Civil War and Reconstruction

Causes

100

What reasons might have led southerners to oppose the abolition of slavery?

It would would ruin their economy. Prejudice against enslaved people. 

200

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?

Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state

300

What political party did the north follow?

Republicans

400

This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war

Election of Lincoln

500

What is Bleeding Kansas?

Widespread violence across the territory over slavery

People

100

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln

200

Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?

General Ulysses S. Grant

300

This Senator was once assaulted on the floor of Congress for his opposition to the South, but later led the Republican party's Reconstruction efforts 

Charles Sumner 

400

"The most photographed man" in his time, he became one of the most prominent advocates for abolition.

Frederick Douglass

500

Who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry?

John Brown

Pot Porri

100

The Confederate attack on this fort triggered the start of the Civil War 

Fort Sumter

200

This federal holiday commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States.

Juneteenth

300

The official declaration issued at this famous conference advocating for women's rights was styled after the Declaration of Indpendence.

What is Seneca Falls? 

400

Named after the implied promise of the Union to the freedmen, this phrase became the unofficial slogan of the Freedmen's Bureau

"40 Acres and a Mule" 

500

Approximate number of casualties on the North and South during the Civil War 

750,000

Reconstruction

100

In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to

withdraw federal troops from the South

200

The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the

15th

300

The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:

provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education

400

The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the

14th

500

were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.

Black codes

Homefront

100

What was the southern economy based on?

Cotton and Agriculture

200

which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

The EP freed only slaves in the Confederacy 

300

This phrase describes a conflict where damage is incurred everywhere, including both military and civilian targets. 

Total War

400

This southern hate group terrorized black citizens in the south.  President Grant invoked the insurrection act to prosecute and eliminate the group during Reconstruction.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

500

What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?

Reconstruction