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Where the opening shots of the Civil War fired.
What is Fort Sumter.
100
Robert E. Lee Lead the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
California would be admitted to the Union, the slave trade in D.C. would be restricted, and the Fugitive Slave Law would be enforced.
What is the Compromise of 1850
100
Lasting from 1865-1877 this was the period during which the US began to rebuild.
What is Reconstruction
100
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States
What is 13th Amendment
200
Appomattox Court House The surrender of General Lee to General Grant
What is Appomattox Court House
200
Union General made a name at the Battle of Vicksbury, defeated Robert E. Lee to end the war, later became President.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant
200
abolitionist leader John Brown lead a band of followers in a event known as "The Pottawatomie Massacure" because of this, this territory became known as?
What is Bleeding Kansas
200
established by Congress in the last month of the war, assisted former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food
What is Freedmen's Bureau.
200
execttive order issued by Abraham Lincoln, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
300
Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclimation after this battle in Maryland
What is Battle of Antietam
300
Admried Confederate general, he is known for his strong leadership and bold battle tactics.
Who is Stonewall Jackson
300
This slave sued for his freedom and lost, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property.
What is Dred Scott Decision
300
Democrats, opposed to the Republicans' plan for Reconstruction, called white Southerners who joined the Republican Party this
What is a scalawag
300
prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
What is Fifteenth Amendment
400
This was a significant win for the Union in the Western campaign, they captured the Mississippi River.
What is Battle of Vicksburg.
400
Lead the Union army in late 1864 which destroyed property along a wide swath south from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean
General William Tecumseh Sherman
400
Harper's Ferry
What is John led a band of 21 men, both black and white-his aim was to seize the federal arsenal, distribute the captured arms to slaves in the area, and start a general slave uprising.
400
started in Tennessee in 1866, founded as a social club for confederate veterans.
What is Ku Klux Klan
400
makes all persons born or naturalized in the US citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws
What is Fourteenth Amendment
500
Fought in Pennsylvania and is known as the turning point of the Civil War, included the battle at Little Round Top and Pickett's charge.
What is fought Battle of Gettysburg.
500
Lead the Union Navy to capture and seize New Orleans, the Confederacy's largest city and busiest port.
David G Garragut
500
First state to leave the Union
What is South Carolina
500
Name used by Democrats used for the Notherners who moved to the South after the war.
What is carpetbaggers
500
the discriminatory laws passed throughout the post-Civil War South which severely restricted African Americans lives, prohibiting such activities as traveling without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites
What are black codes