Was president of the United States

Opposed the spread of slavery

Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Was determined to preserve the Union, by force if necessary

Believed the United States was one nation, not a collection of independent states

Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”

Was president of the Confederate States of America

Was general of the Union army that defeated Lee

Was leader of the Army of Northern Virginia

Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia

Opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

Urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to fight on

Was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia

Was a former enslaved African American who promoted African American involvement in the Civil War

The firing on ______________ South Carolina, began the war.

The firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, _________ the war.

The First Battle of __________ (also known as the Battle of First Manassas) in northern Virginia was the first major battle.

The First Battle of Bull Run (also known as the Battle of First Manassas) in northern Virginia was the ________ major battle.

The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation made _______________ the new focus of the war. Many freed African Americans joined the Union army.

The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war. Many freed African Americans joined the ___________ army.

The Battle of _________________in southern Mississippi divided the South; the North controlled the Mississippi River.

The Battle of _______________ in southern Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war; the North repelled Lee’s invasion.

Lee’s surrender to Grant at __________________ House in 1865 ended the war.

The Union _____________ of southern ports (e.g., Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans)

Battle locations were influenced by the struggle to capture ___________ cities (e.g., Richmond; Washington, D.C.)

Control of the _______ ground was important in battles (e.g., Gettysburg)

Which is NOT a border state?

Which is NOT a Confederate state?

Which is NOT a Union state?

The South feared that the North would take control of __________, and Southerners began to proclaim states’ rights as a means of self-protection.

The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim ______________ as a means of self-protection.

The North believed that the nation was a union that _____________ be divided.

While the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply ____________the nation.

An important issue separating the country related to the power of the __________ government.

Southerners believed that they had the power to declare any national law _________.

Northerners believed that the national government's power was ____________ that of the states.

Southerners felt that the abolition of slavery would _________ their region’s economy.

Northerners believed that slavery should be ____________ for moral reasons.

Missouri Compromise (1820): ____________ entered the Union as a slave state; _________ entered the Union as a free state

Which does NOT belong with the Compromise of l850?

Kansas-Nebraska Act: People in each state would decide the ___________ issue (“popular sovereignty”).

Following Lincoln's election, many southern states _____________ the Union.

________________ forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War.

Lincoln and many Northerners believed that the United States was one nation that could not be ________________.

Most Southerners believed that the states had freely created and joined the union and could ________ leave it.

Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South eventually resulted in the __________.

While there were several differences between the North and the South, the issues related to _____________ increasingly divided the nation and led to the Civil War.

Much of America's economy revolved around the institution of __________.

The North was mainly ___________ society in which people held jobs in cities.

The South was primarily _______________ society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.

Because of their cultural differences, people of the North and South found it difficult to agree on ________________________ issues.

The North was more of _____________________ region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition.

People in the north ______________ tariffs

People in the south______________ tariffs

Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices of manufactured goods to __________. Planters were also concerned that Great Britain might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added.

Southern planters were also concerned that _______________ might stop buying cotton from the South if tariffs were added.

A major conflict was ________ rights versus _________________ government.