The Civil War Week 06 and Review

What led to the Nullification Crisis which almost resulted in Civil War in the 1830s?

Where did Union lines hold, at Shiloh, long enough for the army to regroup and counterattack?

What term is used to describe the planning and use of men and resources during battle?

Who had the advantage, at the beginning of the war, in military leadership?

What battle led to Congressional oversight of all general's decisions?

What was the first Confederate stronghold along the Mississippi to fall to the Union?

Who is largely considered the worst President in U.S. history and accused by some of treason?

Which military lines make communication and reinforcement much easier?

What caused slavery to explode westward after it had nearly died out?

What changed the political landscape in the U.S. and caused blood to be spilled over slavery?

Who was the first, and only, President of the Confederate States of America?

What admitted California as a free state and enacted the Fugitive Slave Act?

What military unit is used to scout and mop up the opponent in a rout?

What was the first step in the Union's Anaconda Plan for defeating the South?

What battle secured Union control of TN and gave them access to MS, but at a high cost?

Who arrived with reinforcements at Shiloh, insuring a successful Union counterattack?

What was the name for the movement that tried to outlaw slavery prior to the Civil War?

What is the belief that states have a right to leave the Union?

What is a tax on imports called?

What is a group of warships working together to accomplish an objective called?

What is a series of military actions aimed at accomplishing the same goal?

What Union commander was the first killed during the war and was celebrated as a hero?

T/F: Abraham Lincoln won the majority of the popular vote in the Election of 1860.

What maintained the balance of free and slave states for nearly 30 years?

What battle, caused by Union actions, almost led Missouri to secede from the Union?

What was the most upsetting part of the Dred Scott Decision for Northerners?

What battle saw the first use of the railroad to bring troops directly into combat?

Who was the commander of Confederate forces at Fort Sumter?

What day were the first shots of the Civil War fired at Fort Sumter?

What term is used to describe controlling what will happen on the battlefield next?

The Confederacy withheld cotton from Europe in the hopes of gaining support from which nation?

Who committed the Pottawatomie Massacre and attacked the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

Where did the most important fighting of the First Battle of Bull Run occur?

Where did Grant first demand an unconditional surrender, gaining him his nickname?

T/F: The Underground Railroad was successful in freeing enough slaves to hurt the South.