Road to Civil War
Fictional book that moved people to join the abolitionist movement
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Name a Union general during the Civil War
Grant, McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Sherman
Battle that led to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam
When the south attacked this fort, the Civil War began
Fort Sumter
What was the name of the south's strategy
Anaconda Plan
Temporary third party that is against the expansion of slavery
Free Soil Party
Leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
These two battles are considered the turning points in the war.
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
what caused the New York riots during the Civil War?
The draft
What ended any possibility of European countries aiding the South?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Kansas and Nebraska chose slave or free status how. (must use the correct vocab term)
popular sovereignty
Beloved Confederate general who died from friendly fire
Stonewall Jackson
Bloodiest battle in the Civil War
Gettysburg
The South had threatened secession long before the Civil War. What led them to threaten secession the first time
The tariff of abominations
What percentage of the Union army was black?
10%
Where did John Brown and his sons massacre a family?
Kansas
This General's scorched earth/total war policy left Georgia in ashes
William T Sherman
Bloodiest day in the Civil War and in US history
Antietam
Two major Union victories known as the turning points were ____________ and ____________
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Term to describe Southern democrats who wanted to reconcile and make peace with the North
Copperheads
This bill was an attempt to limit slavery in the Mexican Cession region
Wilmot Proviso
Grant's nickname
Unconditional Surrender Grant or The Butcher
General _________ sent to Lincoln the telegraph, I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of _________
Sherman; Savannah
This compromise was a last ditch effort to compromise after Lincoln won the election
Crittenden Compromise
What is the name of the region of the south that has highly fertile soil
black belt