civil war questions Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| battle; meade vs lee; each wanted to get to a shoe factory first; turning point in the east | gettysburg |
| great compromise; author of the american system, missouri compromise, compromise of 1850 and kansas nebraska act | henery clay |
| nicknamed stonewall; stopped mcclellan from taking richmond | thomas jackson |
| place where the civil war began | ft.sumter |
| prohibited slavery morth of 36 30 in the louisiana purchase territory after 1820 | missouri compromise |
| capitaL OF THE confederacy | richmond |
| commander in cheif of union forces at the end of the civil war; general | ulysses s grant |
| union ridge at the battle of gettysburg | cemetery |
| union commander of the eastern theatre at the beggining of the civil war | george mcclellan |
| battle which gave control of the mississippi river to the union forces; turning point in the west | vicksburg |
| slave who sued his master for his freedom because he had lived for 4 years on free territory | dred scott |
| attempted to start a slave rebellion by attacking a federal arsenal and taking the guns and ammunition; later convicted and hanged | john brown |
| union general who left a path of destruction 300 miles laong and 60 miles wide of utter destruction when splitting the south; helped grant caputure confederate leader robert e lee. | william sherman |
| part of the northern strategy plan to prevent the south from trading its cotton for european war supplies | blockade |
| act which permitted slavery in the area north of 36 30 of the louisiana territory therby voiding the missouri compromise | kansas nebraska act |
| term used to describe the favoring of interest of one group over those of the nation as a whole | sectionalism |
| president of the confederate states of america | jefferson davis |
| place where the civil war ended | appomattox |
| legislation that required anyone to return a runaway slave fount anywhere in the us; part of the compromise of 1850 | fugitive slave act |
| president of the united states during civil war; hoped to end the extension of slavery in the territories | abraham lincoln |
| ????? proclamation that freed slaves in states that were still in rebellion during the civil war; weekened the confederacy by causing chaous | emancipation |
| name the suicidal attack at the battle of gettysburg | pickets charge |
| place where the john brown tried to capture an arsenal and use the ammunition to start a slave rebellion | harpers ferry |
| battle in which union forces under sherman captured the central railway center railway center in the heart of the confederacy | chattanooga |
| commander in cheif of confederate armies during the civil war | robbert e lee |
| capital of the union | washington dc |
| leader of the underground railroad which led slaves to freedom before and during the civil war | harriet tubman |
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