Causes
Battles
North and South
Strategy
Vocab
100
an act of violence over accepting Kansas as a slave state
What is Bleeding Kansas
100
First spark of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
100
Many Northerners, such as Frederick Douglas were known as
What is Abolitionists
100
How many parts were there to the North's strategy?
What is 3
100
people's rule or decision, specifically if slavery should be allowed
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
A book published to show the horrors of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
The battle of Antietam inspired Lincoln to write which speech?
What is Emancipation Proclamation
200
What type of war did the South expect to fight?
What is a defensive war
200
A speech given to Union troops and civilizans to rally together and resolve the war
What is Gettysburg Address
300
an Act that allowed new territory to decide if their states were going to be slave or free states. Decided by Popular Sovereignty
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
This battle was a turning point and made the North realize that the South was able to be beaten.
What is Battle of Gettysburg
300
What is an advantage of the South leading up to the war?
What is fighting a defensive war, supported by their population, better military commanders and know their geography
300
What was the North's strategy called?
What is the Anaconda Plan
300
A law passed that made Northerners and white civilians responsible for runaway slaves
What is Fugitive Slave Act
400
This institution led to the initial division of the United States.
What is slavery
400
Lincoln and Shermans plan for ending the war
What is Total War or Sherman's March to Sea
400
The North's biggest advantage was
What is industry or industrialization
400
What strengths did the North use in their strategy?
What is the Navy and railroad
400
The division of the country
What is Sectionalism
500
Made Southerners very angry, thinking they would no longer have a say in the government.
What is Election of 1860
500
Where the South surrounded
What is Appotomax Court House
500
The South's main goal was to
What is to preserve the Southern Way of Life
500
What strengths did the south use in their strategy
What is experienced commanders and familiarity with the geography.
500
an unrestricted military strategy used to demoralize the enemy
What is Total War
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