People
Battles
Causes
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Jefferson Davis
Who is the President of the Confederate nation?
100
Was the first battle of the civil War
What is Ft Sumter
100
Conflict over slavery in newly gained territory from the Mexican-American War. Admitted California as a free state. Utah and New Mexico would be determined by Popular Sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850
100
A person and/or group who advocated or supported the ending of slavery in the United States.
What is an Abolitionist
100
What was John Browns motive in attacking the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
Arm the slaves so they could revolt against their masters
200
Peace Democrats opposed the war, believing the cost was not justified (lives and money).
What is Copperheads
200
The first major battle of the civil war where two inexperienced armies met for the first time
What is Bull Run
200
Made Missouri a slave state but made Maine a free state except for Missouri, slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30′. The 36-30’ is an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory, establishing a boundary between free and slave regions that remained the law of the land until the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
What is the Missouri Compromise
200
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued this act that called for the freeing of slaves from seceding states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation and who issued the act?
200
What battle did Stonewall Jackson suffer an injury that caused his death
Chancellorsville
300
“They [African Americans] are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word ‘citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.” “…the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property [slaves] …north of the line therein mentioned is not warranted by the Constitution and is therefore void…”
What is the Dred Scott case
300
A decisive Union victory at this battle, was a turning point in the war which saw Confederate forces lose some 23,000 soldiers and prevented General Lee's army from fighting an offensive war
What is the battle at Gettysburg
300
This act was passed by Congress on May 30, 1864. It allowed people in a territory to vote for whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
What is The Kansas Nebraska Act
300
The right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a two minute speech at the National Cemetery following a Battle that suffered 51,000 deaths.
What is the Gettysburg Address
400
Who did Lincoln appoint as commander of the entire Union Army?
Ulysses S Grant
400
After this battle the Union secured the Mississippi River
What is the battle at Vicksburg
400
What is the election of 1860
What is the election of 1860 His views on slavery infuriated the South which prohibited Slavery into the Western territories. Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans.
400
The Formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
What is Secession
400
Term created by General Sherman. Do whatever necessary to completely defeat opposing side.  "We cannot change the hearts of these people of the South," he said, "but we can make war so terrible . . . and make them so sick of war that generations [will] pass away before they again appeal to it.“ – General Sherman
What is Total War
500
What Battle did Stonewall Jackson receive his nickname?
Bull Run
500
After a victory at this battle, President Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Antietam
500
What is the first State to secede from the United States
South Carolina
500
This act is part of the Compromise of 1850. Established by the Judicial Courts of the United States, U.S. Marshalls and slave owners and others can pursue and reclaim escaped slaves in Northern states, and Failure to cooperate will result in a $1,000 fine and prison term of up to 6 months. A captured runaway could not testify on his own behalf and was not entitled to a court trial.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
500
A regiment that was all black. It helped black soldiers win acceptance in the Union army
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
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