VOCAB
A smaller river that feeds into a larger river (Mississippi River)
What is tributary
Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
What is that slaves were considered property and not citizens
Why did the border states remain in the Union while the Southern states seceded?
What is they were less dependent on slavery and Lincoln was careful to avoid upsetting them.
How did the compromise Henry Clay proposed in 1850 address the concerns of Southerners?
What is the proposal that the other territories would vote on slavery and the support of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Why did some of the earliest abolitionists favor a gradual end to slavery rather than an immediate one?
What is to give the South's economy time to adjust to the loss of enslaved labor.
To formally withdraw from an alliance or union. (Confederacy did this to the Union)
What is secede
When and why did the Republican Party form?
What is antislavery Democrats and Whigs joined with Free-Soilers to form the Republican Party after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854.
In his antislavery pamphlet. David Walker wrote: "America is more our country than it is the whites'-we have enriched it with our blood and tears." What did he mean by this claim?
What is that Walker argues that the prosperity of the United States is due in large part to the toil and suffering of enslaved people.
Cannons and other large-caliber guns (Antietam)
What is artillery
How did women contribute to the war effort in the North and the South?
What is maintained farms, factories, ran offices, taught school, kept government records, served as nurses, doctors, spies, and dressed as men and enlisted as soldiers.
A person that wanted to end slavery
Who is an abolitionist
Why did Lincoln issue a call for more volunteers after the First Battle of Bull Run?
What is that the Union lost the First Battle of Bull Run and was concerned the war would last longer.
Why were Northerners opposed to the idea of popular sovereignty?
What is Popular sovereignty would overturn the Missouri compromise and allow voters in these territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
Why did fighting the Civil War strain the economy of the South more than that of the North?
What is the South had much of the farmland and many railroad lines destroyed by the war and the naval blockade prevented trade goods from being shipped in or out.
A position in trenches (Fredericksburg)
What is entrenched
A state between the North and South that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join the Confederacy
What is border state
What issue divided the Democratic Party in the election of 1860? How did this division benefit Lincoln?
What is the issue of slavery and its division in the Democratic party gave Lincoln a majority.
What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish? How is that related to the causes of the Civil War?
What is ended slavery and it is what created the division of the South and North.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
It ended the Confederacy's hope that they would get support from Britain and France.
A legal process that prohibits the government from jailing anyone without lawful grounds (Civil War)
What is habeas corpus
A storage facility for weapons and ammunition (Harpers Ferry, Virginia)
What is arsenal
What innovation did the Confederacy use to threaten the Union blockade of Southern Ports?
What is the ironclad named the Virginia.
How do you think the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation affected the way that Southerners thought about the war?
What is concern that slavery would end if they lost the war so they had a renewed sense of purpose in the Civil War
Where is Vicksburg? Why was its capture by Union forces significant?
What is in Mississippi, the Union forces were able to split the Confederacy in two.
To surround and blockad a town or an outpost (Vicksburg)
What is siege