Causes and Chaos
Leaders, Legends, Lunatics
Battles and Booms
War Becomes Revolution
Secession and Survival
Did You Know?
What's That Picture?
100
What were the 2 crucial issues that created the deepest division between the North and South?
Slavery and States Rights
100
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
The Big Abraham Lincoln
100
Which event officially started the Civil War?
Firing on Fort Sumter
100
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves in rebelling states
100
At the beginning of the Civil War, what was the goal of the North?
To preserve the Union
100
What was the nickname for union and confederate money at the time?
Greenbacks and Greybacks
100
Who is this? What is her importance?
Clara Barton, battlefield medic, founded red cross
200
Why did the Fugitive Slave Act anger many Northerners?
It forced citizens to assist in recapturing escaped slaves and denied jury trials to those captured. Free Blacks were also falsely accused of being escaped slaves and also captured.
200
Who assassinated President Lincoln and where?
John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater
200
Which battle was nicknamed the 'Picnic Battle'?
First Battle of Bull Run
200
Name both of Lincoln's major speeches we have studied.
Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
200
Why did California entering as a free state create tension?
It threatened the sectional balance
200
What trend did the First Battle of Bull Run start?
Tailgating
200
This flag represents what?
The Confederacy
300
How did books like Uncle Tom's Cabin intensify sectional tensions?
It humanized enslaved people and their experiences, it also increased moral opposition.
300
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
300
Which battle was followed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
300
What major political change occurred after the Civil War?
Federal power increased significantly
300
Why did the South fire on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln attempted to resupply the fort in enemy territory
300
"Stonewall" Jackson had an interesting habit before battles, what did he chew on?
He sucked on lemons, believing that citrate would help his health. He was often seen riding into battle chompin on a lemon.
He also refused to eat pepper as it appeared to make his legs weak
Also, he would occasionally in battle raise his hand and tilt his head so that blood may flow through his body (he got shot through the hand).
300
A result of this amendment is pictured here, what amendment was it?
13th amendment
400
Thanks to the Kansas-Nebraska act, why did violence break out in Kansas?
Voter fraud, intimidation, and armed conflict between opposing settlers. "Bleeding Kansas" would unfold and people would go to Kansas just to influence the vote.
400
Which Union general was known for his total war tactics?
William Tecumseh Sherman
400
Which battle was significant that it marked the essential Confederate surrender?
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
400
How did the Civil War transform American national identity?
"United States are" -> "United States is"
400
What constitutional question laid at the heart of secession?
Whether states had the right to leave the Union or not
400
The Confederacy attempted to use this type of vehicle in war, ironically doing unto itself what it attempted to do to the Union target.
Submarine, the H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship but also sank itself
400
This map shows a famous compromise line, what major law was repealed thanks to the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Missouri Compromise
500
What does the caning of Charles Sumner show how high the breakdown of political compromises has fallen?
Slavery tensions extend to physical violence in Congress, people that we vote to represent us as the best of the best.
500
Which Civil War leader had the greatest overall impact on the war's outcome? Defend your choice...
Open-Ended...
500
Why were the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg considered turning points of war?
Gettysburg stopped Lee's offensive
Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two
500
What is the significance of the 14th amendment?
Equal protections and defined a national citizenship
500
Why did border states ultimately remain in the Union?
Economic ties, military considerations, Lincoln's careful strategy.
500
To fund the Union war effort, the first iteration of this tax was introduced in 1861.
Income Tax
500
Based on the political parties we have learned, fill out the following parties in order of their stances on slavery
Parties: North Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, South Democrats, Free-Soilers, Know-Nothings
Left - Right
South Dems, North Dems, Whigs, Know-Nothings, Free-Soilers, Republicans