Battles
This was the first battle of the Civil War:
Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas
She was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad and may have led over 300 slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
To dedicate a new cemetery for Union soldiers who had died at Gettysburg, Lincoln gave an _________, or speech.
Address
What was the Underground Railroad?
It was a system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands.
Who suggested the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
This general's army of 62,000 men marched from Atlanta, Georgia to the Atlantic ocean burning or destroying everything in their path so that the Union army could not use it.
Robert E. Lee
For what reason did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed?
He was in a free state, but he was still considered a slave.
Even before President Lincoln took office, South Carolina voted to _______ from the Union.
Secede
This man led an ill-advised raid on the federal armory in Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
What was the confederate strategy for winning the war?
Make the war last a long time; defend themselves against the north's attacks.
What advantage did the Union army have in fighting the civil war?
They had a larger number of soldiers.
The Union did not have an answer for the Confederate's Robert E. Lee until this future president came along to lead the Northern Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Another word for large, mounted guns is _______.
Artillery
Why didn't Robert E. Lee fight for the Union army in the Civil War?
His home state of Virginia seceded from the Union and he couldn't stomach the idea of having to fight against his family and friends.
What was the union strategy for wining the war? Explain this plan.
Anaconda plan; block southern ports and then attack the south when it was weak!
The Battle of Bull Run is also known as the Battle of ________.
Manassas
She was a battlefield nurse for the Union who went on to be one of the founders of the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
If an enslaved person escaped from the South to a free state, the South considered that person to be a _____________.
Fugitive
What was one of Lincoln's major accomplishments? (Hint: He wasn't necessarily against slavery, he just wanted to___________________________).
Preserve the nation, preserve the union.
What did General Lee and the Confederate army do after the Battle of Antietam?
They retreated to Virginia.
Confederate General Thomas Jackson earned his nickname "Stonewall Jackson" at this battle:
Battle of Bull Run
What did the Supreme Court declare about enslaved people in the Dred Scott case?
They did not have rights as American citizens
The _______ passed by Congress was good for Northern factory owners and bad for the southern plantation owners.
Tariff
In what areas did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved workers?
In areas still fighting against the Union.
How did Lincoln plan to weaken the South?
He planned to blockade southern ports to stop the south from receiving weapons and supplies.