Emancipation Proclamation
Which states did it apply to?
Which side did not have the least smallest number of resources?
Confederacy
When did America get invented?
1776
What event sparked secession?
Lincoln's election in 1860
Was Jefferson Davis a good President?
no.
Which month of which year was the Proclamation Issued issued?
September, 1862
Who was the Union's general at Antietam
George McClellan
Who founded the Newspaper The North Star?
Freddie D
In which year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
1854
Name a Civil War Vice-President
Alexander Stephens or Hannibal Hamlin
Which 2 countries were deterred from supporting the Confederacy by the Emancipation Proclamation
Britain and France
1862
Who single-handedly started the War with his raid on harper's ferry?
JOHN BROOOWWNNN
What were the group of southerners that wanted secession called?
Fire-eaters
What did Davis hope to achieve by imposing the Cotton Embargo?
Gain support from European powers (Britain and France)
Name 3 different types of pressure on Lincoln to issue the EP
Political, Military, Moral
What do you personally think the point of no return was for the Confederacy in the War and why?
whatevs sure
Who is the best looking Civil War historian and why?
beauty is in the eye of the beholder (but it's gotta be McPherson)
Which month did Confederate Forces attack Fort Sumter?
April 1861
Name something good Davis did
nothing (jk there's probs something)
Give 2 opposing historians views on why Lincoln issued the EP
McPherson: military and moral
Barbara Fields: self-emancipation
Hofstadter: purely military - Lincoln didn't care about slaves
William Draper: God was working through Lincoln
How many guns did the Union produce for every 1 in the South? (sorry if this is for you Laurie)
32
Who was Dred Scott's lawyer?
Francis Murdock
give a historian's view on the cause of the war
dk u tell me
Name a historian and give his views on Lincoln
cba