Events Leading to War
North/Union
Where were the first shots fired?
Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which side suffered the most damage from the war?
South
Modern
What book stirred public opinion? (Made the northerners stand against slavery and the southerners resent the "inaccuracy" of the book)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Which battle did spectators show up to?
Battle of Bull Run
Who debated against Lincoln and believed that Indians and Negros were not equal to whites?
Stephen Douglas
How did the North prosper from/during the war?
economy had grown, more manufacturing and job opportunities.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the term for allowing the individual state to choose if they wanted to be a slave or free state?
Popular Sovereignty
Where did General Lee Surrender?
Appotomax court house
Who was an abolitionist who was hanged for "treason against the common wealth of Virginia?"
John Brown
How did the slavery debate change with the ending of the war?
slavery illegal
List advantages of the North and South
North: industry, transportation systems, financial power, more people, navy
South: experienced officers and soldiers, Robert E Lee, fishing on own land
Why did the Dred Scott case inflame the north?
slave from Missouri that traveled to Illinois with master-master died, he still was considered a slave.
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
battle of Gettysburg
How were William Sherman and Philip Sheridan similar and different?
known for destroying southern property, Sherman burned things in path and marched to Atlantic, Sheridan conquered Shenandoah valley & destroyed things.
about how many men were killed in the Civil War? (within 20,000)
620,000
which party was formed during this time? they supported strong central government and opposed slavery.
Republican Party
List one of the laws the compromise of 1850 put into motion?
California free state, reduce Texas, split up Mexican Cessian land, new and stricter fugitive slave law
what two battles were on Union soil?
Gettysburg and Antietam
List the 4 General in Chief's of the Union during the Civil War.
Winfield Scott, George McClellan, Henry Halleck, and Ulysses S Grant
what killed more men than bullets in the war?
Disease
What was one of the three strategies that the north had?
1. strangle south by blocking ports
2. cut south in half by divide and conquer
3. conquer confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia