Pre-Civil War
The first state to secede from the Union was _______________
South Carolina
Who was the main general for the Union Army during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
The three day Battle of ______________ was the deadliest battle of the Civil War and turned the tide of the war for the Union.
Gettysburg
_______________ would become the first President to be impeached after breaking multiple laws made during Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia
______________ allegedly had a vision from God to free the slaves and arm them against the South, raiding the armory at Harper's Ferry to gain weapons.
John Brown
Who was the main general for the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
The first battle of the Civil War to the UNION ARMY was called ____________
Bull Run
What were AT LEAST two ways that the Southern states tried to keep African Americans from voting
-Poll Taxes
-Literacy Tests
-Grandfather Clauses
-Intimation
What were AT LEAST two advantages of the North during the Civil War?
-More people
-More money
-Better factories & production
Why couldn't Abraham Lincoln say he wanted to end slavery?
If he did, the border states would likely leave for the Confederates
Who would become the first (and only) President of the Confederate States of America?
The first battle of the Civil War for the CONFEDERATE ARMY was called ___________
Manassas
How was there a loophole in the 13th Amendment that still allowed for slavery to exist?
If a person was arrested, they could be put back into a legal form of slavery
What were AT LEAST two advantages of the South during the Civil War?
-They knew the terrain better
-They tended to be better shots
-They had better generals at the start of the war
-They had an emotional reason to fight
What was the importance of Bleeding Kansas?
A miniature Civil War would break out in Kansas over whether or not the state would allow slavery
_______________ was a Union general who took over for George McClellan and was known for his unique facial hair.
Ambrose Burnside
The Battle of __________ in Maryland would be the bloodiest single day of combat during the Civil War
Antietam
What was the Compromise of 1877?
The Democrats would accept Rutherford Hayes as President IF all military soldiers would be removed from the South & Reconstruction would end.
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, _______________ would accidentally be shot by his own troops
Stonewall Jackson
Much of the issues that happened in Kansas were due to the plans of ________________, who wanted to build a railroad through the state of Illinois to the coast
Stephen Douglas
What general conducted his "March to the Sea" to devastate the South through Total War?
The Battle of __________ in Tennessee would be the first use of Grant's "War of Attrition" strategy to outlast the Confederate army
Shiloh
What was the ruling of "Plessy vs. Ferguson" (1896)?
"Separate but equal"
___________________ were Northern Democrats who Lincoln believed were poisoning his war effort.
Copperheads