This agreement set the line for slavery at the 36' 30 parallel in 1820. Above was free and below was slave.
Missouri Compromise
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
100
These were a systems of laws passed in the south in order to keep society as close to slavery times as possible.
Black Codes
100
This invention unintentionally led to the expansion of slavery
Cotton gin.
200
Who became president after Lincoln's Assassination?
Andrew Johnson
200
The Kansas and Nebraska stated that the issue of slavery would be decided by what?
Popular Sovereignty
200
This battle was a turning point for the North and still remains the bloodiest battle in US History.
Gettysburg
200
This group of Congressmen clashed with Andrew Johnson many times and generated their own Reconstruction Plan.
Radical Republicans
200
This section of Congress is in charge of the impeach trial (hint: Think Andrew Johnson)
Senate
300
This man took over an arsenal in Harper's Ferry Virginia. He was eventually hanged for treason for his crime.
John Brown
300
This aspect of the Compromise of 1850 stated that runaway slaves would be returned to their masters.
Fugitive Slave Act
300
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
300
This government agency provided healthcare, education, and supplies for newly freed slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau
300
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves where?
Confederacy
400
This woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, the defining abolitionist book that illustrated many of the atrocities of slavery. (Hint: It was a reaction to the fugitive slave act.)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
400
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
400
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
Abolishment of Slavery
Citizenship
Male Vote
400
This was an attempt to prevent slavery from entering any of the territories acquired in the Mexican American War. It did not pass!
Wilmot Proviso
500
This was the first Black senator in the United States.
Hiram Revels
500
This Congressman was beat almost to death with a cane for his speech against slavery.
Charles Sumner
500
Proposed by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, this plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two. (Hint: The idea was to squeeze the life out of the South)
Anaconda plan
500
This officially ended the Reconstruction Era
Compromise of 1877
500
This was the first all black regiment of soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War