Civil War Causes
The act that made it legal for southern slave owners to capture runaway slaves in the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Widely known as the worst president in US history, this man supported southern democrats in reinstituting racist governments in southern states.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This three-day battle was the ultimate turning point of the war for the Union, and sent Robert E. Lee on the run until his surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This political party is the one that controlled the events known as radical reconstruction.
What is the Republican Party?
This man, a Confederate sympathizer, assassinated Abraham Lincoln shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The presidential election where Abraham Lincoln assumed the presidency, which resulted in the secession of the southern states.
What is the Election of 1860?
This president is viewed more for his prowess on the battlefield than his wits in the oval office.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This piece of legislation, written by Abraham Lincoln, freed all slaves in rebellious states, but was more symbolic than effective, and achieved very little in reality.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments all helped improve the lives of African Americans, and are often grouped together by this term.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
This bill proposed by Congress went against Lincoln's 10% plan, and aimed at punishing the South, rather than rebuilding the Union.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
A five step plan aimed at calming tensions from both northern and southern states prior to the Civil War.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This president, although a Republican, is known for ending the era of Reconstruction.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
This multi-day siege gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in half, and lead to their ultimate surrender.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This process, initiated by the House of Representatives, almost removed president Andrew Johnson from office for his actions.
What is impeachment?
The states Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were all slave states, but never joined the Confederacy. They were referred to by this name.
What is border states?
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe based off fictional evidence about the life of slaves in the South.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This presidential candidate, although beating Lincoln in the 1858 race for the Illinois Senate, lost to Lincoln in the Election of 1860.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
The Confederacy had far superior military leadership, including this general, who earned an influential nickname during the Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
During the process of military reconstruction, this state was the only southern state to fully agree with the terms of Congress, and therefore did not have to be occupied by the Union army.
What is Tennessee?
What is Charleston Harbor?
The Supreme Court decision that declared enslaved people property, and not citizens.
This southern, democratic presidential candidate supported the spread of slavery, but was unable to defeat Lincoln in the Election of 1860.
Who is John C. Breckenridge?
The Union Navy was far superior to the Confederacy, so to be advantageous, they created a blockade to prevent the import and export of goods, and named it after this animal?
What is a snake?
The failed government initiative of 40-acres and a mule, organized by this individual, attempted to provide land to newly freed African Americans under the 13th amendment.
Who is William T. Sherman?
The Missouri Compromise was the first piece of legislation passed that controlled the spread of slavery. It stated that anything north of this numbered parallel would be considered a free state, and anything south would be considered a slave state.
What is the 36th parallel?