Civil War & Reconstruction

Vocabulary

100

Government agency created to assist newly freed slaves in the transition to independence

Freedmen's Bureau

200

Southern Republicans were considered traitors by the majority Democratic population and labeled...

Scalawags

300

Agreement that ended the Union military occupation of the southern states

Compromise of 1877

400

Laws enacted in the south after Reconstruction to limit black Americans ability to exercise the rights granted to them by the Reconstruction Amendments.

Jim Crow Laws (Black Codes)

500

Northerners who moved to the south during Reconstruction were insultingly called...

Carpetbaggers

Battles

100

Fought in southern Pennsylvania, this battle was considered a major turning point in the war

Gettysburg

200

Single bloodiest day of US military history

Battle of Antietam

300

This was the first battle of the Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

400

This battle split the Confederacy in half and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Siege of Vicksburg

500

The first time the Union tried to invade the South and march toward Richmond, resulted in this first major battle of the war

Battle of Bull Run

Leaders

100

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

200

Commander of Union forces at the beginning of the war

George McClellan

300

First black US Senator in American history

Hiram Revels

400

Union commander responsible for capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

Ulysses S. Grant

500

Union commander at the Battle of Gettysburg

George Meade

Laws, etc.

100

Freed the slaves in all states currently rebelling against the Union

Emancipation Proclamation

200

Officially made slavery illegal in the United States

13th Amendment

300

Guaranteed voting rights to all eligible citizens regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude.

15th Amendment

400

Law passed that initiated the Radical/Congressional Reconstruction process

Reconstruction Act of 1867

500

Republican Congressional plan that set up the framework for Radical Reconstruction

Wade-Davis Bill

Wild Card

100

Who is the current Vice President of the United States?

JD Vance

200

What city has the 4th largest population in the United States?

Houston, TX

300

Mr. Hannon showed these three movies in class last year: Truman Show, Field of Dreams and _______________?

Groundhog Day

400

A fish’s head is 3 centimeters long. Its tail is the same length as the head plus half the body. The body is as long as the head and tail together. How long is the fish?

24 centimeters (Head=3, Body=12, Tail=9)

500

Shortly after the American Civil war ended, a major civil war erupted in this Asian country.

Japan