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Road to War
A Divided Nation
Kentucky
Decisive Battles
Aftermath
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May 19 1828 This act levy was designed to protect industry in the North, but ignored antebellum economy of the South.
What is the Tariff of 1828?
100
December 1860 - June 1861 South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee all seceded from the United States to form their own government that would retain slavery.
What is the Confederate States of America?
100
November 20, 1861 This is what the Commonwealth declared itself upon seceding from the Union as a result of conflicting interests of slavery.
What is neutral?
100
April 12, 1861 Lincoln had planned to send supplies to this fort, which resulted in confederates demanding evacuation. General Anderson refused to surrender and the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
April 14, 1865 He assassinated President Lincoln while watching a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
200
1848 This party believed in keeping slavery out of Western territories and worked to abolish existing laws that discriminated against freed African Americans.
What is the Free Soil Party?
200
1862-1863 This famous abolitionist and humanitarian was known for her harrowing acts of bravery to rescue slaves from the South.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This Kentucky Senator had two sons who became major generals during the Civil War: one for the North, and one for the South.
Who is Sen. John J. Crittenden?
200
September 17, 1862 The bloodiest battle between General Lee and General McClellan where Lee withdrew to Virginia and thus declared McClellan the victor.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
1865 For years to come the South had to rebuild houses, buildings, farms, stores, railroads, economy, and society as a whole, while the North had little to repair given how the majority of the conflict was held within the South.
What is Reconstruction?
300
September 18, 1850 This act declared that all runaway slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters; also nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law".
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
January 1, 1863 This executive order was issued by President Lincoln that granted the freedom of slaves in the states that were in rebellion from the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
October 8, 1862 Also, known as the “Battle of Kentucky”, this battle is considered a strategic Union victory since Confederate forces withdrew to Tennessee, even after successfully pushing Union forces more than a mile back from their initial position.
What is the Battle of Perryville?
300
July 1-3, 1863 This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
December 18, 1865 This piece of legislature abolished slavery and became a part of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
400
1854-1856 This guerrilla warfare was used by partisans on both sides of the slavery issue as a result of conflicting ideas for slavery in plain states.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
400
April 9, 1865 General Lee surrendered to this general in the Appomattox House triggering a series of surrenders across the south, signaling the end of the war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
"I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky. I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game...We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of the capital."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
November 15 - December 21, 1864 Union forces destroyed industrial and military targets during their campaign through Georgia, beginning in Atlanta and endeing in Savannah, disrupting the southern economy and their means of transportation.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
400
1865 This group of people was freed but was given curfews and unfair discriminatory laws as a result of the wary nature of the predominantly white U.S. population.
What are the African Americans?
500
November 6, 1860 This Republican President was elected as a known opponent to slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
November 18, 1861 Being unable to flesh out a complete constitution and system of laws, the delegates of this group voted that "the Constitution and laws of Kentucky, not inconsistent with the acts of this Convention, and the establishment of this Government, and the laws which may be enacted by the Governor and Council, shall be the laws of this state".
What is the Confederate Government of Kentucky?
500
This battle is considered the first Confederate victory in the commonwealth. It threw a scare into Federal commanders, who rushed troops to central Kentucky to try to repel the invasion.
What is the Battle of Barbourville?
500
April 16, 1865 This battle spanned across Alabama and Georgia resulting in a union victory and was declared the last official battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Columbus?
500
1865 This struggle came about to ratify any discrimination of another person, particularly towards race.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?