Military Moments:
The bloodiest single DAY in the Civil War? (Must include battle and State)
Battle of Antietam- Maryland (1862)
The Missouri Compromise established what border for FUTURE pro & anti-slavery states?
What is: 36*30* Parallel
Name (2) border states AND!!!!
What was unique with Border states?
What is: Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland (West Virginia)
Border states allowed slavery, yet fought with the Union and never seceded
Following the death of the whigs, this Political party will begin to take shape drawing the interest of William Seward, Thaddeus Stevens & Abraham Lincoln
What is: The Republican Party
Created the term "Manifest Destiny" which stated it was America's God given right to expand westward before other nations do.
Who is: John O'Sullivan
The bloodiest BATTLE of the Civil War: Battle & State
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (1863)
The Tallmadge Amendment and Wilmot Proviso failed to pass, yet both looked to:
What is: Prevent slavery into new territories/ prevent slavery from expanding- only in form of Punishment.
This term was given to the brutal violence in the Midwest following the Kansas Nebraska Act:
What is: Bleeding Kansas
The Lincoln-Douglas debates gained attention because they:
* Boosted popularity of both candidates
*Discussed pressing issues including the future of slavery
* Addressed the divide between democrats and republicans
I was an Abolitionist who travelled to Kansas to bring the fight against slavery to border ruffians (pro-slavery) settlers.
Who is: John Brown
First official battle of the Civil War was: (Title, Location)
What is: The Battle of Ft. Sumter: South Carolina
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854: Two effects of the KNA
What is: Repealed Missouri Compromise
Allowed for Slavery North of 36/30
Introduced Popular Sovereignty to the Kansas/Nebraska territory
Created a violent conflict between pro& anti slavery citizens.
1860 Presidential Election.
Lincoln's Election.
2 reasons the Whigs died out were:
What is: Death of Clay, Webster, Fillmore, Taylor.
Kansas Nebraska getting passed.
Sectionally split on slavery.
Bad defeat in 1852 election.
This Illinois Senator was instrumental in passing both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act:
Who is: Stepehen Douglas
Scorched Earth Policy
(2) Stipulations of the Compromise of 1850 were:
Slave trade banned in D.C.
California added as a Free state
STRICTER FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
Texas Borders redefined
Popular Sovereignty in Utah& New Mexico Territories
The 4 "Upper South states seceded following what major event?
The Battle of Ft. Sumter
Southern and Northern Democrats are enraged with each other over the future expansion of slavery with Popular Sovereignty in the North and Legalization in the South in what major Political event:
What is: 1860 DNC
I was one of Lincoln's Commanding Generals and later challenged him to the Presidency
Who is: George McClellan
This will be the official end of the Civil War:
What is: The Battle of Appomattox
Compromise of 1877 dealt with the disputed from the 1876 Presidential election where FL, SC, and LA were contested.
Democrats get:
Republicans get:
Dems: Get control of the southern state governments, can run them however they want, Military troops leave.
Republicans: Rutherford B. Hayes is made President
The Southern and Northern Democrat candidate for the 1860 election were:
S: John Breckenridge
N: Stepehen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson ran for this Political Party in the 1864 Election.
The Union Party
(National Union Party)
I was the chief justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott Case.