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Who led an attempted slave rebellion and became a martyr for the abolitionist cause?
John Brown
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was the Northern army called?
Union
What was the Southern army called?
Confederate
After Lincoln's election in 1860, the Southern states _____, or left, the United States.
seceded
T or F: Lincoln's platform in the election of 1860 was to end slavery.
F
General Robert E Lee led the ____ army.
Confederate
General Ulysses S. Grant led the ___ army.
Union
Which side had more experienced military generals?
South
Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter, SC
The CIvil War started when the ___ attacked the ___ at Fort Sumter
South, North
What battle is the turning point of the CIvil War?
Gettysburg
WHY is the Battle of Gettysburg considered the turning point of the war?
The Southern army lost 3 out of every 4 men and was never able to recover from their losses. They could not plan large-scale attacks again.
What document did Lincoln create to free slaves in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
T or F: The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in EVERY state in America.
F - only in states rebelling against the Union. The other states were expected to free slaves on their own to set an example for the Southern states.
Which Northern General led a march through the South, burning everything in his path?
General Sherman
What was the period after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
An abolitionist is...
a person who wanted to end slavery.
The imaginary line dividing free states from slave states is called the...
Mason-Dixon Line
Which Supreme Court case declared that slaves did not have the same human rights as other citizens?
Dred Scott case
T or F: The Fugitive Slave Act made it illegal for Southern plantation owners to hunt for their escaped slaves.
F - It made it illegal for Northerners to help runaway slaves escape.
What is popular sovereignty?
States had the right to vote for whether or not they wanted to have slaves
Name one of the new technologies Lincoln used to help his army win the war.
Telegraph or railroad
Which Amendment ended slavery in the U.S.?
13th
States that allowed slavery but did NOT join the Southern states when they seceded were called
Border States
Being more loyal to one's own region of the country rather than to the whole country is called...
Sectionalism
The Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River was called the...
Anaconda Plan
A war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields is called...
Total War
What was the main purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg address?
To dedicate the battlefield as a final resting place for soldiers who fought on both sides. He told Americans to finish the fight and solve the conflict.
Where does General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
T or F: The North had more railroads, cities, and factories than the South.
T
Why did Reconstruction fail?
Lack of government funding, white Southerners resist change
Who became President of the US after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters had a bloody fight to gain support in a new territory in which event?
Bleeding Kansas
List 3 problems of Civil War soldiers in their camps.
Starvation, disease, hygiene, boredom...
T or F: Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C. in the Compromise of 1850.
F: The slave trade was stopped, but slavery was not banned all together.
How many years does "four score and seven" equal?
87


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