Sectionalism
What term describes the tensions between different regions of the country (i.e. North, South, West)?
Sectionalism
After the Southern States seceded from the Union, who became the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What is considered to be the start of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What political party was Abraham Lincoln apart of when he ran for President of the United States?
The Republican Party
What are the group of Congressmen, who wanted to punish rather than forgive the south, known as?
Radical Republicans
1. California joins as a free state
2. Popular Sovereignty will decided on slavery in the west
3. ___________ allows slave catchers to catch runaway slaves in the North
The Fugitive Slave Act
What role did Robert E. Lee play in the Civil War?
General of the Confederate Army
Which battle is known as the bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
The Battle on Antietam
In what speech did Abraham Lincoln promise the south that he would allow slavery to continue where it already was, just not expand to the west?
The 1st Inaugural Address
What group was meant to help slaves adjust to life as free citizens after the Civil War?
Freedmen's Bureau
In Dred Scott v Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves are _______ not ________.
property, citizens
Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison are all apart of what Reform Movement?
The Abolitionist Movement
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War because it convinced France and Great Britain to stay out of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Why did Abraham Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address after the Battle of Gettysburg?
To ask the nation not to lose hope and to keep fighting
What amendment officially ended slaver in the United States?
13th Amendment
Double Points!!!
Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, how would the issue of slavery be decided on in new states?
Popular Sovereignty
Double Points!!!
What system was similar to slavery, where African Americans had to work on farms for free to pay off a debt owed to the landlord?
Sharecropping
With victory at the Siege of Vicksburg, the Union was able to capture the Mississippi River and take a step toward completing what war plan?
The Anaconda Plan
In his 2nd Inaugural Address, what did Abraham Lincoln officially blame as the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What amendment extended voting rights to freed African American males?
15th Amendment
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What two men met to negotiate the surrender of the South at Appomattox Courthouse?
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?
Robert E. Lee (the South) surrendered
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865?
John Wilkes Booth
What amendment extended citizenship to freed African Americans?
14th Amendment