Unit 4- Causes of Civil War and Civil War

Causes of Civil War

100

Allowed for the people to decide if slavery would be allowed (Bleeding Kansas is an example)

Popular Sovereignty 

200

How was adding the state of California bring about the Compromise of 1850? 

The Compromise settled debates on whether to allow slavery in those new territories 

300

How did the Election of 1860 cause the Civil War

Southern states believed Lincoln wanted to prohibit slavery so many seceded. 

400

Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

Missouri Compromise 

500

First shots of the Civil War 

Fort Sumter 

Battles

100

Key battle won by Grant where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River

Vicksburg 

200

SIngle bloodiest one day battle in American History 

Antietam 

300

3 day battle where Lee tried to invade the North. last time the Confederacy would fight a battle on Union territory. 

Gettysburg 

400

Plan devised by the North to constrict the South and to cut the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River (snake) 

Anaconda Plan 

500

This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. grant ending the American Civil War 

Appomattox Courthouse 

Key Figures

100

This man was asked to lead the Union army by Lincoln but led the Confederacy because he was loyal to his home state of Virginia

Robert E. Lee 

200

Led the Union Army at the Battle of Vicksburg to control the Mississippi River 

Ulysses S. Grant 

300

Led a march on Atlanta and destroyed everything in his path all the way to the Atlantic Ocean 

William T. Sherman 

400

President of the Confederacy 

Jefferson Davis 

500

Confederate military general, brilliant tactician, shot and killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville

Stonewall Jackson

Miscellaneous

100

Who had a more economical advantage at the start of the war? 

North 

200

The South had more experienced _____ like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson 

Generals, Military Leaders 

300

What key event demonstrated an increase in violence against the divide over slavery in the South? 

John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry 

400

James Polk's 1844 campaign slogan, “Fifty-four Forty or Fight,” What state? 

Oregon 

500

Court case that denied citizenship and property rights to African Americans? 

Dred Scott V Sanford 

Abraham Lincoln

100

Speech Lincoln gave that was 2 minutes long that increased the morale of the North. four score and seven years ago

Gettysburg Address 

200

Lincoln suspended this in order to legally hold Confederate sympathizers during the war 

Habeus Corpus 

300

This was the start of the process of emancipating slaves. Only freed slaves in states in rebellion. 

Emancipation Proclamation 

400

Somber event where Lincoln expressed sorrow for the war and outlines plans for Reconstruction- Malice towards none, 

2nd Inaugural Address 

500

Lincolns purpose for fighting the war at the beginning 

Preserve the Union