Before war
advantages/disadvantages
people and groups
Civil War
After affect
100
What did the Northern Democrats support about slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
100
Motivation to fight and a reason to fight was which side's advantage?
Southern Advantage
100
How did the Gettysburg Address motivate the North to keep fighting?
It offered American people pride, purpose, and hope
100
Why is fort Sumter significant?
It was the battle that started the war
100
A proclamation that freed enslaved people in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863 was called what?
Emancipation Proclamation
200
What was the idea that each state volunteered to enter the Union and if the Federal government did not follow the rules then states could leave?
State rights
200
What was the Sothern's strategy for war?
Defensive War
200
Women were big help in the Civil War by becoming what?
Nurses
200
Where did the Confederates Surrender?
Appomattox Court House
200
Why was Losing Abraham Lincoln damaging to the Nation?
He was loved and his ultimate goal was to have the Confederates join back into the Union with some leniency.
300
What is significant about the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln was not on the Southern Ballots and still won.
300
Who had a stronger military?
North
300
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
300
Which was the deadliest battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
300
This speech dedicated a national memorial for fallen soldiers.
Gettysburg Address
400
Why was Maryland an important state for the Union to keep?
It was close to Richmond City - Capital to Confederates
Close to Washington D.C
400
What are the two steps of the Anaconda Plan?
1. blockade keeping supplies from getting to the South.
2. gain control of Mississippi River splitting South in half
400
What did Lincoln realize when he questioned if African Americans should join the army?
They needed the numbers and African Americans were eager to fight
400
Why was the battle of Vicksburg significant?
It secured the North's control of the Mississippi River.
400
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
500
What was one last effort to keep the South from seceding from the Union?
They had a compromise that the South did not agree to in reference to slavery.
500
What was a major disadvange for the North that the South found to be their advantage?
They were fighting in the South and it was unfamiliar territory for the North.
500
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
500
According to the image, Why is Cemetery Ridge important?
It was where Pickett's charge was focused for the last day of fighting.
500
What was one goal of Lincoln for Reconstruction after the Civil War?
People had to sign an oath to be admitted back into the United States.
Only 10% of people had to sign the oath for the state to be readmitted.