Road to the Civil War
Used to pick the seeds out of cotton
What is the Cotton Gin?
Most of the battles were fought in the _______.
What is the South or Confederacy?
President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
First state to secede
Who is South Carolina?
Stayed part of the Union but kept slavery
What are Border States?
One argument used by Southern Planters to justify slavery
What is there would economic chaos, lots of places in the world have slavery, or religion doesn't say its bad
First major battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Freed all slaves in the rebellious states
Turning point in the war
What is Gettysburg?
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Most casualties in a single day battle
What is the Battle of Antietam?
General of the Confederacy
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Boosted the Union's morale to finish the war
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Describe one advantage of the Confederacy
Better generals and soldiers, Most battles were fought in the South
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Union takes control of the Mississippi River
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
President of the South
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Name of the man who assassinated Abe Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Communication device used more often by the Union
What is the telegraph?
Utah and New Mexico territories were granted Popular Sovereignty
What is the Compromise of 1850?
General Lee's second failed invasion of the North
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Leader of the raid on Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown?
Location of the Confederate surrender
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
Name the Union and Confederate capitals
Washington D.C. and Richmond