Causes of the Civil War
Civil War Battles
Civil War
Reconstruction
Vocabulary
100
This man helped get the Compromise of 1850 passed by Congress by unbundling it and passing each provision individually.
Who is Stephen Douglas
100
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
Where is Fort Sumter
100
The leader of the Confederate Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
This group formed as Reconstruction collapsed as a social group for Confederate Veterans
What is the Klu Klux Klan (KKK)
100
White Southern Democrats that joined the Republican party during Reconstruction
What is a scalawag
200
This Supreme Court decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
200
Battle considered the bloodiest single day of battle during the entire Civil War.
What is Antietam
200
This woman was considered the "Angel of the Battlefield" and later started the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
200
The name of Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
What is the 10% Plan
200
A forcible draft of certain civilians to serve in the army.
What is conscription
300
This statement was made by Stephen Douglas and said that there were ways to get around the decision of the Dred Scott Case.
What is the Freeport Doctrine
300
Battle led by General Grant that allowed the Union to take control Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg
300
The name of the Union strategy in the Civil War; had 3 phases.
What is the Anaconda Plan
300
The group of Republicans in Congress that wanted to destroy the political power of former slave holders
Who are Radical Republicans
300
A northern that moved to the South during Reconstruction for economic prosperity
What is a carpetbagger
400
Led a raid on Harper's Ferry to seize a federal arsenal
Who is John Brown
400
This battle is considered the turning point of the war; the confederacy would never invade the north again.
What is Gettysburg
400
This decree freed all the slaves behind Confederate lines
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
This economic turmoil played a part in the fall of Reconstruction
What is the Panic of 1873
400
The period is US history of rebuilding the country after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
500
This man won the election of 1860 and thus caused the South to secede from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
This is considered the end the Civil War
What is Apptomattox Courthouse
500
The man that assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
500
This was Congress's plan for Reconstruction
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867
500
Landowners divided their land and gave a few acres to each worker along with tools and seeds, workers would then harvest the crop and owe some of their harvest to the landowner to help pay for the start-up costs
What is sharecropping