Causes
Vocabulary
Battles
Laws
Secession
100
This man retaliated against pro slavery neighbors in Kansas and tried to start a slave rebellion in Virginia.
John Brown
100
This word means to withdraw
What is secede
100
The opening shots of the war took place at this South Carolina fort
What is Ft Sumter
100
This law forced Northerners to help in the capture of runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
100
This man was chosen as the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
200
This novel convinced many that slavery was evil.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
This is when armed forces prevent anything from coming in or out of an area.
What is a blockade
200
Lee surrendered to Grant at this Virginia town
What is Appomattox Courthouse
200
This law repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing residents in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on the issue of slavery.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act
200
This was the first state to secede.
What is South Carolina
300
This slave led a rebellion that killed 50 Virginians.
Nat Turner
300
These were slave states that did not secede.
Border States
300
This battle gave control of the Mississippi to the Union.
What is Vicksburg
300
This law made foreign goods more expensive by placing a tax on them.
What is Tariff of 1828
300
The capitol of the Confederacy was established in this city.
What is Richmond, VA
400
This name was given to the violence that followed the Kansas Nebraska Act.
What is Bleeding Kansas
400
This system allows residents to vote to decide on an issue.
What is popular sovereignty.
400
This was the first MAJOR battle of the war.
What is Bull Run
400
Lincoln freed all slaves in states that were rebelling with this executive order.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
In all, how many states seceded from the Union.
11
500
Debates between these two men brought the issue of slavery all over the country.
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
500
This political party was dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery
What is the Free Soil Party
500
This battle was the turning point and represented the furthest point north the Confederate army ever got.
What is Gettysburg
500
This Supreme Court decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and allowed for the spread of slavery everywhere.
What is the Dred Scot Decision
500
The election of this year was the final straw that led to secession.
What is 1860
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