Build up to the Civil War
What is the concept of “allowing people to make their own decisions” that allowed new states to choose if they were a slave or free state?
Popular sovereignty
Name of the town where John Brown made his final raid?
Harpers Ferry, WV
Approximately how many casualties were there in the American Civil War?
750,000
What was the timeframe of the Reconstruction period?
1865-1877
What was the violence in Kansas in the 1850s between the pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers?
Bleeding Kansas
What was someone who opposed slavery called?
Abolitionist
What was Missouri during the Civil War?
Border State
Which Constitutional Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.?
14th Amendment
What is the name of the book that told of the horrors of servitude and the Fugitive Slave Law?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who was the republican nominee for president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the name of the scandal during Grant’s presidency in which government officials and distillers committed tax fraud?
Whiskey Ring Scandal
Which 1850 legislation required everyone to assist in the capture of enslaved people seeking freedom?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Where did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant negotiate terms of surrender for the Army of Northern Virginia ?
Appomattox Courthouse
Why did Grant write his memoirs?
To provide his family with financial stability
Which Supreme Court decision claimed that slaves were not considered citizens under the U.S. constitution?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
What city was taken by William T. Sherman, securing Lincoln’s reelection?
Atlanta
What was Grant’s campaign slogan when running for his first term?
Let us have peace