Us History Standards 8-10 Front And Back

Front 1

In this law California was admitted into the U.S. as a free state; popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in the Western territories; and a stronger fugitive slave law was established in the North.

Back 1

COMPROMISE OF 1850
(8E)

Front 2

Who published the newspaper called The Liberator which called for the immediate, uncompensated abolishment of slavery?”

Back 2

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
(8A)

Front 3

He was a former slave who later published his own anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star?

Back 3

FREDERICK DOUGLAS
(8A)

Front 4

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Missouri is brought in as a slave state and __________ is brought as a free state keeping the balance of power in the Senate.

Back 4

MAINE
(8E)

Front 5

This famous abolitionist used violence and killing against anti-slavery forces in “bleeding Kansas” and during his raid on a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, he intended to start a slave rebellion, but was captured and later hanged for his crimes.

Back 5

JOHN BROWN
(9A)

Front 6

This term describes the caring of your own region and not the U.S as an entire nation.

Back 6

SECTIONALISM
(8C)

Front 7

Which war took place because the U.S wanted both California and New Mexico?

Back 7

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
(8D)

Front 8

This proposal stated that any state acquired in the Mexican-American War could never be a slave state; however, it was voted down by Congress.

Back 8

WILMOT PROVISO
(8D)

Front 9

What area did the South have an advantage over the north during the Civil War?

Back 9

MILITARY LEADERSHIP
(9F)

Front 10

What executive order was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states and gave the war a moral cause for the North?

Back 10

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
(9E)

Front 11

Which court case stated that slaves were not citizens, but personal property and therefore had no right to go to court to win their freedom?

Back 11

DRED SCOTT DECISION
(9A)

Front 12

This act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise and reignited the slavery issue by allowing territories within the Louisiana Purchase area to determine slavery by popular sovereignty.

Back 12

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
(9A)

Front 13

As stated in his 1st Inaugural Address, what was President Abraham Lincoln’s main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

Back 13

KEEP THE UNION TOGETHER
(9B)

Front 14

Which event started because of the differences in opinion about states’ rights; slavery; and the economy?

Back 14

CIVIL WAR
(9)

Front 15

What was established by Congress in 1865 to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education for the newly emancipated slaves?

Back 15

FREEDMAN’S BUREAU
(10B)

Front 16

This Civil War battle, the bloodiest battle of the war, was the turning point of the war because the South would never invade the north again?

Back 16

GETTYSBURG
(9D)

Front 17

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

Back 17

JEFFERSON DAVIS
(9C)

Front 18

Best known commander of the Southern troops during the Civil War?

Back 18

ROBERT E. LEE
(9C)

Front 19

Best known commander of the Northern troops during the Civil War?

Back 19

ULYSSES S. GRANT
(9C)

Front 20

In what was called the “march to the sea,” this Northern General advanced troops into the heart of the South (TN; GA; SC; NC) burning and destroying cities and railroads to “break the will” of the South to continue fighting in the Civil War.

Back 20

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
(9C/D)

Front 21

Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant effectively ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865.

Back 21

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
(9D)

Front 22

The plans of reconstruction put forth by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil War – lenient.

Back 22

PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
(10A)

Front 23

The plan of reconstruction put forth by the Republican controlled Congress to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil war – harsh.

Back 23

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
(10A)

Front 24

Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote in the U.S?

Back 24

15TH AMENDMENT

Front 25

In what two speeches, delivered by President Lincoln, did he reaffirm his desire to see the Union survive and the nation reunited?

Back 25

GETTYSBERG ADDRESS /
2ND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
(9B)

Front 26

What is the name of the college that was founded in Atlanta by a former slave and two ministers to provide education for African Americans?

Back 26

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

(10B)

Front 27

Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S?

Back 27

13TH AMENDMENT
(10C)

Front 28

What was passed by many of the Southern states after the Civil War to ensure a stable and subservient labor force under white control?

Back 28

BLACK CODES
(10D)

Front 29

Which amendment gave citizenship to freed slaves?

Back 29

14th AMENDMENT
(10C)

Front 30

Slave rebellion that occurred in Virginia in 1831 where approximately 160 people were killed resulting in the tightening of slave codes and the executions of the rebellion leaders.

Back 30

NAT TURNER’S REBELLION
(8A)

Front 31

Team of sisters who were from a prominent slaveholding family in the South who became outspoken abolitionists during the pre-civil war period.

Back 31

GRIMKE SISTERS (SARAH & ANGELINA) (8A)

Front 32

Event in 1832 when South Carolina, under the leadership of John C. Calhoun, threatened that they would not follow federal tariff laws and would secede from the U.S. if forced to do so. President Andrew Jackson threatened to send in the national military to make South Carolina comply if needed; however, a compromise was worked out by Henry Clay to end the crisis.

Back 32

NULLIFICATION CRISIS
(8C)

Front 33

Idea that the people who live in certain territories or states would vote on whether or not to allow slavery.

Back 33

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
(9A)

Front 34

The guarantee that a person cannot be imprisoned without being brought before a judge. President Abraham Lincoln suspended this during the Civil War as a measure to “protect the Union.”

Back 34

HABEAS CORPUS
(9B)

Front 35

Beloved Confederate General and right-hand man to Robert E. Lee who was accidentally killed by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Back 35

THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON
(9C)

Front 36

Union fort in Charleston, SC where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. The fort was eventually abandoned by Union soldiers, but the event gave President Lincoln the public support he needed to go to war.

Back 36

FORT SUMTER
(9D)

Front 37

Civil War battle that was the “bloodiest single day of the war.” After finding a copy of Lee’s battle plan, Union General George McClellan was ready for Lee’s assault; however, McClellan failed to pursue and Lee’s army escaped. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this Union victory.

Back 37

ANTIETAM
(9D)

Front 38

The last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, this city fell to Union General Ulysses S. Grant after a siege of two months.

Back 38

VICKSBURG
(9D)

Front 39

At the beginning of the Civil War, which side had the advantages of: industry; railroads; money; stable government; and population?

Back 39

NORTH (UNION)
(9F)

Front 40

A secretive organization whose members often dressed in hooded white robes and used intimidation, violence, and sometimes murder against African-Americans and those who supported them.

Back 40

KU KLUX KLAN
(10D)

Front 41

In 1868, this President was impeached by the Radical Republican Congress for violating the Tenure of Office Act; however, the President was found not guilty by one vote.

Back 41

ANDREW JOHNSON
(10E)

Front 42

This agreement effectively ended the Reconstruction Period by giving the disputed Presidency to the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of military rule in the Southern states.

Back 42

COMPROMISE OF 1877
(10F)