Civil War Vocab
This term means the South leaving the Union
Secession
The North was also known as this during the Civil War.
The Union
This compromise kept an equal number of slave and free states.
Missouri Compromise
This amendment officially ended slavery.
13th Amendment
Many settlers traveled west on this trail to Oregon.
The Oregon Trail
These states allowed slavery but stayed in the Union.
Border States
The South called itself this after seceding.
The Confederate States of America
This act allowed territories to decide about slavery by popular sovereignty.(The people got to decide)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This amendment guaranteed due process and citizenship rights.
14th Amendment
Settlers often left for Oregon during this month to avoid winter weather.
April
This was Lincoln’s 1863 order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This side wanted slavery to expand into new territories.
Confederacy
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas became known as this.
Bleeding Kansas
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
One positive of Westward Expansion was finding this precious metal.
Gold
These laws restricted the rights of freed African Americans after the Civil War.
Black Codes (Will accept Jim Crow)
Delaware fought for this side during the Civil War.
The Union
This court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens.
Dred Scott Decision
These tests were used to prevent African Americans from voting.
Literacy Test
This reform movement was linked to improving mental health conditions.
Prison Reform Movement
This period focused on rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Most factories in the United States were located in this region.
The North
The election of this president led to the southern states seceding.
Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction officially ended with the removal of this.
Military troops
When new states joined the U.S., the biggest question was whether they would be this or this.
Free or Slave State