Causes of the Civil War
A 1846 plan by David Wilmot would propose that all territories gained from the Mexican War be banned from practicing slavery leading to the South angering of the proposal.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
The founder of the American Red Cross and an influential female nurse during the Civil War.
Who is Clara Burton?
A type of weapon could the North produce more of than the South because of an overwhelming industrial landscape.
What are rifles, shotguns, etc.(most firearms)?
A 1863 battle in Pennsylvania was considered one of the bloodiest battles with more than 50,000 casualties, leading President Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the fallen soldiers in a two minute speech.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the 1865 execution given to an unpardoned Confederate official for committing war crimes of murdering 13 imprisoned Union soldiers.
What is the Execution of Henry Wirz?
An Act proposed by Stephen A. Douglas which would split Western territories into Nebraska a free state and Kansas a slave state, leading to increased tensions as the Missouri Compromise was overridden.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
Who was one of the most famous Confederate generals during the Civil War that brought the war into Northern territories, fighting in the Battle Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The ideal both the North and South agreed on, but the South could not come to this agreement as they needed to have states' rights and not federal rights.
What is the preservation of the Union?
A 1863 battle in South Carolina was led by an African American battalion of soldiers, "54th Massachusetts", that proved their worth by heroically fighting and dying for the Union.
What is the Battle of Fort Wagner?
A 1863 declaration by President Abraham Lincoln in which he details that all states that succeeded from the Union to engage in warfare would be enforced to free all their slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The candidate that won the decisive election of 1860 leading to the succession of South Carolina.
Who is Republican party candidate Abraham Lincoln?
The Union General that took a "March to the Sea" burning, destroying, and pillaging everything they could find in the state of Georgia on the way to Savannah.
Who is William T. Sherman?
A transportation advantage the North developed in higher numbers over the South due to their industry-driven economy?
What are Railroad Systems?
A 1863 battle in Virginia was fought between Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Joseph Hooker that lead to the death of Thomas Jackson(Stonewall).
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
The name of the two minute speech given by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that highlighted the need to abolish slavery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
An event by abolitionist John Brown in which he would seize control of an arsenal at Harpers Ferry, arming slaves to revolt against their slave owners, prove to further increase tensions between the North and South.
What is John Brown's Raid in 1859?
The Union General and 24th governor of New Jersey that won the Battle of Antietam but proved themselves overly cautious when they did not pursue retreating Confederate forces.
Who is George McClellan?
The type of advantage the South had over the North since most of the battles were fought in Southern territory.
What is territorial familiarity?
A 1861 battle near Charleston, South Carolina, led to the beginning of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
On April 14, 1865 was President Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth in this place.
Where is Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C?
An 1852 influential book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that detailed the horrors of slavery in the South would enter the North and inform the population about the lives of slaves angering the North population.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The Confederate general that successfully kept the Union from capturing Richmond, Virginia and list their nickname given due to their cold yet firm presence in battle.
Who is Thomas Jackson, also known as "Stonewall?"
The North able to amass this over the South due to their higher population.
What is a larger army or militia?
A 1862 battle in Maryland also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg was fought between Union General George McClellan and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
A 1864 event by Union General William T. Sherman resulted in homes being burned, destroyed, and pillaged.
What is "The March to the Sea?"