Vocabulary
A death rate
What is mortality?
This Illinois man was made 16th President of the United States as a Republican. He was made famous by some debates and is known for his stovepipe hat and being on the 5 dollar bill
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This law made it illegal to assist escaping enslaved people, even in states where slavery was already illegal
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This battle is the bloodiest war of the Civil War and the bloodiest day in American history
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This food is made of flour, water, and salt...and is hard as a rock
What is hard tack?
This is a state that bordered Union and Confederate territory and did not pick a side
What is a Border State?
This southerner and West Point graduate was picked to lead the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
With regards to slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska act relied on this concept: allowing people to decide on issues for themselves by voting
What is popular sovereignty?
This was the first battle in the Civil War
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
Lincoln and Douglas debated one another publicly in a series of debated called this:
What are the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
This side in the Civil War fought to preserve the United States. They were anti-slavery and from the north.
What is the Union?
This Union general took over for McClellan after Antietam. He is known for having rather remarkable facial hair...
Who is Ambrose Burnside?
This Supreme Court decision, named for the man who sued for his freedom, determined that African Americans had no legal rights in the United States, regardless of freedom status
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This was the Union's plan to defeat the South: blockade the southern coast and secure the Mississippi River
#Scott'sGreatSnake
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This 15th President - "The Bachelor President" - filled his cabinet only with people who agreed with him, did nothing to stop the south from seceding, and influenced the Dred Scott case.
Who is James Buchanan?
This side in the Civil War fought for independence. They believed in slavery/states' rights and were from the south.
What is the Confederacy?
This Mississippi senator was chosen to be the President of the Confederate States of America
This political party was originally created as an anti-slavery party.
What is the Republican Party?
This Tennessee battle was (at one point) the bloodiest of the day. The Union won but lost more soldiers than the Confederacy.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
DOUBLE POINTS - 400 POINTS EACH
Civil War battles oftentimes have two names.
The Union named battles after:
The Confederacy named battles after:
Union: Creeks/Rivers
Confederacy: Towns
This deal allowed California to enter the Union as a Free State while leaving the issue of slavery "up to other future states in the western territories"
What is the Compromise of 1850?
DOUBLE POINTS
She was a Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
DOUBLE POINTS
This was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln won the 1860 election
What is South Carolina?
This Union General - and future president - was known for his aggressive fighting style...and strong drinking habits...
He is on the $50 bill
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This mechanical process - putting helical/circular grooves inside a gun barrel - helped make bullets fly faster, further, and more accurately
What is rifling?