Causes of the Civil War
This economic system in the South relied heavily on enslaved labor.
What is slavery?
The first major battle of the Civil War, fought in July 1861.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)?
President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This act divided the South into military districts during Reconstruction.
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
The amendment that repealed the 18th Amendment and ended Prohibition (not Civil War related but sometimes confused).
What is the 21st Amendment?
The 1820 compromise that kept peace between free and slave states by setting a boundary for slavery's expansion.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This 1863 battle was the turning point of the war and the largest battle ever fought in North America.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Union general who accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The agency created to help former slaves with food, education, and legal support.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This law was passed to restrict the rights of freed African Americans through black codes.
What are Black Codes?
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicted the harsh realities of slavery and increased abolitionist sentiment.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
The siege battle that split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River in 1863.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This law was passed to combat the Ku Klux Klan and protect African American voting rights.
What is the Enforcement Act (or Ku Klux Klan Act) of 1870?
The 1854 law that allowed settlers in new territories to decide on slavery by popular vote.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This 1864 campaign led by General Sherman involved a destructive march through Georgia.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
Radical Republican leader who pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The name of the final withdrawal of federal troops from the South effectively ending Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans were not citizens and had no legal rights.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
The battle that effectively ended the Civil War with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
This African American leader advocated for Black education and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld racial segregation under "separate but equal," undermining Reconstruction gains.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?