Foundations of the Civil War
Rising Tensions
General Civil War
Battles
Reconstruction
100
The recovery of runaway slaves was provided for by this act.
Fugitive Slave Act.
100
This was the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina.
100
This was Lincoln's primary goal in fighting the Civil War.
Preserving the Union.
100
William Tecumseh Sherman destroyed Southern railroads, bridges, crops and livestock in this campaign.
Sherman's March to the Sea.
100
This was the primary reason for establishing Black Codes.
Restricting the rights of African Americans.
200
This term refers to the practice of allowing residents of a state or territory to vote on allowing or disallowing slavery.
Popular sovereignty.
200
This was the Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Congress could not regulate or exclude slavery in the territories.
200
This was the primary cause of the Civil War.
States' rights is the most commonly-accepted answer, but many also say slavery. In this class we've discussed how slavery was one issue that brought states' rights to the forefront.
200
This battle resulted in the Confederacy effectively getting cut in half.
Vicksburg.
200
The Thirteenth Amendment did this.
Abolished slavery.
300
This compromise established the 36'30' line.
Missouri Compromise OR Compromise of 1820.
300
This was the location of John Brown's raid.
Harpers Ferry
300
The Emancipation Proclamation did this.
Freed slaves in rebelling states.
300
This battle featured the bloodiest single day of fighting during the Civil War.
Antietam.
300
The Fourteenth Amendment did this.
Guaranteed citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States; established the principle of equal protection under the laws.
400
The Kansas-Nebraska Act did this.
Organized the Kansas and Nebraska territories & determined that slavery would be decided via popular sovereignty.
400
This is why Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
He had been living in some time in a free territory, which he believed warranted him receiving his freedom.
400
Most of the fighting in the Civil War took place in this state.
Virginia.
400
This was the first major battle between Union and Confederate armies, taking place in July 1861 along a creek.
Bull Run, near Manassas, VA.
400
The Fifteenth Amendment did this.
Guaranteed voting rights to black males.
500
The Compromise of 1850 did these things:
Admitted California as a free state; organized Utah territory and New Mexico territory & determined that slavery would be determined by popular sovereignty; slave trade abolished in D.C.; Fugitive Slave Act strengthened.
500
Explain at least one advantage enjoyed by the south and one advantage enjoyed by the north in the Civil War.
North: population (more soldiers); industrial economy (factories); railroad tracks; more supplies (textiles and guns). South: great military leaders (all educated at Westpoint); fought most battles on own land.
500
This term refers to a military tactic in which military AND civilian economic resources are targeted in order to destroy an opponent's ability to fight. Note: Sherman may or may not have used this in his march.
Total war.
500
This important Confederate commander died from a wound suffered at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Stonewall Jackson.
500
This was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau.
Provide assistance to emancipated African Americans.