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Antebellum
Civil War
Misc. Civil War
100
The practice or system of owning another person.
What is slavery.
100
He was elected President of the United States in 1860, which sparked the succession of the lower South.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
This event moved state legislators across southern states to pass new laws to control slaves and free blacks.
What was the Nat Turner Rebellion of 1831.
100
The first major battle of the Civil War also known as Manassas Junction.
What is the battle of Bull Run.
100
The Battle of Hampton Roads was between which two warships?
What were the Merrimack and Monitor.
200
To have an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region.
What is sectionalism.
200
He was elected the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Davis.
200
This case concluded slaves were not citizens and therefore had no rights under the Constitution.
What was the Red Scott decision of the Supreme Court.
200
The turning point of the Civil War.
What was the battle of Gettysburg and fall of Vicksburg.
200
Lincoln moved the goal of the Civil War to freeing the slaves through this document.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
300
The debate over this heated again in the 1830s fueled by the divisive issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories forming as the nation expanded westward.
What is states rights.
300
The concept of total war was best exemplfied by this Union general.
Who was William T. Sherman
300
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” was said by Lincoln during what event.
What was the Lincoln Douglas Debates.
300
Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle.
What is Antietam
300
John Browns raid on this arsenal was an attempt to start a slave revolt.
What is Harpers Ferry
400
William Llyod Garrison and Frederick Douglass were best known for this movement in the antebellum period of American history.
What is Abolition
400
He once said "It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it."
Who was Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army.
400
"I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood." was said by this abolitionist being hanged for a raid on a military arsenal.
Who was John Brown.
400
This compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a Free State and passed a fugitive Slave Law.
What is Compromise of 1850.
500
Harriet Tubman often used a series of safe houses as a conductor on this rail system.
What was Underground Railroad
500
He once said "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."
Who is Ulysses S. Grant commander of the Union Army.
500
"In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." was said by;
Who was Abraham Lincoln
500
Edmund Ruffin a staunch Secessionist fired the first shot on this federal property.
What is Fort Sumter
500
The idea of popular sovereignty was brought out in what document.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act.