Causes of the
Civil War
Civil War
This 1852 novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe was significant as it revealed to have exposed the cruelties of slavery. Lincoln blamed her for having "started this great war"
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Winfield's great snake
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This first battle of the Civil War saw zero casualties but provided Lincoln his first test of the Civil War.
What is Ft. Sumter?
Control of this river was seen as vitally important to the Union's success in the Civil War.
What is the Mississippi River?
After Johnston was injured this Virginian took command over the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This 1854 Act allowed settlers in two new territories to use "popular sovereignty" to decide whether to allow slavery, leading to a period of violence.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Confederate Strategy that prevented Union progress in the Eastern theatre.
What is the offensive-defensive?
Fought in July 1861, this first major land battle of the war ended in a chaotic Union retreat and gave Thomas Jackson his famous nickname.
What is the Battle of Bull Run 1?
Fought in April 1862, this battle was the bloodiest in American history up to that point and saw the death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston.
After successes taking over major forts in 1862, this Union General earned a nickname for his "Unconditional Surrender" terms.
Who is Ulysses Grant?
In this 1857 landmark case, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in U.S. territories.
What is the Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This side had the advantage in food.
This leader's urging resulted in the Union army marching into battle well before they were prepared.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In February 1862, Ulysses S. Grant captured these two strategic forts, opening the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to Union forces.
What is Ft. Donelson and Ft. Henry?
This group's presence generated major policy debates in the Union army about what to do with them.
Who are fugitive slaves?
This radical abolitionist led a 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to spark a slave revolt; he was later executed and became a martyr.
This side held more property but had less cash.
Who is the Confederacy?
General George McClellan's massive 1862 attempt to capture Richmond by moving his army up the Virginia Peninsula is known by this name.
What is the Peninsular Campaign?
This battle left Grant with the impression that the war could not be settled by a few decisive big victories but would have to be a total war.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
The president of the Confederacy who would much rather be general of the CSA.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This "precipitating event" in November 1860 led South Carolina to secede from the Union just one month later.
What is the election of 1860 (election of Lincoln)?
The foreign policy title given to the Confederate's efforts to get recognition from England.
What is cotton diplomacy?
In August 1862, Lee and Jackson won a decisive victory on the same ground as a previous 1861 battle, clearing the way for the invasion of Maryland.
What is the Battle of Bull Run 2?
The capture of this port city by David Farragut led to Union occupation of the south's largest port and financial center.
What is New Orleans?
I was responsible for professionalizing much of the Union army despite my unsavory record as their commander.
Who is George McClellan?