Antebellum to War
Strategies
Secession
Emancipation Proclamation
Let's Battle!
100
What compromise created the free state of Maine and the slave state of Missouri?
The Missouri Compromise
100
What is a blockade runner
The South used these people to break through the Northern blockades
100
What man was against Georgia secession?
Alexander Stephens
100
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who is Lincoln
100
Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest one-day battle in U.S. history?
What is Battle of Antietam
200
What compromise was created because California wanted to become a free state?
Compromise of 1850
200
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The plan for capturing the Mississippi River, cutting off Confederate ports, and capturing the capital
200
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
200
The Emancipation Proclamation was given 5 days after which Union victory?
What is Battle of Antietam
200
What is the bloodiest battle in U.S. history?
Battle of Gettysburg
300
What actions were not allowed in Washington,D.C. by the Compromise of 1850?
No buying and selling slaves in Washington,D.C.
300
What was the Confederate Capital?
Richmond, Virginia
300
What event led South Carolina to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
300
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To serve as a war tactic by freeing the people who served as the labor force of the south.
300
Where is Antietam?
Maryland
400
What proposal led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Railroad from Chicago to California
400
The South believed this strategy would win the war
King Cotton Diplomacy strategy
400
What two promises did Lincoln make in his inaugural address?
No union forces and not interfere with slavery
400
What was the outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The outcome was that slaves in the Confederate states were considered free. Many could now serve in the Union military.
400
Where is Gettysburg?
Pennsylvania
500
The Compromise of 1850 created two new territories
Utah and New Mexico Territories
500
What states were cut off from the rest of the Confederacy by the capture of the Mississippi River
Texas, Lousiana, Arkansas
500
What Alabama city did the 7 seceding states meet to form the Confederacy?
Montgomery
500
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1862
500
How many states did the Confederacy have on its side?
11
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