Causes of Civil War
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Ordered all citizens of the United States to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped from their owners
When did the Civil war end?
April 9, 1865
President of the Confederate?
Jefferson Davis
What war was the bloodiest day of the Civil war?
Battle of Antietam
Who was John Brown?
Brown believed he was God’s chosen instrument to end slavery
Which general was trained at the U.S.Military Academy at West Point?
Both generals
Who became president after Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
General Winfield Scott devised a plan to restrict the export and import of shipments from Southern States
The Anaconda Plan
What did the judge do during Dred Scott v. Stanford?
Judges ruled that all slaves were not citizens (property) and could not sue in court
Who was the general for the North (the Union)?
Ulysses S. Grant
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves in the south/under confederate control would be freed
Why was State rights a cause of the Civil War?
whether the federal government had the right to regulate or even abolish slavery within an individual state.
What were three Civil War issues?
1. states rights
2. slavery
3. preservation of the Union
President that wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincon
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation written?
1862
A bloody fight that started in Kansas between anti-Slavery Government and Pro-Slavery Government forces
Bleeding Kansas