End of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Pre-Civil War Events
Significant People
Battles
Miscellaneous
200
This was the year that the Civil War ended.
When was 1865?
200
This war was one that caused many debates about slavery, as new states were added to the Union.
What is the Mexican-American war?
200
This person was denied their right to be free despite living in a state where slavery was illegal.
Who was Dred Scott?
200
This Civil War battleground was where Abraham Lincoln gave a very famous speech.
What is Gettysburg?
200
The Civil War began in this year.
When is 1861?
400
This Confederate state was the first to be readmitted to the Union.
What is Tennessee?
400
This was the year Bleeding Kansas began.
When is 1854?
400
This person was allowed to be free because they lived in a state where slavery was outlawed.
Who was Biddy Mason?
400
This battle was the first major engagement of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Bull Run?
400
This was the "Corner Stone" that the Confederate States of America were built around?
What was white supremacy?
600
When this general surrendered, it was considered the end of the Civil War.
Who was Robert. E. Lee?
600
This event made it so all states above a certain line of latitude were free.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
600
This Northern general would later become the President of the United States.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
600
This was the last major battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Appomattox?
600
This term specifically refers to loyalty over one's region rather than their country, and is one of the main causes of the Civil War.
What is sectionalism?
800
This group started to gain popularity after the Civil War.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
800
This event was the spark that an abolitionist hoped would ignite the debate over slavery.
What was Harper's Ferry?
800
This person was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Finis Davis?
800
This battle helped prevent the capture of Washington D.C.
What was the Battle of Monocacy?
800
A decline in this showed how slavery was dying.
What was the proportion of enslaved people in the Southern state's populations?
1000
This was the next major conflict that the United States fought in after the Civil War.
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1000
This novel helped ignite the debate over slavery by dipiciting its horrors.
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
1000
This person served for two years under the Union army without anyone discovering that she was actually a woman.
Who was Sarah Rosetta Wakeman?
1000
This battle occurred after the Civil War was already over, but due to slow communications, the soldiers had no idea!
What was the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
1000
This was the most deadly weapon in the Civil War.
What are diseases like pneumonia and dysentery?