Causes of War
People
Battles
Events
Miscellaneous
100
What are the 2 parts of the Missouri Compromise?
1. MO enters as slave state, ME as free state 2. no slavery in the future north of the 36'30" parallel
100
This colonel from Maine boldly defended Little Round Top on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
100
What was the first major battle of the war?
Bull Run (Manassas)
100
The Confederates firing on Ft. Sumter started the Civil War in April 1865. Where was the fort located?
Charleston harbor, South Carolina
100
In what state did most of the fighting take place during the Civil War?
Virginia
200
Which was the first southern state to secede?
South Carolina
200
This woman founded the American Red Cross and was one of the first nurses to travel with the Union army.
Clara Barton
200
What battle in southern Pennsylvania was the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere and marked the turning point of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
200
In this document, Lincoln argued the nation was fighting to uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
Gettysburg Address
200
What were 3 advantages of the Union to start the war?
1. money and banking 2. more guns 3. more railroads 4. more factories and industrial production 5. 22 million to 9 million people 6. better navy
300
Who wrote the Dred Scot decision, and what are the two important rulings from the case?
Chief Justice Roger Taney 1. black people are not citizens and have no rights 2. MO Compromise is unconstitutional
300
This hesitant Union general was removed from command after the Battle of Antietam.
George McClellan
300
This battle marked the bloodiest day in American history and gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. (bonus 300 points for the Confederate name for the battle)
Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg)
300
Lincoln believed he was going to lose the 1864 election until what military victory?
Sherman took/burned Atlanta and began his march through Georgia
300
Name four roles that women played during the Civil War.
nurses, spies, at home on the farm or in factories, 400 served secretly as soldiers
400
What is the phrase from the Kansas Nebraska Act that allowed people to vote for or against having slavery in their state?
popular sovereignty
400
He created the Kansas-Nebraska Act, won the 1858 Illinois Senatorial race, and lost the 1860 presidential election.
Stephen A. Douglas
400
When this city fell to the Union in July, 1863, it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg, MS
400
What is the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?
More Americans died in two days than had in all previous American wars combined. It convinced Grant that it would be a long, bloody struggle and that the South would hold out to the bitter end.
400
What were the border states and why were they important to the Union?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware - slave states that stayed in the Union: important for strategic reasons (rivers in Kentucky, MD surrounds Washington, D.C.) and to show that not all slaveholders wanted to secede
500
This man was executed for his actions in Virginia in 1859. He was hailed as a hero by some in the North and condemned in the South as a violent madman.
John Brown
500
He was born into slavery, taught himself to read and escaped, then became the leading black antislavery voice before the Civil War. He knew Abraham Lincoln and John Brown personally.
Frederick Douglass
500
What is considered Robert E. Lee's greatest mistake from the war? Include what it was, what battle it came from, and the date.
Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
500
Lincoln won the 1860 election against these 3 candidates- list their names and political parties.
John Bell- Constitutional Union John Breckenridge- Southern Democrats Stephen Douglas- Northern Democrats
500
What were three advantages of the Confederacy to start the war?
1. home field advantage 2. fighting a defensive war 3. better leadership 4. more experience riding horses 5. more experience shooting (hunting) 6. sympathy and economic aid from Europe
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