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100
Passed by Southerners to further restrict slaves because of rebellions such Nat Turner's.
What is Slave Codes.
100
Escaped slave who became conductor of the Underground Railroad.
What is Harriet Tubman.
100
A presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.
What is Emancipation Proclamation.
100
Nickname for Kansas that resulted after pro-slavery and antislavery forces began fighting over the slavery issue.
What is Bleeding Kansas.
100
Political party formed by antislavery Whigs and Democrats in 1848; opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories.
What is Free Soil Party.
200
After Lincoln was elected, but before he was inaugerated, 7 Southern states withdrew from the U.S.; Buchanan, the lame duck president decided to leave the problem for Lincoln to take care of. What is this term called?
What is Secession.
200
Shot Lincoln at Ford's theatre on April 14th, 1865.; Escaped by jumping onto stage which broke his leg &fled town on a waiting horse.
What is John Wilkes Booth.
200
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
What is 13th Amendment.
200
Considered bloodiest battle of the war; major turning point; South invaded North and lost; France & Great Britain would not come in on the side of the Confederacy.
What is Gettysburg.
200
Cane beating of Senator Charles Sumner by Congressman Preston Brooks; resulted from Sumner’s remarks about the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Brooks’ relative Senator Andrew Butler.
What is Brooks-Sumner Incident.
300
Considered traitors by those in the North, they favored immediate peace with the Confederacy.
What is Copperheads.
300
American career military officer and education administrator who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
What is Robert E. Lee.
300
1854 federal law that established popular sovereignty in newly organized territories and overturned the Missouri Compromise.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act.
300
General Lee led his army into enemy territory in Maryland, hoping to gain a major victory in order to convince Britain to give official recognition & support to the Confederacy; Union troops intercepted the Confederate troops and the bloodiest single day of the war resulted; Lee retreated to Virginia.
What is Antietam.
300
Approximately 180,000 escaped slaves and freemen served in Union Army.
What is African-American Participation.
400
Party organized by Jackson’s opponents in 1834; took name from the old Whig party in England that had opposed the power of the king.
What is Whig Party.
400
18th President of the United States;following his success as military commander in the American Civil War.
What is Ulysses S. Grant.
400
Missouri became slave state, Maine a free state, territories above 36’30 would be free.
What is Missouri Compromise of 1820.
400
Site of the opening engagement of the Civil War; one of only two forts in the South still under Union control; on April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army began bombarding the fort, which surrendered on April 14; Congress declared war on the Confederacy the next day.
What is Fort Sumter, SC.
400
Confederate soldiers charged Union men who were en route to besiege Richmond; Union troops fled back toWashington; Confederates didn't realize their victory in time to follow; first major battle of the Civil War – both sides were ill-prepared.
What is First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas.
500
Position held by Stephan Douglas that people i a territory have the power to prohibit slavery by refusing to pass local laws necessary to make a slave system work.
What is Freeport Doctrine.
500
Early Union army leader in the Civil War; careful organizer and planner who moved too slowly for northern politicians; ran against President Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864.
What is George McClellan.
500
1. California would be a free state 2. New Mexico & Utah would decide the slavery issue themselves (popular sovereignty) 3. Sale of slaves in DC abolished 4. Texas gave up claims to New Mexico for 10 million dollars 5. A stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed
What is Compromise of 1850.
500
Location of Confederate General Lee’s surrender to Union General Grant ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Courthouse.
500
Attack on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to arm the slaves for an uprising; led by John Brown who was captured and hanged.
What is Raid on Harper's Ferry.
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