Sectionalism & Causes
This term means loyalty to a region rather than to the country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
This means leaving or withdrawing from the United States.
What is secession?
This president led the United States during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Union general became known for fighting the Confederacy through constant military pressure.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle began the Civil War in April 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
The North’s economy was more based on these, while the South’s economy was more based on agriculture.
What are factories, industry, or manufacturing?
This South Carolina statesman defended states’ rights and nullification.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
In this speech, Lincoln warned that the country could not remain half slave and half free.
What is the “House Divided” speech?
This man served as president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This 1863 battle is often considered a turning point because it ended Lee’s invasion of the North.
What is Gettysburg?
This crop was central to the Southern plantation economy and helped expand slavery
What is cotton?
This Massachusetts statesman defended the Union and federal authority.
Who is Daniel Webster?
This 1863 document declared enslaved people free in Confederate areas still in rebellion.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Confederate general commanded the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered at Appomattox.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
This invention made cotton production more profitable and increased the demand for enslaved labor
What is the cotton gin?
This crisis involved South Carolina claiming it could reject a federal tariff law.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This famous Lincoln speech connected the Civil War to the Declaration of Independence and the idea that “all men are created equal.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This famous black Union regiment showed the courage and importance of black soldiers during the Civil War.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
These two technologies helped armies move troops and communicate more quickly.
What are railroads and the telegraph?
This major issue kept causing conflict whenever new western territories were added to the United States.
What is whether slavery would expand into the territories?
Supporters of this idea believed a state could reject a federal law it believed was unconstitutional.
What is nullification?
In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln called for healing after the war with the phrase “with malice toward none” and this.
What is “with charity for all”?
These were two major dangers soldiers faced besides being killed directly in battle.
What are disease, infection, hunger, exhaustion, injury, poor supplies, or exposure?
This Virginia location is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865.
What is Appomattox Court House?