Battles
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
What event led to two states joining the country in 1820 and the creation of a line to determine if future states would be free or slave states?
Missouri Comrpomise
Who was the leader of the Confederate army throughout the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Lincoln's assassian
John Wilkes Booth
What was the name of the most popular bullet used in the Civil War?
Minie Ball
Which battle resulted in the Union taking control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
What invention helped to separate cotton seeds and led to an increase in slavery?
cotton gin
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry, and was it successful?
John Brown led that raid, and it was not successful.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This man refused to retreat at the Battle of Bull Run, earning him the nickname "Stonewall".
Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson
The South was never able to invade the North again after what battle?
Gettysburg
What was the name of the first sectional party that wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the West?
Free Soil Party
Who led the March to the Sea, and where did it start and end?
Sherman and the march ended in Savannah, Georgia
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Where were most of the battles fought in the Civil War?
the South
Describe which state the following battles took place in: Gettysburg, Atlanta, Fort Sumter, and Vicksburg
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Vicksburg, Mississippi
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
Allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
Who was a nurse in the Civil War and started the Red Cross?
Clara Barton
After capturing Vicksburg, this man was promoted to the overall commander of the Union army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Around how many people were killed during the Civil War?
Around 620,000
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle?
Antietam
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of which larger negotiation between North and South?
The Compromise of 1850
Who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election?
George McClellan
Who debated with Abraham Lincoln as both men were campaigning for the 1858 Illinois Senate seat?
Stephen Douglass
What does popular sovereignty mean?
That a state could decide for themselves if they should be a free or slave state