Which part of the country believed that their economy was based on their agriculture? They also believed in states' rights.
The south
100
The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them.
States' rights
100
What was the first real battle that took place near Manassas Junction?
The First Battle of Bull Run.
100
This law stated that any slave that escaped to the North had to be returned to slavery. Many people in the North chose not to obey this law.
Fugitive Slave Act
200
This person was an abolitionist, but never a slave. He attacked Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
200
Place where Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.
The Appomattox Courthouse
200
Condition of being owned by and forced to work for someone else.
Slavery
200
The first ironclad battle in history.
The Monitor vs. Merrimac.
200
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
The Gettysburg Address
300
The President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
300
Abraham Lincoln was shot here.
Ford's Theater
300
After Lincoln was elected, eleven southern states left the Union. They felt that they had every right to leave.
Secession
300
Confederates withdrew from this Virginia battle in Sept. 1862.
The Battle of Antietam
300
Document freeing slaves in Union-controlled Confederate states
The Emancipation Proclamation
400
This person was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. After escaping from slavery, worked as a nurse, spy and scout for the Union army during the war.
Harriet Tubman
400
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
Fort Sumter
400
Special taxes on goods coming into the United states.
Tarriffs
400
These “soldiers” were vital on the battlefield, as they relayed officers’ commands to the troops.
Drummer boys
400
A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
General for the South; got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle - he held his position like a stone wall.
General "Stonewall" Jackson
500
Slave states that remained in the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware).
Border states
500
A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. If a state was admitted as a slave state and another was admitted as a free state to keep the balance of power.
The Missouri Compromise
500
What battle produced the highest number of casualties for both sides? It was the turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win.
The Battle of Gettysburg
500
The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia which left a path of almost total destruction. *It is often cited as the first example of total war.