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Republican presidential candidate in the election of 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
Location of Lee surrendering to Grant, ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox Court House
100
After his 1864 re-election, he focused on the need to end slavery and rebuilding the Union after the war
What is Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
100
Became president after the assassination of Lincoln; later impeached
Who is Andrew Johnson
100
Made the Emancipation Proclamation federal law
What is the 13th Amendment
200
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
Three day battle with 28,000 soldiers dead that marked a turning point victory for the Union army
What is Battle of Gettysburg
200
Lincoln's victory quickly lead to the secession of South Carolina and the beginning of the Civil War
What is the Election of 1860
200
First African-American elected to congress
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels
200
Laws passed in southern states that contained much of the same language as Slave Laws (Jim Crowe Laws)
What is Black Codes
300
Commanding General of the Union Army during the Civil War
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
Battle that gave the Union (north) a strategic victory by giving them control over the Mississippi River
What is the Battle of Vicksburg
300
Presidential order that declared all slaves (in rebelling state) free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
Political group that sough to maintain troops in southern states to ensure freedmen rights and protection
Who are the Radical Republicans
300
Federal organization that provided education, food, and medical care to former slaves
What is the Freedman's Bureau
400
Commanding General of the Confederate forces
Who is Robert E. Lee
400
Location of the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
400
Speech in which Lincoln declared the Constitution was a contract between all states and an individual state could not secede on its own decision
What is Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address
400
Group founded by ex-Confederates who terrorized freedmen
What is the Ku Klux Klan
400
Extended suffrage (vote) to African Americans
What is the 15th Amendment
500
Assassinated (murdered) Lincoln shortly after the Election of 1864
Who is John Wilkes Booth
500
First battle in Union territory resulting in the single deadliest day of war
What is the Battle of Antietam
500
Political organization that nominated Lincoln in the Election of 1860
What is the Republican Party
500
Former Union general that oversaw much of the Reconstruction efforts as President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
500
Made all freed slaves American citizens
What is the 14th Amendment