Antebellum
It balanced the power in Congress evenly across free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
He was the most famous of abolitionists, who used personal experiences as a slave to inform the public of the wrongs of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The most famous and most pivotal battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
In the Election of 1860, this regional philosophy helped Abraham Lincoln secure the anti-slavery vote.
What is sectionalism?
While Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was strict, but fair to the south, his plan was very lenient.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
A part of the Compromise of 1850, it gave southern states more power in the fight for slavery.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
She helped over 700 slaves physically escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad in 13 separate trips.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was given the final command of the Union Army after several failed Generals before him.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This was a famous speech Lincoln gave in 1863 that rededicated the nation's focus on the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
When President Johnson tried to stop the enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts, this happened to him.
What is impeached?
It was the event that caused the southern states to secede from the Union.
What is the Election of 1860?
This was the novel that "started the Civil War".
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This battle successfully divided the Confederacy into two weaker forces.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Lincoln was worried about how the North and South would treat each other after the War. He addressed this issue here.
What is during his second inauguration?
This Amendment to the Constitution gave people of any color equal protections under the laws of citizenship.
What is the 14th?
It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and denied citizenship rights to African Americans.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
While Democrats were divided on the issue of expanding slavery, this political party sought to contain slavery and promote "freesoil" in the West.
What is the Republican Party?
This event helped Lincoln win his bid for re-election.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
Lincoln was assassinated here while watching Our American Cousin.
What is Ford's Theater?
This vigilante group targeted freedmen and sought to restore white supremacy by threats and violence.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
It was a series of violent attacks between abolitionists and border ruffians to stop voting in new western territory.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison continually informed the public about why one should not support slavery.
What is the Liberator?
The majority of the fighting and the eventual surrender of the war occurred in this state.
What is Virginia?
Before being re-admitted to the Union, Lincoln implemented this plan, requiring said number of representatives to take an oath and pledge regarding rules about abolishing slavery.
What is the Ten-Percent Plan?
These were a series of state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
What are Jim Crow Laws?