People
Who is the leader of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
This battle officially started the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
The first slave compromise-created the 36'30 line.
Missouri Compromise
What is the capital of the confederacy?
Richmond, VA
This was the first state to secede.
South Carolina
This person led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This was considered the most significant turning point in favor of the Union.
Gettysburg!
The 'Final straw' for the South that directly causes the first secessions.
Lincoln's Election of 1860
Where is the capital of the Union?
Washington, D.C.
What is the name of the seceded states?
The Confederate States of America.
This is the man that killed Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
This was the first major land battle.
Bull Run (Manassas)
This event introduced popular sovereignty which led to even greater amounts of controversy.
Compromise of 1850.
Where is Fort Sumter located?
Off the South Carolina coast-- basically an island under union control in a seceded state.
The name of the plan that the Union attempted trying to 'choke out' the South.
The Anaconda Plan
This abolitionist led an attack at Harper's Ferry, VA.
John Brown
Which battle gave the union grounds to release the Emancipation Proclamation? Why?
Antietam because it was the first major Union victory which gave them credibility and respect to do so.
This event was a direct result of popular sovereignty and the fight for representation in undetermined states and contained a lot of violence and aggression.
Bleeding Kansas.
This is the location that President Lincoln was assassinated.
The Ford's Theatre in the President's box.
What is one of the major points of contention that exists today as a result of the Civil War?
Confederate Monuments, Flags, School names and whether or not they should be removed/changed.
These people were the most successful Northern and Southern Generals in the Civil War.
MUST GET BOTH FOR POINTS
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
This was a 9 month long battle that ultimately led to the Fall of Richmond.
The Siege of Petersburg.
This event determined that all black people are not citizens of the US and therefore cannot sue in court.
The Dred Scot Decision
This is the location of General Lee's surrender.
Appomattox
What are the three components of the Anaconda plan?
Cut off the South's access to the Mississippi, Block the Southern Ports to end imports/exports, and Capture Richmond.