Events That Led to
the Civil War
the Civil War
This was a compromise between the North and the South that had Missouri enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery throughout the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
Whats was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What was The Battle of Fort Sumter?
This was the location in the country where the Confederacy was in.
What is the South?
The location of the Union.
What is the North?
This was about how many soldiers the Union Army had.
What is about 2,000,000?
This compromise ended the slave trade in Washington D.C. and also amended the Fugitive Slave Act.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
This was the first major battle in the Civil War.
What is The Battle of Bull Run?
(True or False)
The Confederacy won the Civil War.
What is false?
This was how many free states were in the Union.
What is 20 states?
This was about how many soldiers the Confederate Army had.
What is about 1,000,000?
This had the Louisiana Territory split into two parts, Kansas and Nebraska. It also let the state itself choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854?
This was when the Battle of Fort Sumter took place.
What is July 21, 1861?
This was the first state to join the Confederacy.
What is South Carolina?
These were the border states in the Union.
What is Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri?
(True or False)
The Civil War was the deadliest war in American History.
What is True?
This was a Supreme Court Case between two people, a slave and the person who owned him. The slave had entered a free state but then came back to the slave state. He said that stepping into a free state meant that he was free and could not be legally re-inslaved. The Supreme Court decided that he was still a slave and that slaved were not considered US citizens.
What is Dred Scott vs Sanford?
This was the most brutal battle of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the dates when the Confederacy existed.
What is 1861-1865?
(True or False)
The Union won 195 battles
What is true?
This was the cause of 66% of the deaths in the war.
What is disease?
The election between Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.
What is the Election of 1860?
This was how many days the Battle of Gettysburg lasted.
This was how many states were in the Confederacy.
What is 11?
This was the most important battle in the Civil War that the Union won.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was Lincoln's dream before he was assassinated.
What is being assassinated?