Vocab.
What is a Blockade?
To seal off a place to prevent goods from leaving or entering.
What was the highest reason for death at Andersonville?
The living conditions.
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter.
Who was Dred Scott?
A Missouri slave who sued for his freedom because he lived for a period of time in a free state with his owner.
What was the BIGGEST cause of the Civil War?
The Election of 1860.
What does Nullify mean?
To declare invalid; or no longer legal.
What political party were the abolitionist apart of?
The Republican Party
What battle am I?
*Largest Union defeat
*66,000 Confederates fought in this battle
*happened Sept. of 1863
Battle of Chickamauga.
What did General William Sherman do?
He led Union forces, and he crushed campaigns through Georgia and the Carolina's.
Why did the States Secede?
The Southerners didn't want to be told what to do.
What is pulling away or leaving?
Secession.
Who created the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the years of the American Civil War?
1861-1865
Who am I?
*I was a Republican
* I won the Election of 1860
*I was also assassinated
Abraham Lincoln
What was MOST feared in the Civil War?
Republican Party.
What does it mean to be Emancipated?
To be set free.
What happened to fugitive slaves if they tried to escape to the North?
The North would let the southerners know about the runaway slaves.
What year did the battle of Shiloh happen?
April of 1862.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
He was president of the Confederacy.
Why was Territorial Expansion feared?
The Southerners wanted slavery expanded, but the North wanted to be committed to NO slavery.
What was Popular Sovereignty?
Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which allowed people that lived in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to vote on whether they wanted slavery.
Why did the southerners fear Abraham Lincoln?
They feared he had a greater impact on slavery.
How many battles were there in the American Civil War?
Over 150 battles that had Significance.
Who was Henry Clay known as?
"The Great Compromiser"
What was the Long Term cause of the Civil War?
The war spanned for such a long time, the territories disputed slavery, and the South finally left the Union.