Lead up to War
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Civil War
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Maine joined the Union as a Free State, and Missouri joined the Union as a slave state. A 36/30 line was set up as well.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
100
He was elected in the Election of 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter?
100
The Period before the Civil War.
What is the Antebellum Period?
100
He was a 23 year old slave was the pilot of a Confederate ship.
Who is Robert Smalls?
200
California would join the Union as a free state. A Fugitive slave law would be put in place.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
200

He lead a charge which caused mass destruction all the way to the sea.

Who is William T. Sherman? 

200

The south thought they would lose if they lost this vital spot along the mississippi river. 

What is Vicksburg. 

200
Submarine used by the Confederacy.
What is the HL Hunley?
200
He lead the Union troops at the end of the war.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
300
Because of this Crisis Andrew jackson would put in place a Force Bill to make sure SC payed the Tariff
What is the Nullification Crisis?
300

He stated, "The Union, next to our LIberty, most dear." And wished to allow states to nullify taxes they deemed unconstitutional. 

Who is John C. Calhoun?

300
This was a Southern Strategy in the Civil War.
What is to fight a defensive war, use Supplies from Europe gained from the sale of cotton, until Northern forces tired of the war.
300

An all-out war that impacts civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat/ meant to convince Southerners to surrender

What is Total War? 

300
He lead a Famous March to the Sea.
Who is William T. Sherman?
400
He would sue his owner, saying "Once Free, Always Free"
Who is Dred Scott?
400
She wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin and upset many Southerners.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
400

There are 4 steps to this Union strategy...Name 2 of them. 

What is to blockade Southern ports, to cut off supplies, to break the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River (Anaconda Plan), to destroy the transportation and communication systems of the Confederacy, and attack the Confederate capital at Richmond.

400

Those who strongly favored secession in the 1850s and were very vocal about it.

Who are Abolitionists?

400

This plan had 4 steps and was designed to strangle the South. 

What is the Anaconda Plan?

500

This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed people in territories of Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves rather to allow slavery within their boarders. 

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act? 

500

When John Brown was in Harpers Ferry he was stopped by who?  

Who was Robert. E Lee?

500

This unit of African American soldiers led the Union charge on Fort Wagner at the mouth of Charleston Harbor

Who were the 54th Massachusetts?

500

He was the President of the Confederacy. 

Who is Jefferson Davis? 

500
The idea that slavery would be determined by the residents of the state through a vote.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
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