15.1 Tensions Rise Between North and South
This Novel presented the cruelty and immorality of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1856 Supreme Court case in which a slave, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom. What was the result of the court case?
Dred Scott v Sanford
This was the first major battle of the Civil War
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
First Battle of Bull Run
True/False Soldiers in the war went weeks without bathing or washing their clothes.
True
A system that allows residents to vote to decide an issue.
Popular Sovereignty
Federal arsenal in Virginia; capture in 1859 during an antislavery revolt.
Harpers Ferry
The nation formed by the Southern States
Confederacy
Soldiers quickly learned to stay low to the ground to avoid rifle fire in these. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Trenches
Under this law, accused fugitives could be held without an arrest warrant DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Fugitive Slave Act
This political party formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery
Republican Party
This strategy was adopted by the union to defeat the Confederacy. Hint: Snake
Anaconda Plan
This new Civil War technology transformed naval war. It was powered by steam, and with their sides protected by iron plates, they were fast and deadly.
Ironclads
This was the political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. The party’s slogan expressed its ideals—“Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men.”
Free-Soil Party
Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Abraham Lincoln
This military general became the south’s greatest general. He originally resigned from the US Army and joined the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee
These people were private suppliers who often supplied shoddy goods.
Contractors
This act proposed to divide the territory into two parts Nebraska and Kansas DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This party supports states’ rights and favors limited government.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Democratic Party