States
This state became a free state after the signing of the Missouri Compromise
Maine
President of the United States in 1861
Abraham Lincoln
A deal made that added 1 new slave state and 1 new free state
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The practice or system of owning another person through exhausting labor or restricted freedom
Slavery
To get rid of something permanently.
Abolish
This state is where John Brown led a raid on a military base
Virginia
This person led an attack on a military base in 1859 hoping to create a slave rebellion
John Brown
This fort was attacked in Charleston, South Carolina
Fort Sumter
A war between citizens of the same country
Civil War
Who said, "I, [name], am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood," before being executed?
John Brown
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This state was the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
A previous U.S. Colonel who later became a Confederate Military General
Robert E. Lee
A tactic of fighting the enemy and then quickly relocating position to attack again
Guerrilla Warfare
Eleven slave holding states that seceded from the Union in 1861
Confederacy / Confederate States
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This ship carried 200 new U.S. troops to Charleston Harbor to defend Fort Sumter but was turned away - what was the name of this ship?
Star of the West
This state had warfare starting in 1854 over the issue of slavery
Kansas
U.S. Major who refused to abandon his position at Fort Sumter
Major Robert Anderson
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This network was used by slaves to escape to the North from the South
The Underground Railroad
An estate on which crops such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by slave labor
Plantation
What was the name of the plan the Union used to create a blockade around the Confederacy?
Anaconda Plan
This state was one of the states that seceded from the Union and joined South Carolina after the battle of Fort Sumter
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee
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The 15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
What was the date that Fort Sumter was attacked?
April 12, 1861
Where the people in the territory vote and decide to become a free state or slave state
Popular Sovereignty
Not including todays, what was another "Country of the Day" on the whiteboard this week?
*risky*
+100 points for any others named
Panama, Belgium, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe