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This Confederate general surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
How did the Civil war end?
What is the surrender of the confederacy at the Appomattox Courthouse.
This event, which occurred on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is the bombardment of Fort Sumter?
Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, this proclamation declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous speech on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Which free American became a famous conductor for the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Tripple Jeopardy
South Carolina said it could succeed on the grounds of defending this principle against perceived Northern aggression.
What is states' rights?
This battle, fought on July 1-3, 1863, is often considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, earning the territory this infamous nickname.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Double Jeopardy
In 1859, John Brown led a raid on this federal armory in present-day West Virginia in an attempt to spark a slave rebellion.
What is Harper's Ferry?
This author's influential novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped to raise awareness about the horrors of slavery and contributed to public support for the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
What is the Underground railroad?
What is a system of safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states or territories?
How did new technology contribute to the civil war becoming the deadliest war in US history?
It made fighting more efficient.
This 1854 act allowed settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery within their borders.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This state was the first to secede from the Union, doing so on December 20, 1860
What is South Carolina?
This Union general famously said, "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman?
While the focus of the Northern economy shifted towards industrial production, which sector also experienced growth due to increased demand for foodstuff.
What is the South ?
This pivotal battle, fought from May 18 to July 4, 1863, resulted in the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River and splitting the Confederacy in two.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sanford Court case
The court ruled that because Dred Scot was an enslaved African American, he was not considered a Citizen of the United States and could not sue.
This Union general's strategy of total war aimed to destroy the South's ability and will to fight by targeting not just military objectives, but also infrastructure and civilian property.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
This former slave escaped to freedom and became a leading abolitionist, speaker, and writer, advocating for the emancipation of enslaved people.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
What advantage did the CSA have over the Union?
They had more experienced leaders
or They were fighting in their own territory
What ended with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Surrender at the Appomattox Court House?
Question: This controversial law, passed by the United States Congress in 1850, required citizens to assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Why did some states initially choose to remain in the Union?
They hoped the differences between the North and the South could be resolved.