Set: Civil War Quiz

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Term Definition
pounds of cotton per slave 250
starting age for children in cotton fields 9
Cotton Gin increased amount of cotton a slave could produce
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln in 1863, freed slaves in Confederacy, signalled change in Union's war goals
Missouri Compromise 1820, Maine admitted as free state, Missouri as slave state, established 36, 30 line for all lands in Louisiana purchase
Compromise of 1850 California as free state, popular sovereignty in Mexican Cession, end of slave trade in DC, fugitive slave law
Kansas-Nebraska Act popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territory
Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin novel published in 1852 that increased abolitionist movement, angered southerners and gave northerners a greater understanding of the brutality of slavery
John Brown abolitionist martyr, hanged after failed raid on Harper's Ferry
Dred Scott Case Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but are property, affirmed that property cannot be interfered with by Congress, slaves do not become free if they travel to free territories or states, fueled abolitionist movement, hailed as victory for the south
Fugitive Slave Law 1850 law made it illegal to help runaway slaves
Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate
Election of 1860 Lincoln wins election without winning any Southern states
Fort Sumter First shots of Civil War, Confederates fired upon Federal fort, fort surrenders, war begins
Bull Run 1st real battle, Confederate victory, Washingtonian spectators gather to watch battle, Gen. Jackson stands as Stonewall and turns tide of battle in favor of Confederates, realization that war is not going to be quick and easy for either side
Jefferson Davis president of Confederacy
total war strategy of destorying anything that will help the enemy, used by Grant to help Union win
Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863, turning point in war, Union victory, most deadly battle
Gettysburg Address Speech given by Lincoln in November, 1863 to honor dead and reaffirm Declaration of Independence Ideals
Free Soil Party anti-slavery poltical party
William Tecumseh Sherman Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war
Ulysses S. Grant Union commander who employed total war tactic
Appomattox Courthouse site of Confederate surrender
Northern Advantages industrial economy, control of infrastructure,large population, control of navy
Southern Advantages knowledge of land, fighting to protect lifestyle, better trained soldiers,strong military leaders
Total number of casualites approx. 600,000
Number of states who seceded 11
1st state to secede South Carolina
Lincoln's initial goal for war to preserve Union

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Creator mlahey
Created June 5, 2007
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  1. Total number of casualites → approx. 600,000 - 73 misses
  2. Number of states who seceded → 11 - 62 misses
  3. starting age for children in cotton fields → 9 - 58 misses
  4. Lincoln's initial goal for war → to preserve Union - 50 misses
  5. Appomattox Courthouse → site of Confederate surrender - 49 misses
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  7. Harriet Beecher Stowe → author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - 41 misses