The road to war
THIS IS THE TERM FOR FAVORING THE INTERESTS OF ONE’S REGION OVER THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION.
WHAT IS SECTIONALISM?
HE WAS THE MAN THAT SOUTHERNERS FEARED WOULD RUIN THEIR ECONOMY AND WAY OF LIFE BY ENDING SLAVERY.
WHO WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
THE FIRST MAJOR LAND BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR. IT SHOWED THE NORTH THAT THE WAR WOULD NOT END AS FAST AS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN?
HE WAS A MILITARY GENIUS FOR THE CONFEDERACY.
WHO WAS ROBERT E LEE?
THIS BATTLEFIELD WAS TURNED INTO A NOW FAMOUS CEMETARY.
WHAT WAS GETTYSBURG?
THIS WAS A SLAVE REBELLION THAT INSPIRED A LOT OF SOUTHERN STATES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SLAVE CODES BECAUSE IT SCARED SOUTHERNERS THAT A FURTHER REBELLION COULD CAUSE GREATER PROBLEMS.
WHAT IS NAT TURNERS REBELLION?
THE RIVER THAT THE UNION WANTED TO CONTROL IN ORDER TO DIVIDE THE CONFEDERACY.
WHAT IS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER?
A NORTHERN GENERAL WHO USED TOTAL WAR IN HIS MARCH DOWN SOUTH – DESTROYING FARMS AND TOWNS ALONG HIS PATH.
WHO WAS GENERAL SHERMAN?
THIS CITY WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY.
WHAT WAS RICHMOND, VA?
HE WAS A UNION GENERAL THAT LATER WENT ON TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHO WAS ULYSSES S GRANT?
HE WAS AN ABOLITIONIST WHO BELIEVED THAT GOD WANTED HIM TO END SLAVERY. SO HE TRIED TO START A SLAVE REBELLION.
WHO WAS JOHN BROWN?
A UNION VICTORY THAT GAVE LINCOLN THE CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. IT WAS THE SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM?
THE SOUTHERN GENERAL WHO SURRENDERED AT APPOMATTOX AFTER HIS TROOPS BECAME SURROUNDED AND THEY WERE OUT OF SUPPLIES.
WHO WAS GENERAL LEE?
THE COLOR OF THE UNION UNIFORMS.
WHAT WAS BLUE?
THIS LAW REQUIRED NORTHERNERS TO TURN IN RUNAWAY SLAVES.
WHAT IS THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT?
THIS COMPROMISE ENDED THE BALANCE BETWEEN FREE AND SLAVE STATES IN THE UNION BY ADMITTING CALIFORNIA TO THE NATION.
WHAT WAS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850?
IT WAS A UNION VICTORY THAT ALLOWED THE UNION TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE AT VICKSBURG?
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORT THAT WAS ATTACKED BY THE CONFEDERACY AND MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR.
WHAT WAS FORT SUMTER?
UNION FORCES WON A BATTLE AT THIS TOWN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE NAME OF THIS TOWN MEANS PEACE.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF SHILOLH?
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THIS IS THE NAME FOR THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER BOTH SLAVERY AND ANTISLAVERY FORCES SET UP GOVERNMENTS IN A NEW STATE.
THIS MAN FAMOUSLY DEBATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN ABOUT SLAVERY IN 1856
WHO WAS STEPHEN DOUGLAS?
A BATTLE THAT SERVED AS THE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR AND WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NORTH REALLY FELT THEY WERE GOING TO WIN THE WAR.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
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LINCOLN SAID THAT HE WAS FREEING THESE SLAVES WHEN HE ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
THE BLOODIEST / DEADLIEST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
THIS COURT CASE SAID THAT SLAVES WERE PROPERTY AND THAT THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
WHAT WAS THE DRED SCOTT CASE?