Key People
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
First major battle of the Civil War. Showed Americans that the Civil War would not be a quick and bloodless event.
What is Bull Run.
Lincoln's original goal for fighting the Civil War.
What is preserve the union.
What is Manifest Destiny.
This side is the North.
What is the Union.
This formerly enslaved man from Maryland with a gift for oratory became friends first with William Lloyd Garrison, though they later had a falling out, and pushed Abraham Lincoln on the issue of emancipation.
Who is Frederick Douglass.
Before the Battle of Gettysburg, this side had won battle after battle & it looked as though they would win.
What is the Confederate States of American (the South).
This event let the territories of Kansas and Nebraska choose whether to allow slavery in each of their state by way of vote.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
A deep loyalty to one's side or region
What is sectionalism
This side is the South.
What is the Confederate States of America AKA the Confederacy.
This man rose through the ranks of the Union Army and became the most successful Union General of the Army due to his determination and refusal to stop fighting.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant.
This battle was the bloodiest DAY of the American Civil war with roughly 20,000 casualties. The battle ended in a draw between the Union and Confederacy. Lincoln used this battle to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam.
This Supreme Court ruling declared that all African Americans in the United States are considered property and thus cannot sue in court, and will not be considered free when traveling to free states. Additionally it stated that the US government has no power to limit slavery out west.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford
To secede
To break apart from one's country.
The Civil War started this year and ended on this year.
What is 1861 and 1865.
Infamous radical abolitionist who chose to use violence to end slavery. Before the war he tried to lead a slave insurrection at Harper's Ferry that ended in catastrophe & terrified the south
Who is John Brown.
Bloodiest BATTLE of the Civil War. Lasted three days and is the turning point of the Civil War for the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg.
This was the final straw that led the Southern stated to secede from the Union.
What is Lincoln's election in 1860.
This military tactic targeted BOTH militaries and civilians as a way to "break" a nation. It meant to weaken a country's ability to sustain a war.
What is total war.
This killed more people during the Civil War than any battle of the war did.
What is disease.
This man was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
These soldiers faced serious discrimination in pay and supplies during the Civil War. If captured, they would not be sent to a prison camp & instead would be killed instantly.
Who are the USCT (US Colored Troops) AKA black Union soldiers.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared two things and famously omitted one thing. What are they?
1. Any black enslaved American in the Confederate states was now free.
2. Black men were now able to enlist in the Union Army
Omitted: Any enslaved person in border states or Union was still held in slavery.
Though not a battle, this famous speech was only 272 words, redefined the war's goals as a fight for freedom for all. Famously ends with the quote "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth"
What is The Gettysburg Address.
This group found more liberty and independence during the Civil War and actively worked as nurses, factory workers, and spies during the Civil War.
Who are women during the Civil War