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| What congressional solution made california a free state and gave opular sovereignty to the new mexico and Utah territories? |
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| What part of the solution in the compromise of 1850 upsets many northerners (there were five parts of this soulution)? |
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| What act supported by Stephen Douglas gave popular sovereignty to two territories just west of Missouri? |
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| What political party was formed in the 1850's that supported the anti-slavery platform (also,it is known as the party of Lincoln)? |
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| Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott decision) |
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| What famous court case upheld the right of slave owners as property holders and disallowed slaves to file court cases? |
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| Who led the masacre at Pottawatomie Creek, NE and led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry? |
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| Who won the pesidental election in 1860? |
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| What state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860? |
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| What county in Alabama never seceded from the Union? |
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| What state was actually split over the decision to secede and eventually became two states? |
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| What was the most famous of the Black military units to fight in the Civil War? |
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| What act passed by the Republican dominated congress (during the Civil War) gave large land grants to states from the government? |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| What did Lincoln pass on Jan. 1, 1863 granting freedom to slaves in the Confederate states in rebellion? |
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| What did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War, depriving many citizens of their civil rights? |
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| What battle resulted in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War? |
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| What major three-day battle did the Conferderates (under Lee) lose in Pennsylvania? |
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| What battle in Mississippi resulted in a complete blockade of the south by the Union? |
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| What Union general captured Atlanta and continued southeast to Savannah destroying everything in his path? |
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| What famous speech was given by LIncoln at a consedration ceremony where he reminded Americans of the basic ideal, "All maen are created equal?" |
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| Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant in 1865? |
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| What was the program called that returned southern states to the Union, rebuilt the South's infrastructure, and attempted to protect the rights of free blacks? |
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| What were the laws called passed by southern states attempting to control freedmen and keeping them in a subservient position? |
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| What were northerners called who moved to the South, voted Republican,and were scorned by southerners after the Civil War? |
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| What were southerners called who voted Republican after the Civil War? |
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| What southern secret society emerged during the Reconstruction that harassed, tormented, and killed blacks demanding equality? |
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| What man served as president during Reconstruction and whose legacy (as president) is remembered as being very corrupt ? |
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| What congressional solution resulted in Hayes winning the presidental election in 1876 and Reconstruction ending? |
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| What were the laws called passed in southern states after Reconstruction that stripped African Americans of basic rights like voting? |
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| What type of farming existed in the south after the war where farmers rented land to grow crops? |
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| What type of farming existed in the south after the war where farmers were forced to share crops with landowners? |
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| Are pieces of US legislation which allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges, which would be funded by the grant of federally-controlled land to each of the states which had stayed with the United States during the American Civil War. |
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