Causes
Came in as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.
What is California?
Lincoln's chief goal in the Civil War.
What is to preserve the Union?
Grant received this after his victory at Fort Donelson.
What is Grant received the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender"?
Place where John Brown tried to take an arsenal and lead a slave rebellion in the South.
Where is Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Three-word site where JL Chamberlain and the 20th Maine turned back the Confederate army on the 2nd Day of Gettysburg.
Where is Little Round Top?
The book and author that led many people to be against slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Southerners fought for the cause of states' ______.
What is states' rights?
What Union general was charged with capturing Richmond, VA in the Peninsular Campaign?
Who was George McClellan?
Years of the Civil War
What is 1861-1865?
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The first major victory for the South.
Kansas town that was destroyed during "Bleeding Kansas".
What is Lawrence, Kansas?
7 states who left the Union after Lincoln was elected.
Who were S. Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas?
Lincoln's famous biblical quote as to why he believed the Union must be completely free or completely slave, but it cannot last as it currently was.
What is "a house divided against itself cannot stand"?
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This was the town in Virginia were the South surrendered to the North and the war ended.
First major battle in the West.
Site where John Brown and his sons killed 5 pro-slavery men.
Where is Potawatomie Creek, Kansas?
Four states to secede after Fort Sumter.
Who were Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas?
Who's military genius and personality is often credited with holding the Confederate Army together?
Who was Robert E Lee?
"What document stated that ""Slaves of any state...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free""?"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
With 23,000 casualties, what was the bloodiest one-day battle in US history?
What is Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
He sued Mr. Sanford.
Who is Dred Scott?
The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
Battle where Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire.
Where is Chancellorsville?
Who, when (month day, year), and where of Lincoln's assassination.
Who was John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, on Good Friday (April 14, 1865)?
First capital of the Confederacy.
What was Montgomery, Alabama?