Slave States
This slave state was the first to secede from the union on December 20th, 1861.
What is South Carolina?
This free state was also the first state to ratify the constitution.
What is Delaware?
He won the election of 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The first major land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of First Manassas, was also known as this.
What is Bull Run?
"In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of ________."
Abraham Lincoln
What is "civil war"?
This was the last state to join the Confederecy.
What is Virginia?
This free state is the northern most state.
What is Maine?
The secession of these 7 states was one of the main causes of the Civil War.
What are South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas?
This is what the Union forces did the day after Fort Sumter was fired upon.
What is left?
"Our present condition, achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations, illustrates the American idea that governments rest upon the consent of the __________."
Jefferson Davis
What is "governed"?
This former slave state's capital is Tallahassee.
What is Florida?
The capital of this free state is Columbus.
What is Ohio?
By seizing this stronghold, the Confederacy caused the opening engagement of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
The Battle of Bull Run was fought right outside this city.
What is Washington D.C.?
"That the only alternative left, in my judgement, is the secession of South Carolina from the ______ ______".
Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Governor of South Carolina
What is "Federal Union"?
This former slave state gets its name from the river it borders.
What is Mississippi?
The District of Columbia lies mostly within this free state.
What is Maryland?
Ultimately, the Civil War was fought over these two issues.
What are slavery and states' rights?
This was the outcome of the Battle of Bull Run.
What is a Confederate victory?
"You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the ________, While I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it."
Abraham Lincoln
What is "Government"?
This former slave state's capital is Montgomery.
What is Alabama?
The capital of this free state is Montpelier.
What is Vermont?
This man led the raid on Harper's Ferry.
Who was John Brown?
This is what George Templeton Strong called the Battle of Bull Run.
What is Black Monday?
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a _____ ______, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Abraham Lincoln
What is "new nation"?