200
What was the battle in the Civil War that was a big turning point towards winning for the North
What was: The Battle of Gettysburg?
200
A part of the Anaconda Plan that prevented the Confederacy from trading.
What is a Blockade?
200
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union on May 18,1863.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
200
Forcing people into military service.
What is the draft?
200
Lincoln's plan to readmit the former Confederate states to the Union was known as this.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
200
Which branch of government makes the laws?
What is the Legislative branch?
300
Removed from command for failing to pursue Lee's army after the battle of Antietam
General George B. McClellan
300
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What is: The Battle of Gettysburg
300
This was the capital city of the Confederate States.
What was Richmond, Virginia?
300
This declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
African Americans were more likely to vote for Republican or Democrats
What is Republicans?
The Republican party was formed to abolish slavery.
300
In April 1866, Congress passed this bill, Which gave African Americans citizenship, gave the U.S. Government the right to protect the rights of freedmen (the name given freed slaves) and women.
But Congress worried that this act could be overturned by the Supreme Court
What was The Civil Rights Act of 1866?
300
This president of the United States was impeached during Reconstruction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
300
200
This branch makes sure that the laws that have been passed are constitutional and fair to the people
What is the Judicial branch?
400
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" and shot Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
400
Robert E. Lee surrendered here on this date--Month and year
What is: April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House
400
How many days after Lee's surrender was President Lincoln assassinated
What is 5?
400
The idea that people should have the right to decided whether to be a slave or free state.
What is Popular sovereignty?
400
In 1862, the battle between these two iron-clad ships ended when neither side could destroy the other.
What are the Monitor and the Merrimack?
400
Congress passed this Amendment in June 1866, because they feared that the Civil Rights Act might be overturned. This gave African Americans citizenship. It also required that no state deny any person “the equal protection of the laws”.
What is the 14th Amendment to The Constitution?
400
This group was formed to help slaves transition from being slaves to being a free citizens. It also helped them to get land, food, clothing, legal help, find their relatives, and get an education.
What is The Freedman's Bureau?
400
General pictured here -
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
500
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is: General William Sherman
500
Slave states that remained in the Union
The number of Union slave states
What were the 5 border states - Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky?
500
This act strengthened a previous law and effectively made all people slave catchers.
What is: The Fugitive Slave Act?
500
What is a Northerner who moved south during Reconstruction? (to gain political and economic power)
What is a Carpetbagger?
500
Name 2 things that had been destroyed from the Civil War in the South
What are Railroads, industries, homes, cities, and farms?
500
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
These laws were passed in the south because many whites thought that you could make the slaves free but still keep them away from the whites and not have anything to do with them.
What are Jim Crowe laws?
500
In 1820, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state in this agreement.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
600
The Union general who later became a president
Who is: Ulysses S. Grant
600
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in this city
Where is: Charleston Harbor, SC?
600
This is the supreme law of the United States, written by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1787.
What is the Constitution?
600
Organized secret society that used terror and violence against African Americans to keep them from voting
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
600
This was a fee that people had to pay in order to vote; it was designed to limit votes for African-Americans
What is the Poll Tax?
600
Thia amendment gave all men the right to vote-- black and white
What is the 15th Amendment?
600
These were put into place during Reconstruction to restrict former slaves in the southern states from being involved in politics, travel, or in the justice system.
What were the Black Codes?
600
This was a serious issue during the 1860 Presidential Election.
What was Lincoln won but was not on the ballot in the southern states?