Civil War

What was a difference between the war strategies of the Union and Confederacy?

• The Confederacy brought the battles to the North.

• The Union's plan was to surround the Confederacy and block southern ports.

• The Confederacy came up with the Anaconda Plan.

• The Union waited for the Confederates to come to them.

After Lincoln was elected...

• the Southern states seceded because they feared he would take away states' rights to make decisions about slavery

• the Northern states seceded because they feared he would allow slavery to spread throughout the US

• the Southern states seceded and created their own country called the Union

• the Northern states seceded from the Union and called themselves the Confederacy

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery in the Confederacy

• Abolished slavery in the United States

• Abolished slavery in the whole world

• Abolished slavey in the North only

Why was the election of 1860 important?

• Lincoln lost the election to Stephen Douglas who was in favor of slavery.

• Lincoln, who was against slavery, won the election by electoral votes.

• Lincoln won the election and successfully united the country against slavery.

• Douglas won the election and fought to end slavery.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act made it possible for...

• states to vote to be free states or slave states

• the Southern states abolish slavery

• slavery to be outlawed in any new states formed in the West

• Dred Scott to be freed

A person who was against slavery was known as __.

• A confederate

• An abolitionist

• A loyalist

• A patriot

Who was Dred Scott?

• Dred Scott was a British soldier who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

• Dred Scott was a confederate who convinced southern states to secede from the Union.

• Dred Scott was a slave, who fought for his freedom in the Supreme Court, but was denied.

• Dred Scott was a patriot who spoke about fighting for independence from Great Britain.

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A public announcement Lincoln gave to free ALL slaves living in ALL states

• An announcement where Lincoln proclaimed that all slaves living in the rebel states were free

• A letter Lincoln wrote to Jefferson Davis surrendering to the Confederacy

• A law added to the Constitution abolishing slavery in the US

Who was John Brown?

• A slave owner who was in favor of seceding from the Union to preserve slavery in the South.

• A Confederate soldier who died at the Battle of Gettysburg.

• A Union soldier who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.

• An abolitionist who led a raid for weapons, but was captured and sentenced to death for treason.

___ is known for helping to convince Lincoln to free the slaves in the Confederacy.

• William Loyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert E. Lee