Causes of Civil War
What law allowed territories to decide on slavery by vote, angering Northerners?
Answer: Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which battle was a major Union victory in the North?
Answer: Battle of Gettysburg
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Who commonly served as nurses during the war?
Answer: Women
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
Answer: Emancipation Proclamation
What idea gave people in territories the right to vote on slavery?
Answer: Popular sovereignty
Which victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Answer: Vicksburg
Who led the Confederate army?
Answer: Robert E. Lee
Where did most fighting take place?
Answer: In the South
What compromise admitted Maine free and Missouri slave?
Answer: Missouri Compromise
Which earlier compromise did the Kansas-Nebraska Act go against?
Answer: Missouri Compromise
Why was controlling the Mississippi River important?
Answer: It split the Confederacy and controlled trade/transport
What did Lincoln mean by “government of the people”?
Answer: Democracy should continue
What problem did Confederate soldiers often face?
Answer: Lack of supplies
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require citizens to do?
Answer: Help capture escaped enslaved people
What proposal tried to ban slavery in new territories and reflected Lincoln’s views?
Answer: Wilmot Proviso
What strategy did Union forces use at Vicksburg to force the city to surrender?
Answer: A siege (surrounding the city and cutting off supplies)
Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus?
Answer: To deal with rebellion and protect public safety
Why did the Confederacy draft younger and older men?
Answer: Heavy losses required more soldiers
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
Answer: Enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights
Why were Southerners surprised when Lincoln was elected?
Answer: His name was not on ballots in most Southern states
How did the victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg change the war?
Answer: They were turning points that gave the Union momentum and weakened the Confederacy
Why was Lincoln’s leadership important to the Union’s success?
Answer: He kept the country united, made key decisions, and expanded war powers
What does a soldier complaining about shoes and blankets reveal about the Confederacy?
Answer: They had supply shortages and struggled to support troops
How did the Fugitive Slave Act increase tensions between North and South?
Answer: It forced Northerners to support slavery, increasing anger and resistance