What was the chief cause of the Civil War where many southerners claimed their economy depended upon it?
Slavery
100
What "battle" encouraged Lincoln to raise an army to invade the South?
Siege of Fort Sumter
100
What is the name for the Riots that occurred in New York City in which Blacks and the rich were often targeted?
Draft Riots
100
Who helped over 300 slaves escape on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
100
What system of government was proven to be strong after the Civil War?
Federal System/Strong Central Government
200
What was effected in the slave states with the passage of protective tariffs?
Economics/Economy
200
What was the first major land battle of the Civil War where civilians picnicked while watching the engagement?
First Battle of Bull Run/First Manasses
200
What is the name of the event in Kansas in which pro-slavery and pro-abolition forces violently fought over the future of the state in which 100 people died?
Bleeding Kansas
200
What was the President of the United States/Union?
Abraham Lincoln
200
What was the period after the Civil War in which the South tried to rebuild both physically, economically, and politically?
Reconstruction
300
Many northerners supported a strong national government. What did many southerners support in which the states hold the power?
States' Rights
300
What battle was the bloodiest single day in American military history and ended in a draw?
Battle of Antietam
300
What is the name of the system of conductors and stations called?
Underground Railroad
300
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
300
What is the name of the white supremacist group that came to prominence after the Civil War and is still around today?
Ku Klux Klan/ KKK
400
Who's election prompted the slave states to leave the union after the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
400
What battle took place over three days and ended on July 4th with the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox?
Battle of Gettysburg
400
What is the name of the policy or process in which states get to choose whether to be free or slave?
Popular Sovereignty
400
Who was a hero at the Railroad Cut at the Battle of Gettysburg and led the Iron Brigade against the 2nd Mississippi Volunteers?
Rufus Dawes
400
What was one of the pieces of legislation passed after the Civil War in the South with the goal of placing limitations on black freedom?
Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws
500
Why did the election of Lincoln cause the slave states to secede?
He would not allow slavery to expand/Imbalance of political power.
500
What battle was key to gaining full control of the Mississippi River for the Union and dividing the South in two?
Battle of Vicksburg
500
What freed all the slaves only in the rebellious states on January 1, 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
500
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
500
What are the three constitutional amendments that gave rights to African Americans?