US Civil War

"Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation"

Abolitionists wanted enslaved Africans to work for them,& thought it was fine if others did,too

What was Grant’s impact on the Civil War?

A civil war is a war between different groups of people or regions within one country.

From our readings and discussions, which area did the South have a clear advantage over the North in the Civil War?

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

The North economy depended on factories, & south economy depended on growing crops/slaves

The Fourteenth Amendment gave

The issue fo slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S. Civil War.

Gettysburg, the turning point in the war, was fought in this state

Major confederate win as Gen. Burnside makes tactical errors that causes 13 K Union casualties

California entered the Union as a free state as a result of the

Confederate victory at 1st Battle of War shows this Civil War will not be short

Place the following events in sequence, from left to right: A) Sherman's March; B) Fort Sumter; C) Battle of Gettysburg

Congressional Reconstruction ended after the election of 1876 because

The Union was made up of the northern states that did not secede from the United States

Under popular sovereignty, the issue of slavery in the west was to be decided by the

What was Lincoln's goal at the outset of the Civil War?

General Sherman wrecked Southern infrastructure, which hurt Confederate plans. What is an example of infrastructure?

Compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service

I founded the American Red Cross.

What title was shared by both George Washington and Jefferson Davis?

A clerk decided whether a citizen was literate or not after they read the state constitution.

I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Loyalty to the interests of one's own region rather than to the country as a whole

Sherman’s "March to the Sea" shows the use of which of the following war strategies?

What U.S. President was also a Civil War general?

I was an enslaved African who escaped to Pennsylvania to gain my freedom.

I commanded the Union Army.

The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as:

In 1858 Lincoln & Douglas engaged in a series of debates seeking a seat in this State’s Senate

The primary economic activity of the South was manufacturing.

Lee splits his outnumbered troops in half to surprise Union here; Stonewall Jackson dies

I was president during the U.S.Civil War.

What might have happened had the Civil War not occurred?

Union victory at this battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

Which of the following abolished slavery in the “rebellious territories”?

Legal theory that a state has the right to invalidate any federal law

I helped wounded soldiers get the medical supplies and care they needed.

The Confederacy was the collection of Northern states that didn't secede from the United States

Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Missouri and THIS STATE were the 5 Border States

The Yankees fought for the Union.

The Confederacy included the following states EXCEPT:

The Radical Republicans in Congress after the Civil War

I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

Tennessee battle where Ulysses Grant first makes his name in Union victory

One immediate result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it ___.

3-Day defeat of Confederacy at this battle was the last foray into the North by Robert E. Lee

The balloon continued to expand until it suddenly popped.

The North relied on all of the following sources of troops EXCEPT:

Taking major trade port helped Union to start to close the Mississippi River to the South

While serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all of the following EXCEPT:

Rebels was the name given to the Union soldiers.

Why did firing on Fort Sumter spark the beginning of the Civil War?

Slavery is when people are free to make choices for themselves and are paid for their work.

What can you infer from the fact that the first Civil War battles had spectators?

A broken pencil is of great value when you are trying to take a test.

I commanded the Confederate Army.

What can you conclude about West Virginia from its actions at the time of the Civil War?

Which view best summarizes Lincoln's position on slavery in 1858?

The Emancipation Proclamation said that slavery would be abolished in Confederate states.

Prevented blacks registered to vote from voting at party elections

Which term best describes the Battle of Gettysburg?

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

The first state to leave the Union

Plantations are large farms where crops are raised.

President Lincoln used many advisors to help him make decisions during his presidency.

I surrendered to General Grant at Appotomax.

Women helped out during the war in all of the following EXCEPT:

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

When a team loses a game, we can say they experienced a defeat.

The law that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36 30’ was the

What was the intended effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

This event marked the beginning of the Civil War: