Thangs that caused Da War
Name three major events that led to the Civil War.
Missouri Compromise, Tariff of Abominations, William Lloyd Garrison and the Liberator, Nat Turner's Rebellion, Frederick Douglass and the North Star, Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Compromise of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin), Kansas Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Lincoln Douglas Debates, John Brown's Raid, Election of Lincoln, Attack of Fort Sumter
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Where was the first shot fired in 1861?
At Fort Sumter
What technology helped Lincoln communicate with soldiers on the battlefield?
The telegraph
Who was the first Hispanic American to receive the medal of honor?
Philip Bazaar
What are the three components of the Missouri Compromise?
36'30 line
Maine as a free state
Missouri as a slave state
Who was the lead general of the Union army? Who was the lead general of the Confederate army?
Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee
What is the turning point battle of the Civil War?
battle of Gettysburg
Who kills Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
How many states secede?
11
Why did South Carolina threatened to secede in 1828?
they did not want to pay a high tariff
Who was the first African American to receive the medal of honor?
William Carney
What is the last battle of the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
He did not want it to expand to to the West
What does the Emancipation Proclamation do? (BE SPECIFIC)
Free the slaves in the rebelling territory
Which political leader says that a state can Nullify a law?
a. Henry Clay
b. John C. Calhoun
c. Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
What is William T. Sherman most famous for?
March to the Sea
What is considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
In Lincoln's first Inaugural Address, he solely wants to _____________ the Union.
Preserve
"Four score and seven years ago" is the beginning of the famous speech given by Lincoln called...
The Gettysburg Address
Name the five components of the Compromise of 1850
California is admitted as a free state
No more slave trade in Washington DC
Fugitive Slave Act
The Mexican Cession is divided into two
Texas loses territory for $10m
This famous Confederate soldier first earned his nickname in the Battle of Bull Run.
Stonewall Jackson
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi?
Vicksburg