Notable People
This woman was one of the most active conductors of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
The Election of this man in 1860 was one of the main causes of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The Union strategy to cut off the Confederacy was named for this snake, known for strangling its prey
Anaconda Plan
This first battle of the Civil War will prove that the war will neither be short or easy (100 points extra if you know both names)
Bull Run/Manassas
By 1864, the Union had capture Vicksburg, giving them control over this river, finally cutting the Confederates in two
The Mississippi
This crazy abolitionist believed in abolition so much, that he murdered several pro-slave supporters during Bleeding Kansas, and ultimately led the Raid of Harpers Ferry
John Brown
This mini civil war occurred after groups from pro and anti slavery groups flooded into the state to vote on whether slavery would be legal or not
Bleeding Kansas
This term is used to describe the idea that people should be able to choose whether slavery should be legal or not in their state
Popular Sovereignty
This battle of the war is often considered one of the most important, as it stopped Lee from advancing North for the first time and is considered the bloodiest single day of fighting in US History
Antietam/Sharpsburg Landing
By 1864, this group of people began to serve in the army and the navy and where often resented by other soldiers. Most notably, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was made up entirely of this group
African-Americans
This Army Surgeon General was the first woman to win the Medal of Honor, the US' highest military award
Mary Edwards Walker
Charles Sumner was viciously beaten by his political rival, Preston Brooks, over an insult to his cousin using this "weapon"
This word in US History is used to describe the act of the southern states leaving the US
Secession
This battle of the war is considered the turning point, as it stopped Lee one final time and proved to be the final nail in the Confederacy's coffin
Gettysburg
This Confederate general was killed near the end of the war, not in battle or by the Union, but by his own troops, who were frighten upon seeing him at night
Stonewall Jackson
This abolitionist advocated for the immediate and total abolition of slavery in his newspaper, The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
In what was called the greatest crime ever committed in US courts, Dredd Scott v. Sanford gave this ruling, reversing decades of compromise and speeding the US towards a civil war (three parter)
African Americans were not citizens
US government had no authority to interfere with slavery
5th Amendment protected slavery (because slaves were property)
Border States were southern states where slavery was legal, but chose not to leave the US. Name the four border states (100 points for each)
Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, (100 points extra for West Virginia)
Lincoln was able to issue this law after Antietam, freeing slaves in the south, ruining any chance of European support for the Confederates, winning over abolitionists but losing support in the border states
Emancipation Proclamation
The war became expensive for both sides by the end of the war. Name the three ways in which they paid for the war (100 points each)
Borrowing money, printing money, raising taxes
This man would be elected as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln gave his inaugural speech to the southern people, saying he would not accept the loss of federal property. He would soon be tested when the South bombarded this fort, beginning the war
Fort Sumter
This legal term is a document requiring authorities o tell you why you have been arrested and was suspending during the war
Habeas Corpus
The Union battle plan for the war was a three part plan. Name the three parts of the plan (100 points each)
Blockade the South so they cant trade
Cut the Confederacy in two by capturing key rivers
Capture Confederate Capital of Richmond, VA
Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at this battle, strangely named after village, which itself was named after a nearby building. Lee's surrender essentially marked the end of the war
Appomattox Court House