Important People
Who was the leader of the Union during Fort Sumter?
The event that a prominent figure in the Civil War was elected into presidency.
What is The Election of Abraham Lincoln?
The battle that was considered a negative turning point for the Confederacy.
What is Gettysburg?
When a group of people raided Virginia where many important citizens were held hostage and struck fear into Southerners who were worried about their safety.
What is John Brown’s Raid?
The believe states have a choice to go against the federal law.
What is nullification?
The Union General who “captured the first Confederate capital at Nashville”.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
A controversial decision about slaves being citizens that led to the Missouri Compromise being deemed unconstitutional.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
A major victory for the Union where Grant and his troops fought back the Confederacy to gain land.
What is Vicksburg?
A pivotal location in the early stages of the Civil War and opened up the Tennessee River for the Union.
What is Fort Henry?
The federal government, also known as the “North”.
What is the Union?
A Union General who had horses shot out from under him while he was injured.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
A bloody fight about whether slavery should or shouldn’t be allowed in Kansas.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
A major victory for the Confederacy where the Union reportedly stopped fighting for a some time.
What is Bull Run?
a agreement made over land acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
The government, also known as the “South”.
What is the Confederacy?
A Confederate General that led his men through the valley of Shenandoah.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
A debate between two prominent figures discussing slavery.
What are the Lincoln Douglas Debates?
The battle where the Confederacy was the aggressor and around 700,000 troops showed up for Lincoln and the Union.
What is Fort Sumter?
A Confederate fortress in Tennessee that was seized by the Union during the battle of Fort Donelson.
What was Fort Donelson?
The formal withdrawal of a state or states from the Union.
What is Secession?
One of the Confederate leaders that defeated the Union in the bloody battle of Gettysburg.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The document issued that stated enslaved people in slave states were free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The battle the Union was too confident and the South began losing control of Mississippi.
What is Shiloh?
A major battle fought during the Civil War that involved Robert Lee and George McClellan.
What is Antietam?
A person who fought for slavery to end throughout the whole of the united States.
What is Abolitionist?