Vocabulary Terms
To attach or add on to something
What is to Annex?
This large region became an independent nation before it became a new state in the United States
What is the Region of Texas?
What is a fugitive slave?
The ceremony at which someone is sworn into office
What is Inaugural?
First battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Something that is given up like a territory.
What is to Cede or Cession?
This region became the 31st state due to its sudden increase in population
What is the Region of California?
What is the Underground Railroad
(Double Jeopardy)
These were considered the two pillars of the first women's rights movement.
What is Abolition and Temperance?
This battle indicated to the American people that the civil war would be a long and difficult war rather than a quick one
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
(Double Jeopardy)
When a foreigner becomes a citizen.
What is Naturalization?
The 24th state of the U.S. that was allowed to practice slavery due to the compromise of 1850.
What is the state of Missouri?
This Compromise established Missouri as a slave state but any other new states above the 30'36' line would be admitted as free states.
What is the Missouri/1850 Compromise
This Constitutional Amendment officially outlawed slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment
The Confederacy's most successful general
Who is Robert E. Lee?
To do away with. For example the institution of slavery
What is to Abolish?
(Double Jeopardy)
These two states were admitted at the same time resulting in tense debate and violence over whether they would be free states or slave states.
What is Kansas and Nebraska?
This required Northern states to assist slave-catchers find and return runaway slaves
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Decree by Abraham Lincoln that banned slavery in all rebel states during the Civil War
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Unions most successful general
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Someone who dies for his or her beliefs.
What is a Matyr?
This region was disputed between the U.S. government and Great Britain almost resulting in another war between the two nations.
What is the Oregon Territory?
Controversial opinion, that contradicted the Compromise of 1850, which held the belief that states should have the right to choose whether or not to have slavery
What is Popular Sovereignty?
First state to leave the Union and create the Confederacy
What is South Carolina?
Major battle that was considered the turning point in the war for the Union
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?