The North
The South
Famous People
Famous Battles
Vocabulary
100
Anti-Slavery
What was the position of the North regarding slavery?
100
South Carolina (December 20, 1860) Mississippi (January 9, 1861) Florida (January 10, 1861) Alabama (January 11, 1861) Georgia (January 19, 1861) Louisiana (January 26, 1861) Texas (February 1, 1861)
What were the names of the first seven southern states to secede from the Union?
100
Elected president in 1860
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
What was the first battle of the civil war?
100
Secession
What is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity.
200
Larger population, many factories, extensive rail system, most of the navy, and a central bank.
What were some of the advantages the North had over the South?
200
The 3/5th compromise in the Constitution
What part of the Constitution did the South claim "protected slavery"?
200
Military leader of the Confederacy
Who was Robert E. Lee?
200
Pennsylvania
What state did the battle of Gettysburg take place in?
200
habeus corpus
What was suspended for anyone supporting the Confederacy?
300
The Anaconda Plan
What was the name of the union civil war strategy that included blockading southern ports and capturing the Mississippi river?
300
A strong military tradition and 3/4 of the military training schools.
What advantage did the south have at the start of the civil war?
300
Jefferson Davis
Who was president of the Confederacy?
300
This battle was the bloodiest one day battle in the civil war.
What was the battle of Antietam?
300
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the name of the executive order given by Lincoln that freed all slaves in the Confederate States?
400
John Brown
What was the name of the abolitionist that lead a raid on Harpers Ferry to arm slaves and cause an insurrection in the south?
400
The plantation owners owed money and there were no strong banks located in the south.
What were two problems the South had with money at the start of the civil war?
400
He offered the job of head of the Union Army to Lee, who turned it down.
Who was Winfield Scott?
400
The general that commanded the union army during the siege of Vicksburg.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
400
Attrition
What is the gradual wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion?
500
West Virginia
What is the name of the state that was created in 1863 when some counties in Virginia voted to stay in the union rather than secede?
500
The 1st Battle of Bull Run
What was the first major land battle of the war and it was won by the Confederacy.
500
A slave, taken to a free state, who believed he was free. He brought his case to the Supreme Court.
Who was Dred Scott?
500
Gettysburg
What was the decisive battle of the civil war?
500
Military rule, declared in Baltimore in 1862.
What is martial law?
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