Secession
The first southern state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
This act changed the way Kansas and Nebraska would decide if they had slavery or not.
What is the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
Abraham Lincoln belonged to this political party.
What is the Republican party?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This event prompted South Carolina to secede.
What is Abraham Lincoln being elected President of the U.S.?
Name 3 advantages the Union had going into the Civil War.
What is (open to multiple answers)?
This state is where Abraham Lincoln did most of his political work.
What is Illinois?
To encourage enlistment in the Union army, Congress did this action for African American soldiers.
What is freeing the families of black soldiers?
This was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
Name 2 advantages the Confederacy had going into the Civil War.
What is having skilled military commanders, fighting in territory they knew, and/or having an agricultural community?
Name 2 disadvantages the Confederacy had going into the Civil War.
What is (open to multiple correct answers)?
Abraham Lincoln ran against this person for U.S. Senate in 1858 AND for U.S. president in 1860.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
Congress did this for states who agreed to gradually abolish slavery.
What is give federal funding to compensate slave owners?
This battle was a major turning point in the Civil War for the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This location was where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his forces to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and ended the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House?
Describe 2 of the 3 points from the Supreme Court ruling in the Dredd Scott decision.
1. Black people had no rights in federal court
2. Slave states didn’t have to honor “Once Free, Always Free”
3. Congress shouldn’t have prohibited slavery in Wisconsin territory or any territory at all
What is a national reputation?
1. Outlawed slavery in Washington, D.C.
2. Promised prosecution for anyone who tried to take/kidnap any slaves from the city.
3. Set aside money to help African Americans resettle in Haiti or Liberia.
This activity took up most of the day in the life of a soldier.
What is doing drills?
After South Carolina, 10 other states seceded from the Union. Name 6 of the other 10.
What is Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas?
Put these 4 events in chronological order: John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry, The Fugitive Slave Act, The Confederacy is formed, and Abraham Lincoln is elected.
1. The Fugitive Slave Act.
2. John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry
3. Abraham Lincoln is elected.
4. The Confederacy is formed
These are two important documents Abraham Lincoln created.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address?
General Sherman's military order on January 16th, 1865 did this thing for African Americans.
What is set aside parts of coastal South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida for exclusively black communities?
This battle had the bloodiest single day of battle.