The Civil War
Under the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted into the Union as a slave state?
Missouri
These people wanted to end slavery immediately and ran an anti-slavery movement
Abolitionists
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Emancipation Proclamation
Under the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted to the Union as a free state?
Maine
This gentleman is famous for escaping slavery and becoming a prominent abolitionist. He is well known for his autobiography.
Frederick Douglas
What was Stephan's opinion on how slavery should be dealt with?
Popular sovereignty, each state should decide whether they have slaves or not.
Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?
John Davis
This was the deadliest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery where?
Louisiana purchase, north of 36, 30
Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be a free man?
He had lived in a free state
Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery made him a ________, or someone who is against slavery (not an abolitionist)
Free soiler
List one advantage the North had over the South in the Civil War
More railway lines
More factories
Already established government and military
Two-thirds of the nation’s population
Leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Why was it important to have the same number of slave and free states?
To maintain an equal balance in Congress
What did the Supreme Court say in the Dred Scott decision?
Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
Dred Scott was not a citizen and therefore didn't have a case and he wasn't free
This man ran against Abraham Lincoln for the 1858 Senate Race and the 1860 presidential election.
Stephan Douglas
List one advantage the South had over the North in the Civil War
Better military commanders
Planned on fighting a war of attrition (fight the enemy on their land and wear them down)
Motivation- southerners tended to be more passionate about what they were fighting for.
Person responsible for the destructive "March to the Sea" that destroyed several Southern cities
Sherman
The Missouri Compromise settled North-South disagreements over slavery until when?
1854, Dred Scott Decision
This man was an abolitionist and the editor of the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator
William Llyod Garrison
What happened with the southern states shortly after the election of 1860?
They started to secede
List one component of the North's Anaconda Plan
Control the Mississippi River.
Capture RICHMOND (the southern capital)
Destroy major Southern cities like Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah
How many African-American soldiers had fought for the Union by the end of the Civil War?
Did they receive equal treatment in the Union army?
200,000
No