Generals/Battles
What was General McClellan's greatest flaw as a general?
Too cautious, hesitant, and slow
What was the 13th Amendment?
Declared slavery would be banned in the United States
What was the main cause of the civil war?
Slavery
What act by Stephen Douglass repealed the Missouri compromise and divided the nation in half at the 36,30' line
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the man who Assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John W. Booth
Slowly entrap the enemy and deplete them of resources and limit mobility. The union
what was the 14th ammendment?
Declared states could not limit the rights of the citizens
They succeeded from the union
Underground Railroad
Who has the nickname "the angel of the battlefield"?
Clara Barton
Who did Abraham Lincoln originally ask to be general of the Union army?
Robert E. Lee
what was the 15th amendment?
gave all men the right to vote
What gave people the right and freedom to make their own political decisions?
popular sovrentry
What law made it easier for slave owners to reclaim runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Law
What was the famous novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depicted the life of a slave?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Where did Robert E Lee surrender?
Appomattox courthouse
What laws happened in the south as a result of reconstruction and led to segregation?
Jim Crowe Laws
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumpter
Who did the south expect to sell cotton to only to find there was no demand and therefore took a large economic blow?
Great Britain
Who was famous for leading women spies during the civil war?
Harriet Tubman
what is total war?
a strategy to destroy an enemy's resources entirely
Freedmen's Bureau
What Battle was the fist clash of naval ships?
Battle of Ironclad
Did presidential reconstruction or congressional reconstruction prove to be more effective?
congressional
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
Jefferson Davis