Causes of Civil War
Allowed for the people to decide if slavery would be allowed (Bleeding Kansas is an example)
Popular Sovereignty
Key battle won by Grant where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
This man was asked to lead the Union army by Lincoln but led the Confederacy because he was loyal to his home state of Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Who had a more economical advantage at the start of the war?
North
Gettysburg Address
How was adding the state of California bring about the Compromise of 1850?
The Compromise settled debates on whether to allow slavery in those new territories
SIngle bloodiest one day battle in American History
Antietam
Led the Union Army at the Battle of Vicksburg to control the Mississippi River
Ulysses S. Grant
The South had more experienced _____ like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Generals, Military Leaders
Lincoln suspended this in order to legally hold Confederate sympathizers during the war
Habeus Corpus
How did the Election of 1860 cause the Civil War
Southern states believed Lincoln wanted to prohibit slavery so many seceded.
3 day battle where Lee tried to invade the North. last time the Confederacy would fight a battle on Union territory.
Gettysburg
William T. Sherman
What key event demonstrated an increase in violence against the divide over slavery in the South?
John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry
This was the start of the process of emancipating slaves. Only freed slaves in states in rebellion.
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Plan devised by the North to constrict the South and to cut the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River (snake)
Anaconda Plan
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
James Polk's 1844 campaign slogan, “Fifty-four Forty or Fight,” What state?
Oregon
Somber event where Lincoln expressed sorrow for the war and outlines plans for Reconstruction- Malice towards none,
2nd Inaugural Address
First shots of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. grant ending the American Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse
Confederate military general, brilliant tactician, shot and killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson
Court case that denied citizenship and property rights to African Americans?
Dred Scott V Sanford
Lincolns purpose for fighting the war at the beginning
Preserve the Union