Pre Civil War
This was the boundary for slave/non slave of Missouri Compromise
36' 30'
Anti slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Toms Cabin
The biggest reason Abraham Lincoln won the presidency is because:
The southern democrats split their ticket/party 3 ways
Most soldiers deaths in CW were due to:
disease
During this early CW battle, people came to watch the fighting with picnic baskets
Battle of Bull Run
The idea that residents could vote on a territory to be slave/non slave
popular sovereignty
A person who sought to end slavery in the US and overseas was known as a:
Abolitionist
Lincoln was inaugurated and takes office in this year:
1860
This is the STARTING POINT for CW April 12th 1861
The firing on Fort Sumter SC
She was a battlefield nurse, and later organized the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
This is favoring ones own regions/interests over anther regions desires
Sectionalism
Pro Slavery, and Anti Slavery groups tried to kill each other in the territories. This became known as:
Bleeding Kansas
This man is acting US President when South Carolina votes to leave Union (USA)
James Buchanan
This was the number of states OFFICIALLY in the in the Confederates States of America
11
General Lee invades the North, looking to threaten Washington DC. This 3 day battle begins:
Gettysburg
This act made it a crime to help a runaway slave
Fugitive Slave Act
John Brown raided this location in 1858 hoping to arm slaves in a Southern uprising
Harpers Ferry
This man was elected/appointed as the president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
New ships were designed in the CW. They were made of metal, and nicknamed:
Ironclads
This famous actor will assassinate President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater April 14th 1865
John Wilkes Booth
This provision attempted to prohibit slavery in the lands gained from the Mexican War
Wilmot Proviso
Whigs, abolitionists and Free Soilers joined to form this political party in 1854
Republicans
This was the first ever submarine to sink and enemy vessel in wartime
CSS Hunley
This new bullet called the 'minni ball' was invented by"
Claude Minie'
This was found by Union soldiers in a field, wrapping 3 cigars. It was General Robert E. Lee's battle plan for Antietam:
Special Order 191