6305793214 | Slave state | A state witch that allows slavery. | ![]() | 0 |
6305793215 | Free state | A state witch does not allow slavery. | ![]() | 1 |
6305793216 | Missouri comprimise | Plan stating that Missouri could be added as a slave state if Maine was added as a free state. Line of Louisiana Territory said that anything above the line was a free state, anything below was a slave state. | ![]() | 2 |
6305793217 | Tariffs | Special taxes on goods coming into the United states. | ![]() | 3 |
6305793218 | Abolitionists | Americans that want to abolish,or end slavery. | ![]() | 4 |
6305793220 | Treason | Betraying ones country, punishable by death. | ![]() | 5 |
6305793221 | Secede | Withdraw or separate | ![]() | 6 |
6305793222 | Civil war | A war among people who live in the same country. | ![]() | 7 |
6305793223 | Draft | A selection of men who must serve in a war. | ![]() | 8 |
6305793224 | Blockcade | Ships would cut off access to ports. | 9 | |
6305793225 | Abolitionist | A person who worked to end slavery. | ![]() | 10 |
6305793226 | Slavery | The treatment of people as property. Forced to work against ones will without pay. | ![]() | 11 |
6305793228 | Civil War | The war that divided America in the 1860s. A war between citizens of the same country. The war lasted 4 years. Brother's War or War Between the States. | ![]() | 12 |
6305793229 | Reconstruction | The period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the Union. | ![]() | 13 |
6305793230 | Union | The North, Yankees, the Blue. Fought in the war to keep the states together and later made a goal to end slavery through the war. | ![]() | 14 |
6305793231 | Compromise | A way of settling disagreements in which each side gives away a little in its demands (ex. Missouri Compromise, Missouri admitted as slave, Maine as free-kept balance of power in Senate) | ![]() | 15 |
6305793232 | Confederacy | Another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union. The South, Rebels, the Gray. Fought in the war to hopefully become an independent country. | ![]() | 16 |
6305793233 | Emancipation Proclamation | A special order by President Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam that stated that all slaves in states still fighting against the Union were free. | ![]() | 17 |
6406880405 | Henry Clay | The Great Compromiser, made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. | 18 | |
6406892046 | Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union, He believed that it was unconstitutional for the Southern states to secede. | 19 | |
6406893769 | Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy | 20 | |
6407074234 | Anaconda Plan | The Union's plan to blockade the Confederacy was called: | 21 | |
6407074233 | South Carolina | What state did many Northerners blame for starting the war? | 22 | |
6407074235 | Black Codes | Laws passed to control newly freed captives in the South were called the: | 23 | |
6407074239 | Battle of Antietam | The Union's first victory in a battle during the civil war was... | 24 | |
6407074236 | Impeach | To charge the President with wrong doing while in office is to: | 25 | |
6407074240 | The Fifteenth Amendment | People couldn't be denied the right to vote because of race or color | 26 | |
6407074242 | 13th | This amendment abolished slavery: | 27 | |
6407074243 | Dred Scott | Which one of the enslaved persons went before the Supreme Court to get his freedom? | 28 | |
6407074244 | More people and a greater wealth | Union troops expected an easy victory because the North had: | 29 | |
6407074245 | More Natural Resources | Which of the following was NOT an advantage for the South? | 30 | |
6407074247 | Had their rights taken away | After Reconstruction ended in 1877, African Americans in the South: | 31 | |
6407074248 | Red Cross | Clara Barton helped the North with medical needs and founded an organization, the ______________________ that still exists today and provides assistance to those in need during times of disaster. | 32 | |
6407074249 | Battle of Gettysburg | Which one of the following battles of the Civil War was considered the turning point? | 33 | |
6407074250 | Harriett Tubman and Rose Greenhowe | Women during the time of the Civil War treated the wounded, helped with supplies, and acted as spies. Which pair of women acted as spies? | 34 | |
6407074251 | John Wilkes Booth | President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater by: | 35 | |
6407074252 | Abolitionists | Individuals who worked hard to put an end to slavery were: | 36 | |
6407074253 | Drinking Gourd | Many enslaved people used clues and codes provided by the __________________________ to help the escape to freedom in the North. | 37 | |
6407074254 | Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln in honor and memory of those who lost their lives in the Civil War wrote a famous 3 minute speech that discussed liberty and equality called the: | 38 | |
6407074255 | Underground Railroad | The system used by slaves escaping to freedom in the North was called the: | 39 | |
6407074256 | Robert E. Lee | The leading general for the Confederacy was: | 40 | |
6407074257 | Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Who fought for women's rights as well as for putting an end to slavery? | 41 | |
6407074258 | Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe | Which one of the following helped to inform and persuade people to change their minds about slavery? | 42 | |
6407074259 | State's Rights | The idea that each state in the South should have the right to declare their own laws and make their own decisions about slavery was called: | 43 | |
6407074260 | 1. Uncle Tom's Cabin 2. Polarization of Slavery 3. Tariffs 4. State's Rights 5. Invention of Cotton Gin 6. Slavery | List the causes of the Civil War | 44 | |
6407074261 | Sherman's March to the Sea | What event was a cause leading to Lee's surrender to Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse? | 45 | |
6407074262 | Carpet Baggers | Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War were called: | 46 | |
6407074263 | Fugitives | The Compromise of 1850 contained the Fugitive Slave Act. This act required all Americans in the North to turn in people who had escaped from slavery. These escapees were called: | 47 | |
6407074264 | Henry Clay | The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 helped keep peace between the North and the South for forty years. These compromises were written by a man from Kentucky: | 48 |
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