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5.2: Sectionalism from 1850-1860
& The Civil War (1861-1865)
along in the student packet:
“Content students MUST KNOW to be
successful on the GHSGT” (pg. 92-96)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Federal Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
increased
The incident at Harpers Ferry’s greatly ___________
tensions between the North and South (a)
Sectionalism 1857-1860
Sectionalism 1857-1860
By 1860, the Republicans elected Lincoln
without even campaigning in the South!
Secession & the Effects of Fort Sumter
Civil War was not technically
between slave states & free states
(the “border states” of MO, KY,
DE, MD did not secede)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
In April 1861, a skirmish at Fort Sumter, SC
led to the 1st shots fired of the Civil War
Advantages of the Union & Confederacy
Antietam, 1862:
Convinced England &
France not to join war
with CSA & convinced
Lincoln to issue the
Emancipation
Proclamation
Gettysburg, 1863:
The “turning point”
of the Civil War
Vicksburg, 1863:
Cut off Southern access to
Mississippi River & led to
Ulysses Grant’s promotion
The
Civil
War
Emancipation in 1863
The border states could keep their slaves
(until 13th amendment passed in 1865)
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was a famous
Union general during the Civil War.
Confederate lines around Atlanta were some of the most fortified
of the War. General Johnston hoped to inflict unacceptable losses
upon Sherman if he should try to take the city.
Sherman’s first step was to capture the Confederate rail hub of
Atlanta. He assaulted the Confederate positions at Kenesaw
Mountain, the key to the rest of the area.
Peachtree Street in Atlanta after the Federal
bombardment of the city. Marietta Street runs to the left
and Decatur Street to the right.
Soldiers destroy a railroad during General Sherman's
march to the sea.
By the end of the Civil War, most of the South's
locomotives had been destroyed.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?
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2.
The Grimke sisters
Thomas Paine
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher
Stowe
Th
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1.
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What was a result of the
Kansas-Nebraska Act?
3.
4.
60%
Speed!
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2.
Popular sovereignty
for Kansas and
Nebraska
A reaffirmation of
the Missouri
Compromise
Several years of
peace on the issue
of slavery
The end of the
political career of
Stephen Douglas
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1.
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considered a cause of
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The Emancipation
Proclamation
Lincoln’s victory in
the election of
1860
The Gettysburg
Address
“Bleeding Kansas”
Th
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1.
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2.
please Southerners
rule that slaves did
not have rights
declare the
Missouri
Compromise
unconstitutional
guarantee that
slavery would not
be allowed in future
states
pl
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1.
10
What was one effect of John
Brown’s actions at Harpers Ferry?
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3.
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2.
An end to the
abolitionist
movement
An increase in the
tensions between
the North and South
A brief period of
national unity
An embarrassing
defeat for Robert E.
Lee
An
1.
10
All of the following were
strengths of the North EXCEPT
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Capabilities
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1.
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10
The Civil War began with the
Confederate attack on
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3.
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Fort Wagner
Fort
McHenry
Fort Sumter
Fort
Bennings
Fo
rt
1.
80%
10
Lincoln’s main goal at the
beginning of the war
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3.
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th
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2.
Free the slaves
Preserve the
Union
Gain the support
of European
countries
Win reelection
Fr
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1.
10
Despite the many disadvantages facing
the South, a huge advantage was that
they planned to fight a
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of
a
2.
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aggression
War of
neutrality
Offensive war
Defensive war
W
ar
1.
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10
What was the approximate number of
slaves who were immediately freed by
the Emancipation Proclamation?
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What was the stated aim of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
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2.
to free all slaves in
the United States
to free slaves
behind Confederate
lines
to free slaves in
Union slaves states
to enlist slaves in
the Union army
to
1.
10
The Battle of Gettysburg was NOT
So
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3.
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st
2.
a devastating
defeat for the
Confederates
the battle that cut
the Confederacy in
two
a battle with heavy
casualties on both
sides
the last time the
South invaded the
North
a
1.
10
Which of the following quotations
is from the Gettysburg Address?
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.
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2.
“We are not prepared for this
90%
suffrage. But we can learn.”
“You are rushing into war with
one of the most powerful, …
determined people on earth.”
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes
a man healthy, wealthy, and
wise.”
10%
“That the government of the
0%
0%
people, by the people and for the
people shall not perish”
“W
e
1.
10
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) took
place in what century?
1. 17th
60%
2. 18th
3. 19th
30%
4. 20th
10%
20
th
19
th
18
th
17
th
0%
10
Converting Years into Centuries and
Centuries into Years
Easiest way to remember:
 What year is it? 2010
st
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 What century are we in?
 The century is always one more
than the year.
 But why???
1st
0
2nd
100
3rd
200
A.D
4th
300
400
1900
2000
2100
What battle gave the North control
over the Mississippi?
20%
Vi
ck
sb
ur
g
10%
G
et
ty
sb
ur
g
4.
30%
ta
m
3.
40%
An
tie
2.
Atlanta
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
At
la
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a
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ks
on
The man whose “Georgia Campaign”
resulted in Lincoln winning
reelection
80%
1. Stonewall
Jackson
2. George Meade
3. Winfield Scott
20%
4. William T.
0% 0%
Sherman
10