Causes of the Civil War Events leading to the Civil War FamousBattles Results of the War Reconstruction

Question: Probable major cause of the Civil War? Check Your Answer Causes for 1

Answer: Slavery Back to the Game Board Causes for 1

Question: Famous anti- slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Check Your Answer Causes for 2

Answer: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Back to the Game Board Causes for 2

Question: This court decision said that a slave was not free just because he had lived in a free state? Check Your Answer Causes for 3

Answer: Dred Scott v. Sanford Back to the Game Board Causes for 3

Question: The election of Lincoln led to South Carolina seceding from the Union. What was the name of Lincoln’s Political party? Check Your Answer Causes for 4

Answer: Republican Back to the Game Board Causes for 4

Question: This part of the Compromise of 1850 called for the return of runaway slaves? Check Your Answer Causes for 5

Answer: The Fugitive Slave Act Back to the Game Board Causes for 5

Question: This event started the actual fighting of the Civil War? Check Your Answer Events for 1

Answer: Ft. Sumter Back to the Game Board Events for 1

Question: This invention by, Eli Whitney, gave a new life to slavery. Check Your Answer Events for 2

Answer: Cotton Gin Back to the Game Board Events for 2

Question: This state was the first to leave the union in February, 1861? Check Your Answer Events for 3

Answer: South Carolina Back to the Game Board Events for 3

Question: This Compromise in 1820 called for the Louisiana Purchase to be divided into free and slave states. Check Your Answer Events for 4

Answer: Missouri Compromise Back to the Game Board Events for 4

Question: This act passed by Congress called for “popular sovereignty” and overturned the Missouri Compromise. Check Your Answer Events for 5

Answer: Kansas-Nebraska Act Back to the Game Board Events for 5

Question: This was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War. (26,000) Check Your Answer Battles for 1

Answer: Antietam Back to the Game Board Battles for 1

Question: This three day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War? Check Your Answer Battles for 2

Answer: Gettysburg Back to the Game Board Battles for 2

Question: After Grant’s victory in this battle the South was split into and the Mississippi was completely under the control of the Union forces. Check Your Answer Battles for 3

Answer: Vicksburg Back to the Game Board Battles for 3

Question: Which Union General made a “march to the sea?” Check Your Answer Battles for 4

Answer: General Sherman Back to the Game Board Battles for 4

Question: Where did Lee surrender to Grant? Check Your Answer Battles for 5

Answer: Appomattox Court House Back to the Game Board Battles for 5

Question: This amendment abolished slavery. Check Your Answer Results for 1

Answer: 13th amendment Back to the Game Board Results for 1

Question: This was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction? Check Your Answer Results for 2

Answer: Ten Percent Back to the Game Board Results for 2

Question: This amendment gave all former male slaves the right to vote. Check Your Answer Results for 3

Answer: 15th amendment Back to the Game Board Results for 3

Question: President Lincoln was assassinated by? Check Your Answer Results for 4

Answer: John Wilkes Booth Back to the Game Board Results for 4

Question: This person became President upon the death of President Lincoln? Check Your Answer Results for 5

Answer: Andrew Johnson Back to the Game Board Results for 5

Question: This was established by Congress to aid poor blacks and whites in the South. Check Your Answer Reconstruction for 1

Answer: Freedsman’s Bureau Back to the Game Board Reconstruction for 1

Question: This amendment made former slaves citizens. Check Your Answer Reconstruction for 2

Answer: 14th amendment Back to the Game Board Reconstruction for 2

Question: This was the name given to white Southerners who joined the Republican Party. Check Your Answer Reconstruction for 3

Answer: scalawags Back to the Game Board Reconstruction for 3

Question: This Act led to the South being divided into military districts. Check Your Answer Reconstruction for 4

Answer: Reconstruction Act Back to the Game Board Reconstruction for 4

Question: This compromise in which Hayes was elected President ended Radical Reconstruction. Check Your Answer Reconstruction for 5

Answer: The Compromise of 1877 Back to the Game Board Reconstruction for 5