Causes of the Civil War
This 1820 agreement drew a line at 36°30' to divide free and slave territories in the Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
The bombardment of this South Carolina fort in April 1861 marked the official opening of military hostilities.
Fort Sumter
The Union's plan to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River was named after this constricting snake
Anaconda Plan
This new, spiraled groove technology inside rifle barrels dramatically increased accuracy and lethal range.
Rifling
This famous document freed all enslaved people in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
Part of the Compromise of 1850, this law required citizens nationwide to assist in returning escaped enslaved people.
Fugitive Slave Act
Fought in July 1861, this battle shattered initial expectations of a short, easy war.
Battle of Bull Run
Because the South only needed to prevent invasion, they fought this kind of war
Defensive war
This invention allowed Lincoln and Union commanders to communicate with generals on the front line almost instantly.
The Telegraph
Under the Appomattox surrender terms, Confederate soldiers were allowed to keep these two items for farming and protection.
Their horses and sidearms
Violent skirmishes erupted in this territory after the Kansas-Nebraska Act replaced compromise lines with popular sovereignty.
Bleeding Kansas
The first example of this kind of warfare where soldiers dig long connecting tunnels
Trench Warfare
What is the capital of Virginia and the Confederacy?
Richmond Virginia
Networks of these allowed the Union to rapidly move heavy artillery, supplies, and fresh armies across long distances.
Prior to the civil, you would do this to an enemy that you defeated in warfare
Punish
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled on the citizenship of African Americans and struck down a previous political compromise
Dred Scott Decision
General Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at this location in April 1865
Appomatox Courthouse
This late-war strategy targeted not just enemy forces, but economic resources, infrastructure, and civilian morale.
Scortched Earth/Total Warfare
Improvements in technology led to the pace of war getting...
Slower/drawn out
This person won the election of 1864, 212 to 21
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln won this election without carrying a single Southern state, prompting South Carolina to secede
This 3-day battle in Pennsylvania in July 1863 is considered the main military turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The name of the military campaign that practiced scorched earth from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
Sherman's March
Industrial warfare shifted victory away from battlefield tactics alone and made it dependent on this productive economic building
factories/industry/resources
The combination of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg in July 1863 gave the Union control over this vital trade waterway.
Mississippi River