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100
Which important lady was a nurse who created the American Red Cross during the Civil War?
Who is Clara Barton.
100
What is the name given to the Northerners who exploited the South during the Reconstruction era in order to make a profit?
Who are carpetbaggers.
100
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender at the end of the war?
What is Appamatox Courthouse.
100
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Bull Run.
100
What executive order given by President Lincoln proposed that all slaves should be free and have a better life?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
200
Who was president of the Confederate States of America?
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
Which term was used to describe the division between the North and the South due to economic differences, the slavery issue, and Federal vs. State rights?
What is sectionalism.
200
What law was part of the Compromise of 1850 and stated that all runaway slaves were to be brought back to their masters?
What is the Fugitive Slave Law.
200
Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg.
200
What was the period of time when our nation rebuilt and made plans to bring the country back together after the Civil War?
What is Reconstruction.
300
Who was the general of the Union army that defeated Robert E. Lee?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant.
300
What term means to leave or break away from?
What is secede.
300
Which law was passed in the South which limited black rights by establishing poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clauses?
What are Black Codes.
300
What battle gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River?
What is the Battle of Vicksburg.
300
Which woman spent her life as an abolitionist, sneaking slaves North on the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman.
400
Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia who got his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run?
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
400
Who assasinated President Lincoln in April of 1865?
Who is John Wilkes Booth.
400
What is the name of the system in which landowners leased some of their land to farmworkers in return for their crops? This system was unfair due to the debt owed back to the landowner.
What is sharecropping.
400
Where did the first engagement of the Civil War take place? Where were the first shots fired?
What is the Battle at Fort Sumter.
400
Which amendment established equal protection under the law, which amendment granted black males the right to vote, and which amendment freed slaves; thus resulting in a better quality of life?
What are the 14th Amendment (equal protection), 15th Amendment ( black males can vote), and 13th Amendment ( free slaves).
500
Who is the Union general who devastated Georgia during his "March to the Sea?"
Who is William Sherman.
500
Which people favored using federal power to rebuild the South and favored African American rights?
Who are Radical Republicans.
500
What led to the economic depression and disputes over currency policies?
What is the Panic of 1873.
500
Which battle had more casualties than the War of 1812, the Mexican Revolution, and the Revolutionary War combined?
What is the Battle of Shiloh.
500
The goal of which organization was to provide food, medical care, regulate labor, establish schools, and create a better life for African Americans? (Hint: This organization established schools like Louis Archer and Howard University.)
What is the Freedmen's Bureau.