Battles and Conflicts
People to Know
Antebellum Era
Vocab and Concepts
100

First battle of the Civil War

What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?

100
He wrote My Bondage and My Freedom about his experiences in slavery

Who is Fredrick Douglass?

100

US gained the Utah and New Mexico territories from this war

What is the Mexican American war?

100

Deliberately destroying resources and property so your enemy can't use them

What is scorched earth?

200

Deadliest battle of the war

What is the battle of Gettysburg?

200

He assassinated Lincoln

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

200

Clashes between pro and anti slavery settlers were known as this

What is "Bleeding Kansas"?

200

Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia are all examples of this

What is a border state?

300

Emancipation Proclamation was issued after this battle

What is Antietam?

300

Union general who led the North to victory

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

300

John Brown attempted to start a slave revolt here

What is Harpers Ferry?

300

A type of warfare that includes any and all resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.

What is total war?

400

The goal of this military campaign was to get the South to surrender

What is Sherman's March to the Sea?

400

President of the Confederacy

Who is Jefferson Davis?

400

Abraham Lincoln was the first president from this party

What is the Republican party?

400

This strategy was used to determine if the Kansas-Nebraska territories would be admitted to the country as free or slave states

What is popular sovereignty?

500

38 Dakota men were hanged after this conflict

What is the Sioux Uprising?

500

Overly cautious general who was fired after the Battle of Antietam

Who is George McClellan?

500

The four parts of the Compromise of 1850

What is:

-Free California

-Utah and New Mexico tbd by popular sovereignty

-Strict Fugitive Slave Act

-Ban DC slave trade 

500

The North used this strategy to win the Battle of Vicksburg

What is siege warfare?