Causes of the Civil War
People of the Civil War
Westward Expansion
Events of the Civil War
Activities and Actions
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Define Sectionalism
Loyalty to a region (North or South) rather than your country.
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Who was elected President in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
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What is detailed in this map?
The Missouri Compromise.
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Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
100
Define Secession as it relates to the Civil War
When a state formally withdraws from the Union.
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What happened to cause South Carolina to immediately secede from the Union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
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Who is this?
John Brown
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What state was admitted to the Union to disrupt the Missouri Compromise?
California
200
what is this plan known as
The Anaconda Plan
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What was one advantage the North had over the south?
Population, Industrialization, Railroad/Transportation
300
How did the South feel about the Federal Government?
Did not want the Feds to intervene in any way...
"Don't Tread on Me"
300
Name an Abolitionist other that John Brown.
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman
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What violent event was inadvertently caused by the idea of "Popular Sovereignty "
Bleeding Kansas
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What battle was considered the turning point of the war?
The battle of Gettysburg.
300
Union victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of what?
The Mississippi River
400
describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
A slave was not a citizen, but considered property and therefore could not sue in court.
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What was Harreit Beecher Stowe known for?
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
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The Compromise of 1850 admitted another "free" state to the Union. What did the southern states receive as part of the compromise?
The Fugitive Slave Act
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What General is known for the "March to the Sea" an act of "Total War"
General Sherman
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What was unique about the border states?
They were slave states that never seceded.
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What was the south's belief about a state's right to secede?
They argued that states themselves created the federal government and joined the Union voluntarily, therefore they had the right to withdraw they wished.
500
What two Generals met at Appomattox for the South's surrender, ending the Civil War?
General Grant (US) and General Lee (Confederates)
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As western territories became states, why were both regions so concerned about maintaining an equal number of free and slave states?
Power in the Senate
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What announcement freed the slaves in the states that rebelled against the Union and where was slavery still permitted?
The emancipation proclamation freed the slaves in the southern states that left the union, but did not free the slaves in the border states
500
What was Lincoln's message to England and France, delivered through the Emancipation Proclamation?
This war was about slavery, and if you continue to support the south, you are supporting the institution of slavery.