A constitutional amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
What is 15th Amendment
100
"Squeeze" and "Choke" the South out of its resources through blockades of bodies of water
What is Anacoda Plan
100
This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
200
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
What is Robert E. Lee
200
Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. This was the bloodiest battle of the war.
What is Battle of Antietam
200
It states that no state can make or enforce any law which & quot;deprives any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Also, states could not "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This was passed to help blacks since the Civil Rights laws were not being enforced.
What is 14th Amendment
200
a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
What is Blockade
200
people hold the final authority in all matters of government
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
American General and the 18th President of the U.S. He also lead the Union army.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
First major clash of Union and Confederate armies. It showed both armies that the War would not be quick.
What is Battle of Bull Run
300
Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
What is Fugitive Slave Act
300
a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia)
What is Border State
300
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
What is Confederate States of America
400
General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south
Who is William T. Sherman
400
The Turning point in the War that made it clear the North would win.
What is Battle of Gettysburg
400
issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
What is Emancipation Proclamation
400
a military draft
What is Conscription
400
Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
What is Compromise of 1850
500
An american statesman and politician who served as president of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
Who is Jefferson Davis
500
Fort attacked by South Carolina starting the Civil War.
What is Fort Summnter
500
The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
What is 13th Amendment
500
cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
What is King Cotton
500
was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.