Civil War and Reconstruction

1. Civil War and Reconstruction Jeopardy Review

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3. What legislative act inspired abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin • The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

4. Stephen Douglas and Lewis Cass advocated this method for determining the status of slavery in the territories. • Popular Sovereignty

5. This legislative act repealed the Missouri Compromise. • The Kansas-Nebraska Act

6. The first practical test of popular sovereignty happened in this territory in 1855. • Kansas

7. What laws required northern states to assist in the return of runaway slaves to their owners in the South? • Fugitive Slave Laws

8. Following passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Conscience Whigs, Free Soilers, and anti-slavery Democrats formed this new political party. • The Republican Party

9. This Supreme Court decision ruled that slavery could not be banned in the U.S. because doing so violated the 5th Amendment right to property. • Dred Scott v. Sandford

10. In which western territory did a mini-civil war take place in 1856? • Kansas

11. This organization sent anti-slavery settlers from New England to Kansas in 1855. • New England Emigrant Aid Society

12. For what incident was Preston Brooks notorious? • The beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate

13. Who were the two candidates from the divided Democratic party in the 1860 election? • John C. Breckenridge • Stephen Douglas

14. This candidate won 39.8% of the popular vote in the 1860 election, enough to put him over the top without even being on the ballot in the South. • Abraham Lincoln

15. This was the last ditch effort to prevent a civil war. • Crittenden Compromise

16. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America and what city was the Confederate capital? • Jefferson Davis • Richmond, VA

17. Where did the Civil War begin and on what date? • Fort Sumter, South Carolina • April 12, 1861

18. On whose property did the first true battle of the Civil War begin? • Wilmer McLean

19. This battle dispelled any hopes that the war would be over quickly. • First Bull Run / Manassas

20. Who did Lincoln accuse of having “a case of the slows?” • General George B. McClellan

21. What four states were known as the border states? • Missouri • Kentucky • Maryland • Delaware

22. In the Civil War, with which side did the European ruling classes sympathize? • The Confederacy

23. After which Civil War battle were African Americans allowed to join the Union Army? • Antietam

24. This battle was important because the outcome cooled any European desire to enter the war in favor of the Confederacy. • Antietam

25. Who, specifically, did Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation free? • All slaves in states or territories participating in rebellion against the U.S.

26. What was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment an example of? • An all-black infantry regiment

27. This European power recognized the Union blockade of the South, mostly because it viewed breaking it as a bad precedent for its own use of blockades as a weapon. • Great Britain

28. Whom did Lincoln finally choose to lead the Union Army after a series of ineffective generals? • Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

29. In what Virginia town was the cease-fire agreement signed between Lee and Grant? • Appomatox Courthouse

30. Who did the Democratic Party run against Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1864? • General George B. McClellan

31. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery? • The Thirteenth Amendment

32. What secret society was formed in the South to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly won rights as citizens? • The Ku Klux Klan

33. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African Americans the right to vote? • The Fifteenth Amendment

34. Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President of the U.S.? • Andrew Johnson

35. Which Civil War battle was considered to be the turning point of the war? • Gettysburg

36. During what years did the Civil War take place? • 1861 - 1865

37. Which political faction was strongly in favor of fighting the war and punishing the South? • The Radical Republicans

38. What did Lincoln want to do after the war to soldiers who fought for the Confederacy? • Pardon them

39. What amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to African Americans? • Fourteenth Amendment

40. Who won the Presidential Election of 1868? • Ulysses S. Grant

41. What is the term used to describe the process of putting the Union back together again after the war? • Reconstruction

42. What term was used to describe White Southerners who supported Reconstruction? • Scalawags

43. Of which amendment was ratification required for a Southern state to re-enter the Union under the Reconstruction Act? • Fourteenth Amendment

44. Which party typically “waved the bloody shirt” as an emotional campaign appeal? • The Republicans

45. This Radical Republican from PA was strongly in favor of harsh reconstruction and supported the impeachment of Johnson. • Thaddeus Stevens

46. Against which amendment did Johnson campaign in his “swing around the circle?” • The Fourteenth Amendment

47. This organization was formed to assist displaced blacks and whites in the South at the end of the Civil War. • The Freedmen’s Bureau

48. Republicans relied on these voters to carry the states of the south. • Freed blacks

49. For what reason did the House vote to impeach Johnson? • Violation of the Tenure of Office Act

50. This president’s administration was notorious for its connections to scandal. • Grant