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100
Who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois state election?
What is Stephen A. Douglas
100
This speech freed slaves in the U.S.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter in SC
100
Beginning and end of Civil War
Beginning- April 12, 1861 End- April 9, 1865
100
Define-Secede
Secede-withdraw from an union
200
What abolitionist led the raid on Harpers Ferry?
Who is John Brown
200
What was the North's goal in war? What was the South's goal in war?
North-wanted to restore the Union South-wanted to be an independent nation
200
This bloody battle lasted a day and was a Union victory
What is Battle of Shiloh
200
When was Gettysburg Address?
November 19, 1863
200
Define-Total war
Total war- a strategy that doesn't just attack soldiers but also the land
300
Who was the 16th president? This person also said the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
300
Strengths and weaknesses of the North and South
Strengths North- bigger pop., more resources South- agriculture, leaders Weaknesses North- not familiar with Southern land (most of the battles were fought on Southern land) South- not a lot of manufacturing
300
This is the single bloodiest day in American history
Battle of Antietam
300
When was the Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
300
Define- Ironclad
Ironclad- a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
400
Who were the 2 main Union Leaders or Generals
Who is Ulysses S. Grant and General George McCellan.
400
What was Bleeding Kansas?
A time of violence when settlers were trying to influence the Kansas-Nebraska Act
400
This was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War and it was also considered a major turning point in the war. After this battle there was a speech (Gettysburg Address)
Gettysburg
400
When did the Confederate states become a nation.
1861
400
Define Habeaus Corpus
Habeaus Corpus- legal order that says a prisoner has a right to be heard in court
500
Who were two main leaders of the South?
Who is Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson
500
What was the Compromise of 1850
defined U.S. and Mexican borders
500
This battle boosted Southern moral and made the North realize it wasn't going to be an easy war.
Bull Run
500
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
April 14, 1865 (5 days after war ended) (booth killed him)
500
What is the 13th Ammendment
This Amendment bans slavery