This battle was important for being the first major battle of the Civil War.
Choices
Manassas
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
Manassas
100
What did William Sherman do as he marched through the South during "Sherman's March to the Sea"?
He burned everything! Railroads, farms, and houses.
100
After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to _________________.
free the slaves in the South
100
The South left the Union mostly over what issue?
Slavery
100
The main job of Alexander Hamilton as the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury was to ____________.
best answer: get the nation out of debt
correct answer: manage the nation's money
200
This commander won the Battle of Manassas for the South thanks to his bravery in battle.
Stonewall Jackson
200
He was the general of the Confederacy for all 4 years of the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
200
According to Lincoln's second inaugural address, what did he think was the cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
200
What is secession?
to break away or to leave
200
Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase was important because it __________________.
Doubled the size of the nation
300
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter by the __________________. (North or South)
South
300
John Brown tried to start a ______________ at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
slave revolt
300
Abraham Lincoln hired Ulysses S. Grant after the Battle of Vicksburg to be the general of the Union because Grant's leadership style was that of extreme ________________.
aggressiveness
300
What was the Fugitive Slave Law that was part of the Compromise of 1850?
Southern slave owners could go to the north, recapture their slaves, and bring them back to the south.
300
The discovery of what substance led thousands of people to move to California in 1849?
gold
400
At this battle, the North defeated the South so bad that the Confederacy never really recovered for the rest of the war.
Choices:
Manassas
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
400
During the Civil War, Jefferson Davis was ______________.
President of the Confederacy.
400
The South left the United States after Lincoln was elected because the Confederacy thought Lincoln would do what to the South?
Take their slaves away
400
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott vs Sandford Supreme Court case that angered the North?
best answer: Dred Scott lost because the Supreme Court said slaves were property and couldn't sue.
correct answer: Dred Scott won.
400
Utah, California, Arizona, and New Mexico were acquired by the United States after what major event?
The U.S./Mexican War
500
After the North barely won the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln decided to issue the _______________ _________________ the next day.
Emancipation Proclamation
500
Stephen Douglass argued with Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln/Douglass debates that ________________ was the best solution for the slavery issue.
best answer: popular sovereignty
correct answer: voting
500
The main goal of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War was ___________________.
bring the South back into the United States
500
What was the cause of all of the bleeding during the Bleeding Kansas incident?
People from all over went to Kansas to vote on slavery and started to kill each other.
500
Give two causes of the War of 1812.
Impressment
Americans wanted to take Canada from Britain
British were encouraging Indians to attack Americans