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From the Movie
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John Brown believed that God had chosen him to set the slaves free. In doing so he sacrificed his life for his cause.
What is Martyr
100
Admitting Missouri, a slave state, would have given slave states an advantage in the U.S. Senate. This Compromise maintained this balance by also admitting Maine as a free state.
What is The Missouri Compromise
100
an unknown challenger in the Illinois Senate race of 1858. POTUS during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
Second to disease as a cause of death was battlefield injuries, totaling some 200,000 casualties. Gangrene being the number one killer. Some hospitals made efforts to isolate gangrene cases, the introduction of _______________________was considered one of the "miracle drugs of the time.
What is Bromine.
100
War on an industrial scale, term given for the_______ _____ due to the new advancements in weapons and the use of outdated tactics.
What is High Body Count
200
Prior to the election of 1860 many of the Southern States decided to withdraw from the Union
What is Secession
200
chosen by the Confederate States of America as their president
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
Defeated Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate race.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas
200
This new technology allowed Lincoln to communicate with his Generals
What is the telegraph
200
This allowed Lincoln to have have control over all areas of the war in a single war room, commanding his Generals on the battle front.
What is Centralized Command and Control
300
Referring to a person running away or trying to run away
What is Fugitive
300
an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom
What is Dred Scott
300
Greatly effected the war effort by appling basic principles of treatment for the wounded, clean bandages, food, trained care for the wounded and prioritizing the wounded by medical need
Who is Clara Barton.
300
rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states rights supersede federal rights and law
What are State Rights
300
What did the South under estimate about the war?
What is Lincoln and his use of technology
400
Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas election during the mid-1850s
What is border ruffians
400
California admitted as a free state. Slave trade (but not slavery) banned in Washington, D.C. Utah and New Mexico territories to decide slavery through popular sovereignty The Fugitive Slave Act passed
What is The Compromise of 1850
400
Man who led raid on Harper,s Ferry to free slaves
Who is John Brown
400
to not take part in some activity, such as voting
What is abstain
400
The use of photography brought the war into the living room where the public could now see first hand the horrors of war. This allowed them to publicly voice their opinion on the war.
What is The war of public opinion
500
political theory that government is subject to the will of the people; before the Civil War, the idea that many people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there
What is popular sovereignty
500
In ruling that Congress could not outlaw slavery in a state or territory (i.e. overturning the MO Compromise), it became impossible to outlaw slavery nationwide without a constitutional amendment.
What is The Fugitive Slave Act
500
Man who became president of succeeding states
Who is Jefferson Davis
500
New industries popped-up during the war. This technology allowed families to view their sons and fathers weeks after death without the body decomposing.
What is embalming
500
The South remained largely agricultural relying heavily on cotton , its total industrial production totaling about half that of New York State. The North clearly emerged as the industrial core of the nation with 85 percent of the nation's manufacturing, processing raw materials from the Midwest and West.
What is Integrated Economy
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