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100
Rich, educated, war hero, who was lacking in political ability. President of CSA.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
The Democratic movement for peace in the North during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln feared the movement and tried different tactics to remove the threat.
What is "The Fire in the Rear?"
100
Lost Battle for Union but gave encouragement for black recruitment in the Union army.
What is Battle of Fort Wagner?
100
Laws in the north that attempted to ignore or bypass the Fugitive Slave Law.
What are the Personal Liberty Laws?
100
Attempt to cause an armed slave revolt. Called treason and those involved were hung. South were terrified after this at the thought of a slave uprising.
What is John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry?
200
One of the first black regiments that served in the Civil War. The earliest black Medal of Honor winner served here.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry?
200
First used during the Civil War, reduced moral in both armies. People feared that it would encourage class discrimination. Both Union and Confederate forces saw this as the only way to continue to have men.
What is Conscription in the Civil War?
200
Series of battles between armies of Gen. Meade and Lee. Lee tried to advance to Pennsylvania, but Meade pushed him back. Culminated in the largest battle of the war.
What is the Gettysburg Campaign?
200
A court case that determined the need for the 13th amendment. It decided who was and who was not a citizen of the United States. Very divisive decision.
What was the Dred Scott decision?
200
It was import-oriented with its main production agricultural. Eli whitney's Cotton Gin was highly beneficial.
What was the pre-war (antebellum) economy of the South?
300
Highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War. Killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Who is John Sedgwick?
300
An idea used by Stephen A. Douglas as a way to fix the problem of slavery in the territories. Consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
A siege of a major point for supplies to Gen. Lee. When the town was lost it was a short road to Lee's surrender.
What is the Petersburg Campaign?
300
Bill that would have banned slavery in any territory gained from Mexico. Heated up the argument over slavery.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
300
Proposed by Gen. Winfield Scott, it was an idea to slowly strangle the South by cutting off all imports and exports.
What is the Anaconda Strategy?
400
The editor of The Liberator, abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. Promoted immediate emancipation for slaves.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
400
Payment of a fee to legally avoid the draft.
What is commutation?
400
Series of battles by the Union to take over the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River.
What is the Vicksburg Campaign?
400
Document that rationalized why the United States should purchase Cuba from Spain. It also said that if Spain refused, the US should go to war with her.
What is the Ostend Manifesto?
400
Point where first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter?
500
Author, orator, diplomat, abolitionist. Example of black intelligence.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
Groups of men paying into a mutual fund to pay the exemption fee.
What is draft insurance?
500
Ultimately a Union victory, the Union general was attempting to draw out and overcome Lee's army. Union general tried to get between Confederate army and Richmond, ultimately he threatened Petersburg and let to the Confederate surrender.
What is the strategy of Ulysses S. Grant in the Overland Campaign?
500
An attempt to ask European powers to support the Confederacy and give them support.
What was the Kenner Peace Mission?
500
The "perfect battle" where Lee divided his forces in a risky move. It resulted in a victory for the Confederacy against a much larger force.
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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