Assorted
What was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
Disease
Which general surrendered to the other?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
Which of the two sides had strong military leadership?
The South (Robert E. Lee)
Why did Southern states want to keep free states from entering the Union?
They would lose voting power in Congress.
Which document does Lincoln quote when he delivered his Gettysburg Address?
DOI
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
Slaves in Confederate states were free.
Where did the surrender at the end of the Civil War occur?
Appomattox Courthouse
What was a major danger for African American troops who fought for the Union?
If captured, they could be sold into slavery.
Which act of Congress in 1820 temporarily ended the slavery issue?
Missouri Compromise
What was step one of the Anaconda Plan?
Cut off the South's trade by sea.
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and who wrote it?
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and it started to make more people oppose slavery.
What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?
To separate African Americans and whites in public life.
To limit African American rights.
This battle proved that quick victory would not be possible for either side.
The Battle of Bull Run
What was the famous Supreme Court case that stated that African Americans could not sue in federal court?
Dred Scott Decision
What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?
Protect voting rights of African Americans.
What are 2 ways that women supported the Civil War cause?
Spying on enemies, working in factories and on farms, nursing the wounded.
What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?
To abolish slavery.
Which battle turned the tide of the war in the North's favor?
Gettysburg
Which act made by Congress included the fugitive slave laws?
Compromise of 1850
What was Bleeding Kansas?
The violent actions between Northerners and Southerners settling in Kansas.
Which General's march through Georgia was an example of total war?
General William Sherman (Sherman's march)
What does the 14th amendment guarantee to all individuals in the US?
Equal protection under the law.
This Battle resulted in the North gaining control of the Mississippi.
The Battle of Vicksburg
Which event made the South lose all hope to keep their slaves, causing them to secede from the Union?
Election of 1860 (Lincoln)
Who was Abraham Lincoln's assassin and then who took over as the 17th president?
John Wilkes Booth
Andrew Johnson