By 1860 the North and the South disagreed sharply over enslavement and whether it would spread into western territories. What word names a deep split between regions of one country?

In February 1861 Texas voters approved leaving the United States. Texas then joined other Southern states that had formed a separate government. What was that government called?

In April 1861 Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, and the fort surrendered. What did President Lincoln do right after?

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. What did it declare?

The three-day Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1-3, 1863, was a Union victory and a turning point of the war. In which state was Gettysburg fought?

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. To which Union leader did Lee surrender?

Fighting at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville in May 1865 was the last land battle of the war, about a month after the surrender in Virginia. Why did that fighting still happen?

During the war Texas sent beef, horses, and cotton to Confederate armies, and cotton wagons rolled south to the Rio Grande instead of to Texas ports. Why did the cotton take that long road?

Frederick Douglass had escaped enslavement and became a well-known speaker and newspaper publisher. What did he do during the Civil War?

Harriet Tubman had guided many people out of enslavement before the war. What work did she do for the Union army during the war?

On June 19, 1865, Union general Gordon Granger landed at Galveston and announced that all enslaved people in Texas were free. What holiday remembers that day?

Which amendment to the Constitution ended slavery throughout the United States when it was ratified in December 1865?

The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868. What did this amendment do?

The Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 said a citizen's right to vote could not be denied because of race or color. Which Texans gained the vote under it?

Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. What was its main job in the South?

Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. What was one main goal of Reconstruction?

After the war many freedpeople in Texas had no land of their own. Under sharecropping, what did a farmer give the landowner in return for using the land?

Right after the war, some Southern state governments passed laws called Black codes. What did these laws do?

During Reconstruction, Black men in Texas and other Southern states were elected to public office for the first time.

Reconstruction ended in 1877 when the last federal troops left the South. What happened to many of the rights Black Southerners had won?

What event in April 1861 is considered the start of the Civil War?

Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved man, was known for what during the Civil War era?

True or False: Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States during the Civil War.

What was secession?

Who commanded the main Confederate army for most of the Civil War?

Which side did the United States government fight for during the Civil War?

Why did the Union navy blockade Confederate ports during the Civil War?

The Emancipation Proclamation did not free enslaved people in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware. Why not?

True or False: The Confederacy won the Civil War.

What happened in Texas on June 19, 1865?

Before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman led many enslaved people north to freedom. What was the secret network of escape routes and safe houses called?

Five days after Lee's surrender in April 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Who became president after he died?

The Southern states that left the Union formed their own government in 1861. Who served as its president?

In July 1863 the Union captured the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Why was this victory so important?

Before Texas could rejoin the Union after the war, it had to approve the 14th and 15th Amendments. In what year was Texas readmitted to the Union?

What did the 15th Amendment say could not be denied based on race?

True or False: Reconstruction immediately made life equal and fair for all Americans.

Many sharecropping families stayed poor year after year. What was one main reason?

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army began to enlist Black soldiers. About how many Black men served in the Union army by the end of the war?

In the Gettysburg Address, delivered in 1863, what did Abraham Lincoln say the nation should renew its commitment to?