Causes
This African American tried to sue for his freedom in a Civil Court?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
These people would cross over the Kansas-Missouri Border to attempt to sway the vote for Kansas Statehood. (These people wanted Kansas to be a Slave State)
Border Ruffians
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This book discussed the Horrors of Slavery and caused further tension between Northerners and Southerners?
Harriet Beecher Stowie
Which Battle, located in Pennsylvania, lasted 3 Days and was the Bloodiest Battle in the Civil War?
Which Political Party was Abraham Lincoln Affiliated with?
Republican Party
This person was responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre, and for the Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
What is the name for these Antislavery fighters in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period. They sought to keep the votes/ballots fair or legit during the period of Kansas Statehood
Jayhawkers
Who wrote the book, "12 Years A Slave?"
Solomon Northrup
Which Battle was the Bloodiest Single Day of the Civil War? This battle ended in a Tie
Battle of Antietam.
Who Assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Which state was the first to secede the Union?
South Carolina
Which Speech did Abraham Lincoln give in Gettysburg Pennsylvania? (about 4.5 Months after the Battle of Gettysburg.)
Gettysburg Address
Which Battle was the first battle of the American Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Who was an accomplice in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
David Harold
What piece of legislation, created by Stephen A. Douglas, Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to become territories to help create a Transcontinental Railroad.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This name refers to a series of violent conflicts due to the controversy of Kansas Statehood.
Bleeding Kansas
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech in January 1863, where he declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
This turned the focus of the war from keeping the Union together, to now focusing more on Slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
This Battle, which was a Union Victory, was crucial for controlling the Mississippi River. The Union Soldiers surrounded the Confederacy and would not let anything in or out of the city. This battle lasted 47 days, and ended July 4th, 1863
Battle of Vicksburg
Where was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Fords Theatre, Washington D.C (Maryland)
Describe the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Missouri and Maine enter the U.S as the 21st and 22nd state in the union
Missouri- Slave State, Maine- Free State
Name the 4 Candidates who ran for the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John Bell, John Breckenridge.
Abraham Lincoln declared in the Emancipation Proclamation "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Did the Emancipation free slaves in the South?
No- It didn't free any slaves.
The last battle, or the surrendering by the Confederacy happened here.
Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia)
What were the duties that Abraham Lincoln had as president of the United States (must list 3)
-Commander in Chief of the Military
-War Policies/Diplomacy (Leader in the Civil War)
-Public Relations/Leadership (ensuring Civil Rights)
-Supervised Military Department (Any information that was being delivered, the President could oversee it.)