Abolitionists
What is an abolitionist?
People who were against slavery and actively campaigned to end slavery.
What was the secession?
The withdrawal of southern states from the Union.
What is a civil war?
A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country.
What number president was Lincoln?
The 16th.
Who was the President of the Confederacy from 1808-1889?
Jefferson Davis.
What year was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
1831.
What year did Virginia secede?
1861.
Which battle was the first major clash of the Civil War and is known for the involvement of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Battle of Bull Run or Manassas.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Stated that all slaves of the Confederacy were, from that moment, "forever free."
How long was Jefferson Davis imprisoned by Union forces?
2 years.
What were the secret routes that Harriet Tubman supported for enslaved African Americans to use?
The Underground Railroad.
What were the key features of the North?
Industrial Economy/ Factories and wanted new states to be free states.
Which battle revolutionized naval warfare and took place in March of 1862?
Sea Battle of the USS Monitor and the USS Merrimack.
Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant.
In the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas, he and his brigade stood like a "stone wall."
What President firmly opposed the spread of slavery and formed the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln.
What were the key features of the South?
Agricultural Economy/ Farming, relied on slave labor, and wanted new states to be slave states.
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House.
What was the Anaconda plan?
Helped blockade southern ports that controlled the Mississippi River.
Why did Robert E. Lee refuse the Field of Command of the United States Army?
He would not fight against his fellow Southerners.
Where was Harpers Ferry located in 1859? Where is it located now? (Hint: This is about John Brown's raid on the Armory)
Virginia and West Virginia now.
What seven southern states seceded to form the Confederate States of America?
South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana.
In the Battle of Fredericksburg, who led the defeat against Union forces, and how many casualties were there?
General Robert E. Lee and 12,000 Union casualties.
Who killed Lincoln and where?
John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater.
What illness killed Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Pneumonia.