Major Battles
What battle initiated the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
What act made it illegal to help runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
People who didn't believe in slavery were called what?
Abolitionists
Who was mass production developed by?
Eli Whitney
Who won the Battle of Bull Run?
Confederacy
Who was the leading Confederate general for the South?
Robert E. Lee
What agreement was made on the Senate floor to create the Fugitive Slave Act? (hint: Henry Clay and Daniel Webster)
Compromise of 1850
Was Lincoln a slave-owner?
No
What was an invention that sped up cotton production and increased demand for slaves?
Cotton Gin
What battle had the bloodiest day in U.S history?
Antietam
Who was a confederate general that worked alongside Robert E. Lee?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What was the Dred Scott decision and what was the court's ruling?
A slave sues for his freedom and loses because he is African-American, so he is therefore not a citizen
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A work of antislavery literature written by Harriett Beecher Stowe that got the South furious
What were the Lowell mills made famous for doing?
Employing women and children in the workplace
Where was the battle of Vicksburg and what did it do for the Union?
Mississippi, allowed the Union to gain territory in the Mississippi river valley
How and where did Lincoln die?
Assassination, Ford's Theater (Washington)
What was Wilmot Proviso and who was it supported by?
A document stating "Neither slavery nor servitude shall exist on any part of the territory." - supported by the Free-Soil Party of northerners
What route did slaves take to escape their masters?
The Underground Railroad
Who invented the telegraph and in what year?
Samuel F.B Morse, 1832
What battle was considered the "turning point" of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Who raided Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
What did the Kansas-Nebraska act allow?
It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to create their own slavery laws and divided them into 2 states
Name 3 effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?
- Increase in profitable jobs in the South
- Slaves have to flee to Canada
- Outrage in the north
What did railroads allow Americans to do?
Transport goods over long distances