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Was President of the United States, opposed the spread of slavery, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, was determined to preserve the Union, by force if necessary, believed the United States was one nation, not a collection of independent states, and wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
Stream 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.: site of first land battle of Civil War
What is Bull Run
100
Northern strategy in the Civil War in which they would surround the South
What is Anaconda Plan
100
I am the first state to seccede from the Union, which lead to 11 states creating the Confederacy
What is South Carolina
100
In 1820 this allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state, also creating the 36'30 line
What is Missouri Compromise
200
Was president of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
three-day battle between Robert E. Lee and George Meade, in which the Union outlasted the Confederacy and caused them to retreat; left the Confederate troops permanently weakened.
What is Gettysburg
200
Name three of the goals the union had at the beginning of the war.
What is Control the Mississippi River, capture Richmon, and blockade southern ports
200
This state entered this union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850
What is California
200
This act required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves and return them to their owners
What is Fugitive Slave Act
300
Was general of the Union army that defeated Lee
Who is U.S. Grant
300
battle in which Ulysses S. Grant placed a Confederate fort under siege; resulted in Northern victory and the Union able to control all of the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg
300
The South's plan for the war, it helped preserve their resources and didn't work against the North's plan.
What is fight a defensive war
300
This Fort was attacked in SC by the Confederates and caused NC to secede from the Union
What is Fort Sumter
300
This act allowed the states of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to have slavery by using the concept of popular sovereignty; it repealed the 36'30' ruling from the Missouri Compromise
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
400
Confederate general who led Confederate troops in the battle of Bull Run. Known for being as "strong as a Stonewall"
Who is Thomas Jackson
400
Bloodiest single-day battle in American history; fought between McClellan's northern forces and Lee's Southern forces
What is Antietam
400
The North's MAIN goal going into the Civil War. (Remember that President Lincoln was not worried about slavery at the start of the war.)
What is Preserve the Union
400
Capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, Virginia
400
At this location, John Brown's men attempted to raid an arsenal to obtain weapons to give to slaves to defend against their owners--every man was killed and John Brown was hung.
What is Harper's Ferry
500
The African American that sued for his freedom causing the spread of the Abolistionist movement
Who is Dred Scott
500
This battle occurred in Virginia. The Union Army hoped to capture this city so that could take control of Richmond (the Confederate capital). They were able to push Grant and his men to Appomattox Court House and were then successful at taking over the capital city.
What is Petersburg
500
General Grant planned to end the war by
What is fighting a total war.
500
Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri These states were part of the Union, but were referred to as the __________ states.
What is border
500
Dramatic novel by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe that moved many people to call for an end to slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin