Causes
People/Places
Battles
Documents
End of the War
100
What were the two main issues that divided the North & the South?
Slavery and Economy
100
Who was the President of the Union/United States?
Abraham Lincoln
100
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The first Battle of Bull Run
100
What was the name of the speech given by President Lincoln in Nov. 1863?
Gettysburg Address
100
Who won the American Civil War?
The North/Union/United States
200
Who was elected as President in 1860?
President Lincoln
200
What was the capital city of the Union/United States?
Washington D.C.
200
What battle took place on July 1st - 3rd, 1863 in Pennsylvania and was considered to be a turning point?
Battle of Gettysburg
200
Which document "freed the slaves"? (in certain states)
The Emancipation Proclamation
200
Who challenged President Lincoln in the Election of 1864?
George McClellan
300
What stated in 1820 that no new slave states could be added North of the 36'30 degree line?
Missouri Compromise
300
What was the capital of the Confederacy/Confederate States of America?
Richmond, Virginia
300
Who was the Commander of the Union Army at the Battle of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
300
What was the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
To convince Americans that it was important to continue fighting in order to give rights to all men (including African Americans) "all men are created equal" It was also to give a eulogy or remember the men that died during the Battle of Gettysburg for others/their country.
300
What was the name of General Sherman's mission of burning a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia in 1864?
Sherman's March to the Sea
400
What was it called when states left the Union/United States?
Secession
400
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
400
Where was Fort Sumter?
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
400
Which slaves were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in Border States that were still in the Union.
400
Where did the Confederates surrender at the end of the war?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
500
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Dred Scott, a slave, was living in a free state and assumed that he would be free from his owner (after a previous owner died). The Supreme Court decided that he was not free and that slaves were the property of their owner and that property needed to be protected. This also negated the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, etc.
500
Who was the General of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
500
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam in Maryland.
500
Why did Abraham Lincoln connect the Gettysburg Address to the Declaration of Independence?
All men are created equal...
500
Who shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 (days after the Confederates surrendered)?
John Wilkes Booth
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