Answer What was the main issue at the heart of the War?

Slavery in the New Territories/States Home

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What was the last event that led to secession? Answer

Election of Lincoln Home

This book angered Southerners and turned Northerners into Abolitionists? Answer

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Home

Home state of Fort Sumter (first to secede). Answer

South Carolina Home

A bit more moderate than Abolitionists, they wanted to stop slavery from expanding. Answer

Free-Soilers

The compromise that set up 36/30. Answer

This compromise allowed Texas as a slave state and set up the Fugitive Slave Law. Answer

The Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise

This is when you allow the people in a state to vote on the issue of slavery. Answer

Popular Soveriegnty

Who did Lincoln debate with in 1858, bringing the slavery debate into the news? Answer

Stephen A. Douglas

Where was John Brown’s first wave of violence? Answer

Bleeding Kansas

The first real battle of the war was in this location, somewhere between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Answer

Bull Run or Manassas Junction

This was Lee’s 2nd attack in the North; his army failed again, but were allowed to escape again. After this the South had no chance. Answer

The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

It was in this Battle that Grant finally gained full control of the Mississippi. It is considered the pivotal battle in the Western Theatre. Answer

The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi

In Lee’s first Northern attack he lost when McClellan set up an ambush. Answer

The Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg, Maryland

Jackson was killed here. Answer

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia

In 1860, the West ended here, and the Frontier began. Answer

The Mississippi River

Who was the winning General at Henry and Donelson, and Shiloh? Answer

General Grant

This General brought Total War to Georgia. Answer

Sherman

Where was Grant living when he joined the war effort? Answer

Galena, Illinois

This win in the West sealed off the most vital port in the South. Answer

The Battle of New Orleans

Which side had the advantage entering the war? Answer

North

Who was the slave who sued for his freedom, but lost? Answer

Dred Scott

Name two of the Capitols of the Confederacy. Answer

Richmond, Virginia; Montgomery, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia

What military academy trained most of the Civil War Generals for both sides? Answer

West Point

Name the 3 American wars that preceded the Civil War. Answer

The American Revolution, The War of 1812, and the Mexican War.

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