Pre Civil War
What is the name of the conflict that occurred in Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas
What was the bloodiest battle during the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What is the time period after the Civil War called?
The Reconstruction Era
What was the name of the Union (US) president?
Abraham Lincoln
Name of the Amendment that abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
What Compromise was enacted in 1820 that created the 36'30' line to determine if states are free or slave states?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Who was the Confederate General?
Robert E Lee
What is the name of the terrorist organization that intimidates, threatens, and uses acts of violence against African Americans?
The Ku Klux Klan
What was the name of the Confederacy's president?
Jefferson Davis
Name of the Amendment that granted former slaves citizenship rights.
14th Amendment
What law replaced the Missouri Compromise?
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
What was the first battle/attack that began the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
The name of something used to validate the reading and writing skills of African Americans in order to vote.
Literacy Tests
Who was the Union general of the war?
Ulysses S Grant
Name of the Amendment that granted African American Men the right to vote
15th Amendment
What word best describes the economy of the south?
Agrarian
What did Lincoln give that went into effect January 1st, 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation - freed the slaves
This group helped African Americans get on their feet once they were no longer enslaved
The Freedmen's Bureau
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
What is the name of laws that were designed to segregate Whites and Blacks, as well as limit the rights of African Americans following the Civil War?
Black Codes / Jim Crow
This was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860.
South Carolina
What was the name of the Union's strategy to win the Civil War against the South?
The Anaconda Plan
What is the word for intentionally trying to make it difficult for Black voters?
Disenfranchisement
What was the name of the first black politician during the Reconstruction Era?
Hiram Revels
What court case established "separate but equal?"
Plessy V Ferguson