7.1
What was the basis of the Southern Economy in the first half of the 1800s?
Agriculture
The violence in Kansas, which became known as “Bleeding Kansas,” was over what?
What was the main reason the South’s economy struggled during the war?
The blockade was too successful
The strategy of total war involves what?
Attacking both military and civilian targets
Despite being against secession, he became the most successful Confederate General
Who is Robert E Lee?
This ensured that California would enter Union as a Free State and the Fugitive Slave Act would be better enforced.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
What was the decision in the Dred Scott case?
He could not sue. Slaves were property, not people.
What was the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
In 1865, Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment, which would do what?
Abolish slavery
Sworn in as President after his predecessor becomes the 1st President to be assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This president was insignificant and died just 16 months after taking office
What were the two goals of the Anaconda Plan?
What did Lincoln need to happen before he could announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
A big Union W. (Antietam)
The battle of Gettysburg resulted in a Union victory after this specific failure by the Confederacy
What is Pickett's charge?
Served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis
He becomes President after his predecessor dies 16 months into his term
Who is Millard Fillmore?
John Brown believed that the slavery crisis in the United States could only be resolved in what way?
Physical force and violence
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the South’s attitude toward the war?
It forced them to give up hope for negotiation
The Union army split the Confederacy in two and was able to advance quickly in the West after capturing which southern city?
Vicksburg
Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, had several public debates with Lincoln about slavery
Who is Stephen Douglas?
How did the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act affect opinions about slavery in the North?
It made moderate Northerners side with the extreme Abolitionists.
Two parts: What was the final straw that led to states seceding and who was the first state to secede?
Lincoln's Election (1860)
South Carolina
What were the conditions of the Emancipation Proclamation? What did it say? What slaves were free? What slaves were not?
Only applied to slaves in states in rebellion against the Union, not to slaves in Border States, or in Southern territory under Union control
Appomattox Court House
Successful Confederate General who dies in battle, his arm is buried in Chancellorsville, VA
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?