Facts & Figures
WAR!
Where are my peeps?
All About Abe
Reconstruction
100
It wasn't the Swine Flu, but this was the most common cause of death during the war
What is disease
100
The Union decided not to return these to their owners because it would be giving back an advantage to the South
What are escaped slaves or contrabands
100
She was the 1st woman to earn a medical license
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell
100
Abe issued this document freeing slaves in the Confederate States as a military tactic
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
100
Established by Congress in 1865, this provided relief to all poor southerners
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
200
Plessy v. Ferguson established this discriminatory doctrine
What is separate-but-equal
200
This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam
200
Abe should have been watching his back for this assassin.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
200
Abe declared the South to be in rebellion after this Charleston, SC Fort was attacked by Confederates
What is Fort Sumter
200
These laws greatly limited the freedom of African Americans in the South
What are Black Codes
300
Not only was this the number on Pete Rose's uniform and Mrs. Rose's room (wierd, huh?), but it was also the amendment that guaranteed equal protection of the law to all citizens regardless of race
What is 14
300
This southern city was held under siege for six weeks until they surrendered because they were starving
What is Vicksburg
300
He was the first president to be impeached
Who is Andrew Johnson
300
Lincoln's ten percent plan offered this official pardon to former Confederates
What is amnesty
300
Southern Democrats called white Southern Republicans this pirate-sounding word
What are Scalawags
400
This was the forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places
What is segregation
400
These are two advantages the North had going into the war
What is/are larger population to provide more soldiers, most of nation's factories & shipyards, more $, better railway network
400
This man waged total war as he marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
Who is Sherman
400
Abe worked hard not to offend these four border states who remained loyal to the Union
What are MD, DE, KY, and MO
400
This system in which landowners provided the tools, supplies, etc. to work the land in exchange for labor was strangely similar to slavery
What is sharecropping
500
Get your toolbox! This was the process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the South without slavery
What is Reconstruction
500
Just ask the Patriots, the South wanted to try and win foreign support through this method
What is cotton diplomacy
500
Ironic that this secret we-use-violence-to-scare-African Americans-society wore hoods yet hated those who lived in the 'hood
Who is the KKK
500
Lincoln suspended this constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment for those who opposed the war
What is habeas corpus
500
This rowdy bunch wanted to see more change in the South & the federal government to be MORE involved in Reconstruction
What are the Radical Republicans