Election
What was a major topic in the 1860 election?
What is Slavery
What caused many European countries to be sympathetic to the Confederate cause in the U.S. Civil War?
What is they needed access to cotton from the Confederate states
Where did Lee surrender to the Union?
what is Appomattox
What day does Juneteenth commemorate?
What is the day slavery ended
True or False, Lincoln won over 40% of the popular vote in the 1860 election.
What is False
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What is free the slaves in the confederacy
About how many African American soldiers fought for the Union Army?
What is 200,000
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
What was the response of many slave states to the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860?
What is leaving the union
Where was the peace treaty signed?
What is Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Which battle was possibly the most consequential of the U.S. Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
What was the significance of General Gordon Granger’s announcement in Galveston on June 19, 1865?
Name of one of the other candidates during the 1860 election
Who is
John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, Stephen Douglas
What was reason mentioned in the Mississippi Declaration of Secession for leaving the Union?
What is slavery
True or False: After the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln proclaimed that this is a war to preserve the country.
What is false
How did the Great Depression impact Juneteenth celebrations?
What is forced African Americans to work in urban areas, had difficulty taking time off work to celebrate.
Who ran against Abraham Lincoln as a Democrat in the 1864 presidential election?
Who is George McClellen
True or False: The Confederacy was founded on the idea of keeping slavery?
What is true
What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution achieve?
Abolish slavery in the U.S and its territories
Why did Juneteenth celebrations decline in the 1960s?
What is the Civil Rights Movement shifiting focus