Representatives from the North, South, and West often made decisions based on their own regional loyalty. This was known as __________________________.
Sectionalism
100
________________________ was known as the Great Compromiser?
Henry Clay
100
_________________________________ was against the 'spread of slavery'.
Abraham Lincoln
100
The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at ___________________________.
Bull Run
100
____________________________ was a general for the Confederate army.
General Robert E. Lee
200
A tax on imported goods is known as a ______________.
Tariff
200
Dred Scott argued that he should be free because ________________________________________.
He had once lived in a free state.
200
The states that seceded from the Union, formed their own government and called themselves the ________________________________.
The Confederate States of America, or The Confederacy
200
The Confederate army started to retreat at the Battle of Bull Run, until what General showed up?
Stonewall Jackson
200
_____________________________ was a General for the Union army.
General Ulysses S. Grant
300
The tariff on imported goods mainly benefited which region the most, because most of the nation's factories are there.
The North
300
_______________________________ means 'the freeing of slaves'.
Emancipation
300
The Civil War began when Confederate troops fired their cannons on _______________________________.
Fort Sumter
300
The Union's plan for winning the war was to squeeze the South by blocking all ______________________ from reaching them.
Imports. (Note: Cotton was an export.)
300
A major battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Vicksburg. When the Union army seized Vicksburg, it gave the Union control over ______________________________
The Mississippi River.
400
Who believed that the federal government should have authority over the states? (Hint: He was President in 1829)
Andrew Jackson
400
The __________________________ ruled that slavery was illegal.
Dred Scott decision.
400
In the 1860 Presidential election, Abraham Lincoln ran against the Democratic candidate ___________________________________.
Stephen Douglas
400
The Battle of _______________ _______________ was the highest number of casualties recorded in one day of the Civil War.
Antietam Creek
400
At the Battle of Gettysburg, 3,000 Union soldiers were killed and _____________________ Confederate soldiers were killed making it one the deadliest battles of the entire war.
4,000 Confederate soldiers were killed.
500
Which state joined the Unions as a free state to balance Missouri in becoming a slave state?
Maine
500
A novel that turned many people against slavery was __________________________________________.
'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
500
What event led South Carolina's leaders to secede from the Union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln.
500
The ______________________________ said that all slaves living in those parts of the South that were still fighting against the Union would be free.
Emancipation Proclamation
500
The turning point of the Civil War was the Battle of _____________________________, because it weakened the Southern army and they could no longer try to invade the North.