Causes of the Civil War
What was the agreement in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain a balance in the Senate, while also drawing a line at 36°30' as the boundary for slavery in the Louisiana Territory?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Which 1862 battle is considered the bloodiest single day in American history?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
The President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation in the context of the Civil War?
What is the executive order that declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free?
What was the primary goal of the Ku Klux Klan's activities during the period of Reconstruction?
What is to intimidate, suppress, and terrorize African Americans and their white allies who supported civil rights and equality, in order to restore white supremacy in the South?
What was the 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What term describes the growing divide between the Northern and Southern United States over issues like slavery, leading to tensions and conflict in the mid-19th century?
What is Sectionalism?
Why was the Battle of Appomattox Court House a pivotal moment in the Civil War?
Because it led to the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and effectively marked the end of the Civil War.
Which Union General is known for his 'March to the Sea' in 1864?
Who is General William T. Sherman?
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared that 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' What was he addressing in this famous speech?
What is the growing sectional conflict and tension between the North and the South over the issue of slavery?
What are the names and purposes of the constitutional amendments, often referred to as the 'Reconstruction Amendments,' ratified in the aftermath of the Civil War?"
What are the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery), the 14th Amendment (guaranteeing equal protection under the law), and the 15th Amendment (granting voting rights regardless of race)?
What organization, formed in 1909, aimed to combat racial discrimination and violence against African Americans, advocating for civil rights and equality?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
What was the conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that resulted in the acquisition of a significant portion of Mexican territory?
What is the Mexican-American War?
During the Civil War, this Southern city served as a key transportation and industrial hub and was a target of Union forces.
What is Atlanta?
Who led the Union Army during most of the Civil War and later became the 18th President of the United States?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What is the short but powerful speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery in 1863 and emphasize the ideals of freedom and equality?
What is the 'Gettysburg Address'?
What were three primary goals of the Freedmen's Bureau during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War?
What are providing education, offering legal assistance, and securing employment opportunities for newly freed African Americans?
In what landmark Supreme Court case of 1896 was the 'separate but equal' doctrine established, allowing racial segregation to persist?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What doctrine allowed residents of U.S. territories to determine the status of slavery through a popular vote, as exemplified in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Which pivotal 1863 siege and battle on the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in two, giving control of the river to the Union?
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspended this legal right to maintain order and prevent Confederate sympathizers from interfering with the war effort. What right was it?
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
During Presidential Reconstruction, what did former Confederate states need to do to regain their representation in Congress and be recognized by the federal government?
What is ratify the 13th Amendment, disband Confederate governments, and draft new state constitutions?
What was the political agreement in 1877 that effectively ended Reconstruction, resulting in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as President?
What is the Compromise of 1877?
What legislative package in 1850 aimed to resolve disputes over the expansion of slavery, including the admission of California as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war. It lasted for three days and ended in a Confederate defeat and retreat. It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
How did the death of General Stonewall Jackson impact the Confederate Army and the overall course of the Civil War?
What is the loss of a brilliant military strategist and a decline in Confederate morale, ultimately affecting the outcome of key battles and the war itself?
In which address did Abraham Lincoln express his hope for 'malice toward none' and 'charity for all' as the Civil War neared its end?
What is the 'Second Inaugural Address'?
What were the fundamental differences between Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction in the aftermath of the Civil War, and how did they shape the path of the South's recovery?
Presidential Reconstruction being more lenient towards the former Confederacy and Congressional Reconstruction being more stringent, leading to conflicts over civil rights and the balance of power in the South during the Reconstruction era?
What doctrine, championed by John C. Calhoun, asserted that states had the right to declare federal laws unconstitutional and void within their borders?
What is the doctrine of nullification?