Early US History Unit 3 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Where did General Lee surrender his Confederate army to General Grant which basically brought the Civil War to an end?

Appomattox Court House

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In this Civil War reenactment photograph, what army is being depicted? (Union or Confederate)

The Union army (blue uniforms)

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What was the Pottawatomie Massacre?

Murder of 5 pro-slavery settlers in Kansas by John Brown and his sons as revenge for a previous attack on an anti-slavery settlement

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Explain the significance of this image to the Civil War.

The long-range accuracy of the Minié ball made traditional infantry assaults outdated; large number of amputations/casualties as the bullet shattered bones

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This individual became President as a result of the Compromise of 1877.

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)

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What President's administration is BEST connected to the Manifest Destiny era?

James K. Polk

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What is popular sovereignty?

a political concept that allowed the residents of the territories themselves, rather than Congress, to determine whether to permit or prohibit slavery

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What was the purpose of poll taxes?

Due to the disproportionate levels of poverty among African Americans in the Southern states, many Blacks – as well as poor Whites – were excluded from voting.

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Identify ONE outcome of the Presidential Election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln becomes President; southern states begin to secede from the Union

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Pictured here, it is an example of THIS concept.

literacy tests

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What other country laid claim to the Oregon Territory and was the target of the '54˚-40' or Fight' slogan?

Great Britain (England)

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What Congressional program was created to assist freed slaves by providing them help to reunite families, find work, and provide educational opportunities after the Civil War.

Freedmen's Bureau

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Within two decades following Reconstruction, white Southern Democrat controlled state governments created a series of segregation legislation better known by THIS nickname.

Jim Crow laws

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