Causes
The major cash crop that was grown in the South
What is Cotton?
The top General of the Confederate States military forces
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The first battle of the Civil War, there were zero casualties in this battle
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
New weapons that were more accurate and had better range than previous weapons
What are Improved Rifles & Repeaters?
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This piece of legislation (law) led to Maine becoming a FREE state, Missouri becoming a SLAVE state, and established a boundary for the expansion of slavery
Who is John Brown?
The first major land battle of the Civil War, in which both sides realized that this war would be long and deadly, not quick and easy as expected.
What is the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
Communication technology that used Morse Code to send messages via electrical impulses nearly instantly over long distances
What is the Telegraph?
The deadly new projectile that was more accurate and far deadlier, leading to much higher death rates in soldiers
What is a Minnie Ball/Bullet?
The popular sovereignty created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to this "preview of the Civil War"
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Famous Civil War battlefield nurse that would go on to create the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
The final battle of the Civil War, where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
Transportation technology that linked the Eastern and Western United States for the first time.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
The name given to slave states that did NOT secede from the Union
What are border states?
The final cause of the Civil War that led to the secession of South Carolina?
What is the Election of 1860/Lincoln becoming President?
Union General who practiced a scorched earth policy that terrorized the Confederacy
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
The deadliest battle of the entire Civil War, with over 50,000 casualties. It was a major turning point that sent Lee retreating until the end of the War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What are anesthesia inhalers?
The idea of letting people vote whether or not they want a law passed in their state
What is Popular Sovereignty?
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
Author of the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which exposed the horrors of slavery to the world
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The deadliest single day in American history, that was a tactical draw but it gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
What are aerial reconnaissance balloons?
The first and only President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?