Things that led to the Civil War
Compromises/Acts
Mixed Bag
Battles
Do You Know
100
What is state's right?
Authority of state's to govern what is going on within their border.
100
What is Missouri Compromise
Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine to enter as a free state, and outlawed slavery above latitude line.
100
Who are Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas
Who were the MAIN 2 candidates in the Election of 1860
100
What is Fort Sumter
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired
100
What was the 10% Plan
What was the name of President Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
200
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to the interest's of one's own region or section of the country rather than the nation as a whole.
200
What is the Compromise of 1850
Outlawed buying/selling slaves in Washington DC, allowed popular sovereignty, and allowed the Fugitive Slave Law
200
What is a confederacy
A system of government in which the states had more power than the national government
200
What is Antietam
What was the bloodiest 1 day battle
200
What were Black Codes
These laws were passed to keep freedmen from having the same rights as whites
300
What is a tariff?
Places a tax on foreign goods
300
What is the Georgia Platform.
What stopped early secession from the south?
300
What is Ordinance of Secession
Granted Georgia permission to secede from the Union
300
What is Chickamauga
What was the bloodiest battle ever fought in Georgia
300
James Johnson
Who did President Johnson appoint as Ga's provisional governor during Reconstruction
400
What is slavery.
Having people work for you against their will and for no pay.
400
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What act created 2 new territories, canceled the Compromise of 1850, allowed the residents to choose whether to be a slave or free state
400
Who was Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens
Who were the President & Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
400
What is Bull Run
Another name for the Battle of Manassas
400
What are the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
What allowed for equal protection under the law, gave all males the right to vote, & made slavery illegal
500
What is nullification
The argument that a state has the right to follow a federal law.
500
What is Fugtive Slave Act
A law declaring that all states must help return run away slaves to their owners
500
What are Richmond & Washington DC
What were the Union & Confederate Capitals
500
What is Gettysburg
This battle was a turning point of the Civil War
500
What is a scalawag?
A southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction