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North and the South
Resisting Slavery
The Nation Divides
The War Begins
Toward a Union Victory
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National leaders often decided issues on what was best for their section or region, instead of what was best for the whole country. This regional loyalty is called_________
sectionalism
100
What was the Underground Railroad?
It was a series of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands.
100
Some Southerners said they would secede or________ from the Union. Fill in the blank.
leave
100
what is a strategy?
It is a long-range plan made to reach a goal.
100
Ulysses S.________ General Robert E. _________ Fill in the blanks.
Grant and Lee
200
what is a free state? what is a slave state? Name one free state
a state that didn't allow slavery, a state that allowed slavery, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and/or New Hampshire.
200
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
He was an enslaved man who escaped and became famous for his writings.
200
Name one border state
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and/or Missouri.
200
What was the Union's strategy to weaken the South and what was it called?
The Union blockaded the South ports, so they couldn't receive or send weapons or supplies to or from European countries. It was called The Anaconda Plan.
200
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important?
It was important to the Union because it gave them forces control over the Mississippi River.
300
Who made the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
300
Who is Dred Scott?
He was a man who went to court to win his freedom but didn't win.
300
Who was Stephen A. Douglas? Who won and became the United States Senate?
He was Lincoln's opponent for Untied States Senate. Stephen A. Douglas won.
300
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
It is a battle fought on July 2, 1861 on a hot, sunny day near Manassas Junction, Virginia. Nearly 30,000 people on both sides died.
300
What was the Battle of Gettysburg? Bonus:About how many Union and Confederacy died or were wounded or reported missing?
The Union army led by George G. Meade met Lee's army at Gettysburg. The fighting went on for 3 days. it was one of the deadliest battles of the war. Bonus answer:about 3,000 Union soldiers, 4,000 Confederate soldiers, and about 20,000 men were wounded or reported missing.
400
What was the Compromise of 1850?
It was the Compromise of California joining the Union as a free state and the other lands gained from Mexico would be divided into 2 territories ---New Mexico and Utah and the people there would choose to have slavery there if they wanted.
400
Who wrote the Freedom's Journal?
Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm
400
What was the John Browns Raid? Bonus 100 points:When did the John Brown's Raid happen and where?
It was when John Brown led a group of men in a raid on a government storehouse filled with guns and Brown planned on giving the guns to enslaved people so they could fight for their freedom. Bonus Answer: 1859 in Harpers Ferry
400
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
It is a document that freed enslaved people in areas still fighting the Union.
400
What is the Gettysburg Address?
It is when president Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg to dedicate a union cemetery and said a short address or speech.
500
What was Bleeding Kansas?
It was The Kansas-Nebraska Act that divided the nation even more. People for and against moved into Kansas and fighting broke out between the 2 groups.
500
In 1848 2 women started a women's right convention in Seneca Falls, New York and they wrote a document that called for equality for all Americans. who were those 2 women?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
500
What as the attack on Fort Sumter?
It was April 12 when, Confederate troops fired their artillery at the fort. The Union soldiers were forced to surrender.
500
What was the Battle of Antietam? About how many died on each side?
It was when Robert E. Lee led the Confederate army into Maryland. Union forces meet Lee's army at Antietam Creek it was also the bloodiest battle. About 1,550 Confederates soldiers and about 2,100 Union soldiers died.
500
What is the Appomattox Court House?
It was when Lee's army was starving and outnumbered by 10 to 1. So Lee meet with Grant in a farmhouse in the Virginia village of Appomattox Court House and surrendered.