Important Leaders
Slavery
Causes of the Civil War
War Geography
Battles of the Civil War
100
Who was President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Identify 2 reasons the north was not as dependent on slavery as the south?
They focused more on manufacturing and their geography did not allow them to have plantations.
100
What is name of the court case in which a slave sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
100
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
100
What battle was the ‘turning point’ of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
200
Who was the major Confederate general (commander)?
Robert E. Lee
200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
The cotton gin
200
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
The South
200
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
300
Who was the major Union general (commander)?
Ulysses S. Grant
300
What was the name given to people who spoke out against slavery?
Abolitionists
300
Define Sectionalism
Loyalty to your section or region of the country
300
Who surrendered at Appomattox?
General Robert E. Lee (the South)
300
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Identify the agrarian region of the United States.
The South
400
What was the immediate reaction to the results of the Election of 1860?
South Carolina and other states seceded from the Union.
400
What effects did the war have on the South?
Cities were destroyed and slaves were freed
400
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
The Anaconda Plan
500
Who was president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
500
What was Lincoln's viewpoint on slavery in the United States?
He would not get rid of slavery in the South, but he would not allow it to expand to the West.
500
Southern states used this idea to justify seceding from the union.
States' rights
500
Along what River was the South split in two (half)?
The Mississippi River
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
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