This man thought that slavery should be abolished by violent means, if necessary.
Who was John Brown?
100
This battle allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
100
This Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
Southern states passed these laws which were primarily intended to place political, economic, and social limits on Black people in the South.
What were "Black Codes"?
100
Early in his Presidency, President Lincoln declared that this was his primary goal as President of the United States.
What was to preserve the Union?
200
This man was President of the Confederate government.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
200
This is where the first shots were fired starting the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
200
This Constitutional Amendment allows the Federal government to forbid states from placing limits on the rights of its citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
This agency had the greatest impact on helping former slaves adjust to their new lives after the American Civil War.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
200
The strife in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with conflict between these two groups. It was a "mini" civil war.
Who were the free-soilers and slavery supporters?
300
This man was a leader of the Radical Republicans.
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
300
This Plan included a naval blockade of southern ports, gaining control of the Mississippi River, and invading the rebellious southern states. (The BIG snake)
What was the Anaconda Plan?
300
This law or act prevented former Confederate leaders from holding political office.
What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
300
This group was created in late 1865 to resist Reconstruction efforts.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
300
President Johnson's veto of these proposed laws showed that he really did not support greater rights for African-Americans in the South.
What were the Freedmen's Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
400
This man led an unsuccessful slave revolt in Virginia in the 1830s.
Who was Nat Turner?
400
This battle made the south give up on the idea of invading the north.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
This Constitutional Amendment was primarily meant to allow former slaves the right to vote (suffrage).
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
During Reconstruction, this system got the cotton growing again in the South but was not very beneficial to the Blacks growing the crop. It buried them in debt!
What was Sharecropping?
400
When Reconstruction began, this group of Americans living in the South tended to support the Democratic Party.
Who were the wealthy landowners?
500
This man was the first African-American U.S. Senator.
Who was Hiram Revels?
500
After this battle, which was the bloodiest one day battle of the war, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves behind confederate lines.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
500
This group of Constitutional Amendments are usually discussed together because they all address issues associated with slavery.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
500
President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction aimed to punish these people for their actions before and during the Civil War.
Who were the Confederate leaders?
500
President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was called this. John Wilkes Booth made sure it never happened.