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Causes
The Great Evil
The Uncivil War
Reconstruction
Goal 3
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In 1819, Missouri applies for statehood into the United States. However, Missouri is not immediately accepted – the Missouri Compromise has to be worked out for that state to enter. What was the issue with letting Missouri in?
Missouri wanted to come in as a slave state and the U.S. wanted a balance of slave/free states
100
What was the name of the people that wanted to end slavery immediately?
Abolitionists
100
Take the Mississippi River and Blockade the Confederate States of America... What was the name of the Union's plan for war?
Anaconda Plan
100
Slavery was made officially illegal once the Civil War ended. However, many southern states passed these set of laws to try and keep African Americans from gaining equality. What were these laws called?
The Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws
100
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, South Carolina became the first state to ___________________, or leave, the U.S.
succeed
200
South Carolina left the United States due to the Election of 1860. Who won the controversial Election of 1860 and why was that a problem?
Abraham Lincoln; It was a problem because the South thought he was an abolitionist and was going to end slavery right away.
200
Harriet Tubman helped make this passage famous.
Underground Railroad
200
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg Bonus: Why?
200
What was the name of the group created to assist newly freed slaves who were having trouble assimilating into society?
Freedmens' Bureau
200
Two part question - What was the capital city of the Confederacy and who was the Confederate President?
Richmond, VA and Jefferson Davis
300
Who was the white man that hated slavery so much that he broke into a weapons arsenal in Harper’s Ferry in an attempt to start a slave revolution?
John Brown
300
Why is the Dred Scott Case famous?
A slave sued his master claiming he was free, but was told that he was not a citizen so he did not have the right to sue.
300
William T. Sherman led a destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah. On this march, he told his soldiers to be as destructive as possible in hopes of breaking the backs of the South. What was this march called?
March to the Sea
300
Who was the violent group in the south that sprung up during Reconstruction that wanted to stop African American equality?
Ku Klux Klan
300
During Reconstruction, segregation was basically legalized thanks to this famous court case where a mixed-race man was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" train car.
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
A book was written that really opened the North's eyes up to the evils of slavery. What was the name of this book and who was the author?
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
Why did so many pioneers want slavery in their new territories and how did the Homestead Act of 1862 increase that desire?
Just like the South, they needed slaves to sustain their agricultural economy. The Homestead Act offered a lot of land if it was farmed, so many pioneers needed more slave labor to take care of those farms.
400
Though there was no decisive winner, why is the Battle of Antietam so infamous?
It was the bloodiest single day in U.S. History. Bonus: How many people died?
400
What three new amendments were added to the Constitution during Reconstruction and what rights did they guarantee?
13th--freedom for all people 14th--citizenship for newly freed slaves 15th--suffrage for all men
400
After the Civil War ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man.
John Wilkes Boothe
500
Prior to the Civil War, violence erupted in “Bleeding Kansas.” The violence started due to the idea that citizens were given the right to vote if that state would be slave or free and people on both sides of the argument started killing each other. What was the ability to vote on the slave issue known as?
Popular Sovereignty
500
Who was the escaped slave that started his own newspaper called The North Star?
Frederick Douglass
500
We know the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in Confederate territories. In reality, it freed only a few slaves because most of the slaves were in Confederate held territory. BUT, how did it really change the purpose of the war?
The Civil War became a mission to end slavery and not just about bringing the U.S. back together.
500
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was called the 10% plan. Overall, how did Lincoln want to deal with the former Confederate states and their leaders?
"With Malice toward none." He did not want to be too strict or mean. He just wanted to pull the nation back together.
500
_____________________ led the Northern troops and ___________________ led the Southern troops.
Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee