Lincoln's main objective of The Civil War was not to end slavery but it was this.
What is preserve the Union
100
Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses Grant at this place is considered to be the final decisive event of The Civil War.
What is Appomattox Courthouse
100
Before Texas became part of the United States, they were owned by this country
Who is Mexico
100
The Civil War affected both the North and the South tragically with a total of at least a half a million of these.
What are dead soliders
100
This Confederate victory was physically and mentally exhausting bloody combat that lasted all day, leaving 847 men dead and many more wounded.
What is Bull Run
200
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and other compromises never solved this issue but instead put it off until a later date.
What is slavery
200
This idea stated that residents of individual states should decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
What is popular sovereignty
200
North Carolina fought for the them during The Civil War because they favored slavery.
What is the South or Confederacy
200
The election of him is considered one of the causes of the Civil War because the South thought he would ban slavery
Who is Lincoln
200
This three-day battle stopped Lee’s invasion of the North and turned the tide of the war in the favor of the Union. .
What is The Battle of Gettysburg
300
This executive order stated "that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free;"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
Congress passed this new, tougher law on September 18, 1850 that allowed slave owners to capture runaways anywhere in the United States--sometimes free persons were captured also.
What is the fugitive slave act
300
An abundance of inexpensive and fertile land was a contributing factor to migration to this area.
What is the south or west
300
The North had the advantage during the war because they had a stronger this(you know, like production of goods, more factories,etc...).
What is economy
300
With its capture, the Union now surrounded the South: it controlled the Mississippi River on the west, it controlled the North, and it had blockaded Confederate ports on the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
What is Vicksburg
400
The passage of this congressional document declared that popular sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery in new territories.
What is the Compromise of 1850
400
Union general William T. Sherman implemented this policy which was designed to demoralize the enemy by crippling his ability to fight
What is total war
400
The North did not recognize this official name of the South but saw the South only as rebellious states.
What is the Confederate States of America
400
The South had less men to fight and a weaker economy but had the best of these from West Point
What are military officers
400
This battle resulted in more than 23,000 casualties, the most casualties caused in any battle in American history at that time.
What is Shiloh
500
This Supreme Court decision stated that blacks are not citizens but are property
What is Dred Scott
500
Southerners agreed with maintaining a balance between the number of free states and the number of slave states in the Union; Southerners hoped the balance would prevent Congress from doing this.
What is ban or restrict slavery
500
After the Civil War, this region was devastated because most of the battles took place here
What is the South
500
Southern plantation owners who purchased European luxury items was very much opposed to these but the North was not
What are tariffs
500
The Civil War begins on April 12, 1865 with the South firing on this Union possession.