Causes
This admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This location was the site where the Civil War officially began in 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
This man was the president of the United States of America during the entirety of the war
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This term describes the system in which people are treated as property and forced to work without pay.
What is slavery?
This advantage allowed the North to transport troops and supplies quickly across long distances
This Supreme Court case increased tensions in the country by ruling that African Americans were not citizens and therefore did not have any rights
Dred Scott V. Sandford
(Will also accept: Dred Scott Case)
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This abolitionist was executed after attempting to start a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown?
This term refers to the collection of Northern states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War and did not secede.
What is the Union?
This was the Union’s strategy to block Southern ports and cut off supplies.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This idea allowed territories to vote on whether they would allow slavery or not
What is popular sovereignty?
This battle ended any serious hope that the Confederacy would receive foreign aid
This general led the Confederate army and was known as a brilliant tactician on the battlefield
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
(Will also accept: Lee)
This word describes a person who believed slavery was morally wrong and worked to end it
What is an abolitionist?
This was one major advantage that the South had over the North
What is fighting on their home turf? (aka: defensive strategy)
also accept: better generals
This admitted California into the Union, had harsher enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, and established popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories
The Compromise of 1850
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This Union general was known by his nickname "Unconditional Surrender" and would later become president of the United States
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
(Will also accept: Grant)
This word refers to a state formally leaving the United States during the Civil War
What is secession/seceding?
One Union strategy aimed to split the Confederacy by gaining control of this crucial river
What is the Mississippi River?
This controversial 1854 law introduced popular sovereignty in two western territories, leading to violent conflict and the rise of radical abolitionist John Brown.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This location is known for General Lee officially surrendering to General Grant
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
This Union general was famous for his destructive “March to the Sea"
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
(also accept: Sherman)
This period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and bringing the former Confederate states back into the Union
What is the Reconstruction Era?
The South hoped to forge alliances with one of these two countries to boost its chances of winning.
What is Great Britain/France?