Pre-Civil War I
What happened to Charles Sumner after he gave a passionate speech to Congress about the tragedies of Kansas?
He got beat over the head with a cane by Andrew P. Butler.
Who was the slave who felt that he should be free because he lived in the North for seven years?
Dredd Scott
What was the name of the country formed by the southern states that seceded?
The Confederate States of America
Where were the first shots fired at in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who captured Fort Henry and Fort Donnelson?
Ulysses S. Grant
This Act of Congress split up a large portion of United States Territory into two different states and ruled that the issue of slavery would be decided through popular sovereignty.
Kansas Nebraska Act
Abraham Lincoln had a series of debates against this gentleman for the IL Senate Seat.
Stephen A. Douglas
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who ended up having control of Fort Sumter?
The Confederates
What battle involved soldiers getting shot while making coffee and while sleeping?
Shiloh
800 Proslavery armed men burn down the antislavery capital in Kansas.
The Sack of Lawrence
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What was the name of the Northern strategy of defeating the South?
The Anaconda Plan
What did Lincoln do to remain neutral at Fort Sumter?
Sent Food to Hungry Soldiers
What was the bloodiest single – day battle?
Antietam
John Brown gets revenge on proslavery forces in Kansas through cutting off the hands and killing five of their leaders.
The Pottawatomite Massacre
What was the proslavery capital of Kansas?
Lecompton
What state broke free from a Southern State in order to re-join the Union?
West Virginia
Where did Stonewall Jackson earn his nickname?
Bull Run
Which battle taught both sides the importance of digging ditches and sending out scouts?
Shiloh
Who was the Supreme Court Justice in the Dredd Scott Case?
Roger B. Taney
What was Lincoln Douglas’s view on slavery in the new states?
States should have Popular sovereignty
What are two advantages that the North had over the South?
Railroads for transportation of supplies and people, and more population of people to fight in the war.
Who won at the battle of Bull Run?
The Confederates
Which battle was the first invasion of the North by the South?
Antietam