Battles
People packed picnics to watch this battle, where both the Union and Confederacy realized the war would be much longer than expected.
What what the Battle of Bull Run?
What event in early American history can be linked to the start of the Civil War? It occurred between 1803-1869.
What is Westward Expansion?
Slavery was an important part of this region's economy.
What was the South?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This word means to join the military.
What is enlist?
During this event, the Union adopted the concept of total war.
What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed this state into the Union as a free state, disrupting the balance of power between slave and free states.
What is California?
Slaves lived on large farms known as _____________.
What are plantations?
This general surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
This word describes a large section or group of the military.
Known as a turning point in the war, this battle was won by the Union. It was the second and last time General Lee would invade the North.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This continent decided to no longer support the South when slavery became the primary issue of the Civil War.
What is Europe?
This slave fought against the Supreme Court for his freedom in 1857. He ultimately lost, but it sparked discussion over freedom for African Americans in free states and territories.
Who is Dred Scott?
This word describes someone who fights and speaks out against slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
During this siege, the Union successfully cut off a section of the Confederacy from supplies. People became so desperate for food that they began eating rats, mules and tree bark.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This act allowed for popular sovereignty, the idea that territories could decide for themselves whether to be slave or free. It led to lots of fighting.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Name three common ways that slaves were treated by their masters.
What were _________, __________ and _________.
This abolitionist led many to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This is a military strategy in which ships are used to stop people or goods from leaving or coming into a place.
What is a blockade?
This battle gave Lincoln the power position needed to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was the battle of Antietam?
President Lincoln sent a supply ship to this place, located in enemy territory just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. It was later attacked by Confederate forces.
This act required Northerners to return slaves to their owners when they escaped to the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This person led a charge at the battle of Gettysburg which was a huge disaster for the Confederacy.
Who is Officer George Edward Pickett?
This word means "to free".