Conflict & Compromise
Ruffians & John Brown
Election & Division
Civil War Battles
The End
100
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state. However, in order to keep the balance between free states and slaves states, this state was admitted as a free state.
Maine
100
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed these states to use popular sovereignty to decide if they would allow slavery or not. (Effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise)
100
Before the election of 1860 this major political party split in two.
Democratic Party (Southern Democrats wanted the party to protect slavery in new territories)
100
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
100
After being put in control of all of the Union Army, what type of war strategy did Ulysses S. Grant implement?
Total War
200
What was the goal of the Free-Soil Party?
Stop the spread of slavery into the Western territories.
200
In 1859, John Brown led 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. What was he hoping to start?
Slave uprising
200
In the election of 1860, this popular Northern politician ran for the Northern Democratic Party.
Stephen Douglas
200
This 1863 battle in Pennsylvania was a turning point in the war and ended General Lee’s invasion of the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
William T. Sherman famously "Marched to the sea." Where did his march begin and end?
Atlanta -> Savannah
300
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state. What other component of the Compromise of 1850 was enacted that upset the North?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
300
Who were the "Border Ruffians"?
Pro-slavery Missourians who invaded the Kansas territory to ensure that Kansas would become a slave state.
300
What was the goal of the Constitutional Union Party?
Preserve the union and avoid secession at all costs
300
This 1863 Union victory gave the North full control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
300
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomattox Court House
400
Martin Van Buren was the first presidential candidate to run for the Free Soil Party. However, he lost the election of 1848 to this candidate from the Whig Party.
Zachary Taylor
400
Describe John Brown's stance on abolition.
Believed that there needed to be an armed resistance to end slavery.
400
On December 20th, 1860 this southern state was the first to secede from the United States.
South Carolina
400
Antietam was the bloodiest single day in U.S. history and was fought near this Maryland town.
What is Sharpsburg?
400
By the summer of 1863, the Union Army had already captured which two major cities along the Mississippi?
New Orleans and Memphis
500
Who was this leading Southern politician who strongly opposed California joining the United States as a free state.
John C. Calhoun
500
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was stopped by this Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Marines.
Robert E. Lee
500
After winning the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln became the _______ President of the United States. What number president did he become?
16th
500
At the Battle of Antietam, this Union general led the Army of the Potomac against Robert E. Lee.
Who is General George McClellan?
500
What date did General Robert E. Lee surrender at Appomattox Court House?
April 9th, 1865