The Civil War
Reconstruction 1
Reconstruction 2
Reconstruction 3
The West
100
The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederates fired here.
Fort Sumter
100
The period from 1865–1877 when the U.S. tried to rebuild the South is called what?
Answer: Reconstruction
100
The 14th Amendment granted this group citizenship.
Answer: Formerly enslaved African Americans
100
Freedmen’s Bureau was created to help formerly enslaved people with these two main things.
Answer: Education and basic needs (food, clothing, shelter, jobs)
100
This 1862 law gave land to settlers willing to farm it.
Answer: The Homestead Act
200
This 1863 battle was the turning point of the war for the Union and President Lincon gave his famous "address" here.
The Battle of Gettysburg
200
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
Answer: 13th Amendment
200
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote.
Answer: 15th Amendment
200
Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction for what reason?
Answer: To profit from Reconstruction opportunities and exploit the south
200
Native Americans were forced onto these by the U.S. government.
Answer: Reservations
300
Lincoln issued this in 1863 to free enslaved people in rebelling states and officially made the war a crusade over slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation
300
Which U.S. president was impeached during Reconstruction because Radical Republicans were unhappy with how lenient he was on the south following the civil war?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
300
This secret society used terror and violence to stop African Americans from voting.
Answer: Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
300
Scalawags were Southerners who supported what group?
Answer: Republicans/Reconstruction policies and racial equality
300
The completion of this in 1869 linked the East and West by rail.
Answer: The Transcontinental Railroad
400
This is the name of the plan or strategy that the Union used to win the Civil War.
The Anaconda Plan / Cutting off the South from their supply lines by blocking the waterways and ports with the US Navy.
400
What was the main goal of Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?
Answer: To punish the South and ensure rights for freedmen
400
Sharecropping and tenant farming often trapped freedmen in a cycle of what?
Answer: Debt and economic dependence on their former masters
400
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
400
The U.S. government’s attempt to “Americanize” Native Americans was through this 1887 act.
Answer: The Dawes Act
500
This 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day in American history.
The Battle of Antietam
500
These laws were passed in Southern states to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans.
Answer: Black Codes
500
This 1896 Supreme Court case allowed “separate but equal” facilities.
Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson
500
What name was given to Southern laws that enforced segregation after Reconstruction?
Answer: Jim Crow laws
500
Many farmers supported this political party in the 1890s, which pushed for free silver and government regulation of railroads.
Answer: The Populist Party
