Causes
This belief was the main cause of the civil war.
What is states' rights ?
After the fugitive slave act, many free black men moved to this area.
What is Canada ?
This river was taken by the Union and split the Confederacy in half.
What is the Mississippi River ?
This location is where the First Shots of the Civil war were fired.
What is Fort Sumter ?
This commander had good knowledge of the grounds of battles fought in the South.
Who is Robert E. Lee ?
This law forced all Northerns to report and return any persons suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act ?
This invention provided us with quick and easy sources of communication to units.
What is the telegraph ?
This institution was a big part of the economy in confederate states.
What is slavery ?
The surrender that ended the Civil War took place in this town.
What is Appomattox Court House ?
This president reigned over the Union States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln ?
This was the measure of the line across the country established in the Missouri Compromise.
What is 36o 30o ?
In 1863, President Lincoln published this statement to free all enslaved black people.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation ?
This state lost parts of its territory during the war and its counter part was added into the union.
What is Virginia ?
This battle is known as the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysberg ?
This general accepted the surrender of which ended the war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant ?
Kansas was given this nickname soon after the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is Bleeding Kansas ?
This Union town was the place for the most northern fought battle.
What is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ?
In 1860, this state became the first state to seceed from the Union.
What is South Carolina ?
This siege is best known for having split the south in half.
What is the battle of Vicksburg ?
The well known author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe ?
This individual led a group of men in the South and killed hundreds of white slave owning families as a form of rebellion.
Who is Nat Turner ?
This new invention allowed the Union to have an advantage on the South.
What is railroads ?
It was this event that led states to secede.
What is the election of 1860 ?
The day of this battle is known as the bloodiest day in the Civil War.
What is Antietam ?
This male held the slot of President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis ?