People of the Civil War
Who was the President of the United States before Lincoln?
James Buchanan
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court said that Scott could not sue because he was what?
Property
This fort in South Carolina is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Fort Sumter
This group of Americans worked as nurses, ran businesses while the war raged on
Women
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre by whom in 1865?
John Wilkes Booth
What years was the civil war fought?
1861-1865
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
When voters rushed to Kansas to influence the vote on slavery, so much violence occurred, it was called what?
Bleeding Kansas
This was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
The First Battle of Bull Run
What did Lincoln do that freed slaves in rebellious states?
Gave the Emancipation Proclamation
In what speech did Lincoln say "We are not enemies, but friends." ?
His 1st Inaugural Address
The Wilmot Proviso wanted to stop slavery from spreading to lands gained from what war?
US-Mexican War
Who was the general who would eventually lead the Union to victory? He later became President.
Ulysses S. Grant
Immediately after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, what did several southern states do?
Seceded from the United States (the Union)
This was the last time Lee would ever try to invade the North again, his loss marked a big turning point in the war.
the Battle of Gettysburg
The ________________ of the South was devastated after the Civil War.
Economy
In which speech did Lincoln say "these dead shall not have died in vain..." ?
The Gettysburg Address
The initial goal of the Republican party was to do what?
Ban slavery in new territories (stop the spread)
Who was eventually the general in charge of all Confederate armed forces?
Robert E. Lee
The Compromise of 1850 attempted to settle conflicts between the North and the South over what?
New states becoming free states or slave states
Lee agreed to surrender to Grant in this place in Virginia.
Appomattox Courthouse
What happened to the federal government as a result of the war?
What did it mean when Lincoln issued a conscription order?
A military draft
What was ignored when the Kansas-Nebraska Act said new states will decide on slavery through popular sovereignty?
The Missouri Compromise (and the line used to decide)
This person provided an excellent defense at the First Battle of Bull Run and helped the South win in Fredericksburg
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
What "interest" did Lincoln believe was the cause of the war?
Slavery
What battle led to the capture of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
In the last year of the Civil War, Congress passed which Amendment which banned slavery everywhere in the United States?
13th
During these debates that made him famous, Lincoln stated that he believed sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union.
Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln took away the right of prisoners to know why they had been arrested, this meant he suspended what?
What were the three parts of Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan?
Blockade the coast, capture the Mississippi River, capture Richmond VA
What Act caused escaped slaves and free Black people to be captured and sent to the south?
Fugitive Slave Act
This siege led to the capture of Richmond, Virginia
Petersburg
What was the main priority of the United States after the war ended?
To bring the Confederate states back into the Union.
"With malice toward none, with charity for all..." is from which of Lincoln's famous speeches?
His 2nd Inaugural Address
This person was the first Hispanic person to win the Congressional medal of honor.
Phillip Bazaar