Causes
This was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 infuriating the north who thought the federal government should protect these people, and led to people being kidnapped for profit.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
I was president of the Union during the Civil War. My election led to many states seceding from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This speech followed a battle and made the fighting during the Civil War about equality (ending slavery) as well as other things.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This was the first battle of the civil war, occurring when southerners in South Carolina attacked a U.S. fort following succession.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This is when the U.S. Civil War occurred.
What is 1861-1865?
This allowed Maine to enter the U.S. as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in 1820.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
I was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This speech declared that the U.S. had failed to fulfill the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. That when a government becomes destructive to the rights of men, they have the right to amend or abolish it; which is what they said they were doing however the North did not agree.
What is Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address?
This battle was where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
This important waterway was controlled by the Union following the Battle of Vicksburg causing the Confederacy to be split in half.
What is the Mississippi River?
These causes constitute the 3Ss of the Civil War.
What is slavery, sectionalism, & states' rights?
I assassinated President Lincoln in a theater shortly after the Civil War.
Who is John Wilks Booth?
This speech laid out the main idea that the Union matters more than current disagreements between states.
What is Lincoln's First Inaugural Address?
This battle was bloodiest single day of battle in American History.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This section of the country had the most railroads, factories, and population.
What is the north?
The belief of seceding states that the federal government should not intervene in a state's decisions on issues such as tariffs and slavery.
What is states' rights? What is the Nullification Crisis?
Also known as Popular Sovereignty.
I was the primary Confederate General in the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This document went into effect on January 1, 1863 and gave slaves in rebelling states (Confederacy) their freedom, while this document made slavery illegal except as a form of punishment throughout the United States.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment?
This key battle divided the Confederacy at the Mississippi River, interfering with the supply line, and contributed to the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This state was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This cause was supported by the North and was hated by the South. Many were passed by the one in 1828 was considered one of the worst.
What are tariffs?
Tariff of Abominations 1828
I was the primary Union General in the Civil War and later became President of the U.S.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This document was considered a win for slave owners. It said that people of African descent were not citizens, the U.S. could not ban slavery in territories, and that the Fifth Amendment protected slave owners' rights to their property.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, lasting 3 days, and is considered the turning point of the Civil War. It also led to one of the most famous speeches in American History.
What is the Battle of Galveston?
This plan included blockading southern ports, taking control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy, and capturing the Confederate capital Richmond, VA.
What is the Anaconda Plan?