Slavery, Civil War, & Reconstruction

Many Africans ended up in the slave trade as a result of...

Which of the following most accurately describes the conditions on many slave trading ships?

Who won the American Civil War?

Which US Senator was a big supporter of the idea of "popular sovereignty"?

Who led the failed revolt/raid at Harper's Ferry?

Nicknamed the Angel of the Battlefield, ___ served as a nurse during the American Civil War.

Winning the Battle of Vicksburg was important to the North because...

Which side used the telegraph effectively during the Civil War?

Which of the following best describes Lincoln's views on slavery?

Popular Sovereignty was the idea...

Impeachment means...

When the American president rejects a bill, it is called a ______.

Which Civil War general went on to be elected as the American president in 1868 & 1872?

Which constitutional amendment gave all men the right to vote?

The Presidential Election of ____ brought an end to Reconstruction.

The time period after the Civil War was known as...

"Four score and seven years ago..." are the first words of ___.

Which US Army General from the Civil War was later elected as the American president?

Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War?

Which woman was known as one of the key conductors of the "Underground Railroad"?

Another term for the military draft is ___.

Which amendment defined citizenship, made former enslaved people citizens, and included the equal protection clause?

The ___ Compromise created an imaginary line separating free states in the north, and slave states in the south.

When ___ announced that they were holding a vote to determine the future of slavery, it led to violent clashes.

Which side had the best military leadership at the beginning of the Civil War?

Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?

Four slave states stayed loyal to the USA. Which of the following did NOT stay loyal?

Which organization did Clara Barton create after the Civil War?

When Abraham Lincoln was killed, ___ became President of the United States.

Which of the following believed that slavery was a "good thing" for society?

Which of the following individuals was NOT an abolitionist?

During Reconstruction, the system of sharecropping was least beneficial to...

Which technology did NOT exist during the American Civil War?

Anti-slavery forces in Kansas were known as ___

Who wrote the novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln's #1 goal was...

Southern Congressman Preston Brooks savagely beat Senator ____ of Massachusetts on the floor of the Senate.

Which U.S. Army General led the "March to the Sea" & killed the south's will to fight?

Most Africans sold into slavery in the Americas came from which part of Africa?

Once the House of Rep's impeaches a president, the ____ holds the trial where it takes a 2/3rds vote for removal.

President Andrew Johnson survived removal from office by ____ vote(s).

Pro-slavery forces in Kansas were known as ___.

The Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg...

Which of the following best describes Frederick Douglass's views on slavery?

The law requiring northerners to return runaway slaves was known as...

Who came up with the 10% plan for Reconstruction?

___ was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.

Which southern state was the first to secede from the union?

Laws passed in the South that required African Americans to pay a fee to vote were known as...

All of the following are terms for the right to vote EXCEPT:

In 1856 the Republican party was created. Its primary goal was to...

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Presidents Trump, Clinton, and _______ were all impeached, but not removed.

Which of the following had a more extensive railroad system?

A political deal (corrupt bargain) resulted in northern troops being withdrawn from the South after the election of ___.

Term used to describe individuals in southern states who stayed loyal to the United States during the Civil War.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Who invented the cotton gin?