Unit 7: A Dividing Nation and Civil War

What was the immediate result of Lincoln's election to the Presidency in 1860?

Clara Barton worked with wounded soldiers establishing triage and later founded the

The bloodiest single day of the US Civil War was

Which literary work by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the evils of slavery?

The Confederate soldiers were fighting

What was the purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea?

What Godly belief by the US led to conflicts with Mexico and the Native Americans?

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?

Missouri Comp (1820), Comp of 1850, & the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

Peace Democrats that were often arrested for speaking critically of Lincoln and the gov

Which of the following would be an example of anti-slavery propaganda

The issue of slavery would be decided by a vote of the residents of the territories was called?

The main goal of Lincoln and the Union at the beginning of the Civil War was to

What compromise created & strengthened a Fugitive Slave Act as part of its terms of agreement?

When a state leaves or breaks away from the Union or country to form its own is called

A new technology that was introduced that plated the hulls of wooden ships were called

President Lincoln suspended accused people the right to a hearing before being jailed called?

In the 1850s the phrase Bleeding Kansas was used to describe clashes between

Why would the admission of Missouri, Maine, or California by itself be a issue in the Senate?

PopularSovereignty determined if slavery existed in Kansas,Y were there more votes than people.

Of the four presidential candidates in the 1860 election, who was not the ballot in the South?

During the early 1800s exaggerated loyalty to a region over the country as a whole was called?

How did Southern states justify secession from the Union?

Frederick Douglas,Harriet Tubman,William Lloyd Garrison were all leaders in the movement to end

What 1820 comp. used the 36⁰ latitude line to determine if new states would be free or slave?

What best describes the economic differences between the North & South prior to the Civil War?

In the 1850s, why did many runaways slaves go to Canada?

What law forced anyone aware of fugitive or runaway slaves to return them to their owner?

During the American Civil War women served in what capacity

What Union General carried out General Grant's strategy of Total War?

The series of pathways that help enslaved people escape to freedom was called?

Rapid growth in the territories like California was a result of

What 1854 law repealed the Missouri Compromise & implemented popular sovereignty in its place?

The first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) demonstrated

The main issue in the seven 1858 Illinois debates between Abe Lincoln & Stephen Douglas was

Why did the South have trouble importing and exporting goods?

When did the US Civil War take place?

Why did President Lincoln need to be careful about the border states during the Civil War?

What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the 1^st half of the 1800s?

Who was the extreme abolitionist who led an attack in Kansas & led a raid on Harper's Ferry?

In 1861, 48 Virginia counties disagreed with secession and organized themselves into

The 1^st step towards abolition taken by Lincoln by freeing all slaves in states of rebellion

What was the result of the Siege of Vicksburg?

Confederate Ships that attempted to smuggle imports and exports through Union lines?

The balance between Free and Slave states was a huge issue, what did this balance refer to?

What new political party was created in 1856 by groups that opposed slavery in different ways?

The New York City Riots were the worst disturbance dealing with what government policy?

The movement to end slavery was known as the

Why did the Battle of Chancellorsville cost the Confederacy dearly?

What city was selected as the Confederate capital which is close to the Union's capital?

How did Union supporters in NC benefit or save the state?

A northerner with southern feeling was called?

What battle of the Civil War was known as the turning point?

What does "rich man's war and a poor man's fight" mean?

Who was elected as the first President of the Confederate States of America?

Where did Robert E Lee surrender effectively ending the American Civil War?

The first state to secede from the Union was

One of the Confederacy's greatest strengths was its

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford helped to increase sectional conflict by

Bleeding Kansas, Brooks-Sumner Incident, & Fugitive Slave Act led to