Lead to Civil War
A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859
Bleeding Kansas or Kansas-Nebraska Act
President of the Confederacy and Union during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
First battle involving Ironclad Ships at Hampton Roads. What was the name of the ships and who did they fight for?
Monitor-Union
Merrimack-Confederate
Delivered in November 1863, this brief but powerful speech redefined the purpose of the Civil War, emphasizing equality and a "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Gettysburg Address
In Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, what was his primary point?
Answers Vary
A bill was passed requiring that slaves be returned to their owners, even in free states
Fugitive Slave Act
This Confederate general earned his famous nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run, where it was said he stood "like a stone wall."
Stonewall Jackson
Fought in July 1863, this battle is often called the turning point of the Civil War, ending Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.
Battle of Gettysburg
Issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation did what exactly?
Freed the slaves in the Confederate states, but not the border states.
First President to face impeachment because of their constant classes with Congress.
Andrew Johnson
Conflict that brought new land into the United States and increased tension over slavery
Mexican-American War
This Union general is known for his "March to the Sea," a devastating campaign from Atlanta to Savannah that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s infrastructure and morale.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Battle which resulted in a Confederate victory, BUT they lost Stonewall Jackson to friendly fire.
Battle of Chancellorsville
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at this Virginia site, effectively ending the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House
Name one of Lincoln's Goals for Reconstruction
10% Loyalty Oath, New State Governments, Amnesty and Pardons, Protection of Freed Slaves
The idea that a region of a country has unique characteristics and values, and that loyalty to that region is more important than loyalty to the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
This Union general was criticized for his overly cautious strategy and was eventually replaced by Lincoln, despite organizing the Army of the Potomac.
George McClellan
This 1862 battle in Tennessee, named after a nearby church, was one of the bloodiest early encounters of the war and marked a Union victory under General Grant.
Battle of Shiloh
What was the first and last state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War?
1st- Tennessee
Last- Georgia
Perceived by many Southern whites as opportunists seeking to exploit the region’s post-war instability
Carpetbaggers
Name the 2 of the 4 Candidates of the 1860 Election
A brilliant Confederate cavalry leader, this general's tactics earned him the nickname "The Wizard of the Saddle," but his post-war role in the early Ku Klux Klan remains controversial.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Name of the Union General at the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Major Robert Anderson
These are the amendments known as the Civil War Amendments. What did each do?
13 - Freed the Slaves
14 - People born in U.S are automatically citizens
15 - prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Triggered by the collapse of a major bank, this financial crisis led to a severe depression in the U.S. and Europe, marking the start of the "Long Depression."
Panic of 1873