A president that served from 1845-1849
James K. Polk
An Illustration in strong disagreeing, often blown out of proportion. For example, "Igniting the Flame."
Propaganda
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln got merked here.
Ford Theater
Where was the Gettysburg Address delivered?
Gettysburg.
Who was the president of the Emancipation Proclamation?
$5 bill guy. (Lincoln)
How long did the American Civil War last?
4 years.
The Freedmen's Bureau
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An important figure and influence of the underground railroad.
A line of pillaging and raping meant to get rid of the Confederacy's will to fight.
Sherman's March
The documents that allowed former slaves to work and own a small parcel of land after the Civil War?
The Sharecropper Contracts
This court case ruling upheld slavery in the United States and was brought to the Supreme Court by an African American man.
Dred Scott Decision
Explain the extent to which the Civil War contributed to the continuities and changes in society and politics in the United States between 1861-1877.
The thesis must make a claim that responds to the prompt, rather than restating or rephrasing the prompt. The thesis must consist of one or more sentences located in one place, either in the introduction or the conclusion.
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States and in any of its territories.
13th Amendment.
A war-time order from General Sherman of the Union gave this to freed slaves that followed Sherman's March.
40 acres and a mule.
Where was the Capitol of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond, Virginia.
The House Divide Speech given by Lincoln claimed.
That a house divided against itself cannot stand, and that either the house would become completely confederate or completely union.
The Dred Scott Decision ruled this document unconstitutional.
Missouri Compromise.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Finis Davis
Who was John Brown?
An abolitionist leader that was responsible for bleeding Kansas.
Explain the extent of how well reconstruction policies helped in the reconstruction era.
A strong agree or disagree with the question.
Who won the first battle of Bull Run during the Civil War?
The Confederate Army.
This anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe helped changed attitudes towards African Americans and slavery in the United States.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The constitutional right to proper court proceedings and protection from executive power.
Habeas Corpus
This man escaped slavery and became an abolitionist during the civil war.
Frederick Douglass.