Causes of the Civil War
This Compromise called for the Southern boundary of a certain state to serve as the dividing line of slavery vs no slavery heading west.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The mass produced bullet that causes so much damage.
What is the Minie Ball?
Robert E. Lee.
What is the Confederacy?
His plan relied on 10% of the population pledging allegiance to the United States of America.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Vanderbilt built his initial fortune in this industry before selling everything to invest in railroads.
What is shipping / steamboats?
Led a raid on Harper's Ferry.
Who was John Brown?
Single bloodiest day of the war.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
General Sherman.
What is the Union?
The name given to Congressmen who wanted to punish the South after the war.
What is the Radical Republicans?
The famous nickname given to Cornelius Vanderbilt due to his dominance in water transport.
What is "The Commodore"?
The first state to seceed from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
His goal is to bring the war to the people of the south and "Make Georgia howl!"
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
Victorious at the first battle of the war- Manasses or Bull Run.
What is the Confedracy?
Outlawed Slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
John D. Rockefeller chose this name for his company to assure consumers that his kerosene was safe and uniformly high-quality.
What is Standard Oil?
This law infuriated the Aboiltionists in the North and this book was despised by slave owners in the South.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act and the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Three day battle, fought on Northern soil, turning point in the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Name three advantages for the North/ Union.
Various answers...Food, Industry, Men, Railroads, Lincoln, etc...
Granted citizenship to African Americans.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Prior to the widespread use of electricity, crude oil was refined into this product to light American homes.
What is kerosene?
This piece of legislation undermined the Compromise of 1850 by introducing the concept of popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Lee surrenders.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
Name three advantages for the Confederacy.
Various answers...homefield advantage, Lee and Generals, King Cotton, strong military tradition, etc..
With the rise of Industrialization in the US, this famous American coined the term "Gilded Age"
Who was Mark Twain?
Vanderbilt owned the only rail line running into this major economic port city, giving him enormous leverage over competitors.
What is New York City?