What is...
The Missouri Compromise kept the balance between slave and free states by admitting Missouri into the Union as a slave state, while Maine entered as a free state. It also set a line at 36 30' parallel.
100
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is Lincoln issued a proclamation freeing all slaves in the rebellious states.
100
How did the Soith's economy stay afloat?
What is...
by depending on slaves to work on the farms/plantations
100
What were some advantages of the Union?
What is...
-their superior resources
-had twice as many people than the South
-had better productions, factories, naval force, and railroad lines
200
What is the Compromise of 1850?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter the Union as a free state. The rest of the Southwest was left open to slavery, depending on the vote of the people.
200
What is the significance of the Gettysburg Address?
What is...
In his dedication of a cemetary for the men who died in the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln reminded the Union that it was fighting to preserve a nation "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
200
Where did the Civil War start?
What is Fort Sumter
200
What were advantages for the Confederacy?
What is...
-optimistic/outstanding military leadership
-all wars/battles were located in the South
300
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
The new law required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
300
Define- Sherman's March to the Sea
What is...
The Union won the war in 1865 after General William T. Sherman waged total war across Georgia and General Ulysses S. Grant captured Richmon, Virginia.
300
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
What is Abraham Lincolns Election
300
Describe the 3 steps of the Anaconda Plan
What is...
1. set up a naval blockade
2. take control of the Mississippi River
3. invade the South--Richmond, Virginia
400
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This 1854 act opened Kansas and Nebraska to settlement under the banner of popular sovereignty. Kansas erupted into violence as proslavery and antislavery settlers battled for control of the territory.
400
Describe the Military Draft
What is...
The draft law required all white men between the ages of 20 and 45 to report for military duty... For $300, a man who did not want to serve could buy his way out of the draft, or he could hire a replacement to serve in his place.
400
After the event of John Brown's Raid, what did the Northerners think? The Southerners?
What is...
North- declared Bown a hero
South- saw Brown as a lunatic
400
What was the Confederate plan to pay for the war and keep the Southern economy afloat?
Was it successful?
What is...
When the war began, the South placed an embargo on cotton exports in an attempt to force Great Britain and other European countries to recognize the Confederacy and assist it with arms and money.
It was not successful- Great Britain had other contacts
500
What is the Dred Scott decision?
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This 1858 Supreme Court decision denied citizenship to African Americans and opened all western territories to slavery. Northerners were appalled and Southerners pleased.
500
Descirbe the 54the Massachusetts Regiment
What is...
African Americans welcomed emancipation and the chance to fight for the Union. Although they showed great courage, blacks continued to suffer from racism and inequality.
500
Only _#_ in four Southern households owned slaves.
What is 1
500
How many men fought in the Civil War?
How many were dead or wounded?
What is... Around 3 million men fought in the Civil War. As many as a third of these soldiers did or were wounded in battle.