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This piece of legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase
Missouri Compromise
Who was the leading General for the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Where did the Civil War officially begin?
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
Who was POTUS during the start of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is a blockade? (Use Civil War Context)
Military/Economic policy designed to restrict a nation from receiving resources
The Union Navy established squadrons to patrol the Confederate coastline (Southeast Coast) and enforce the blockade to restrict trade from Europe. (Part of the Anaconda Plan)
The _____ was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Who was President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Where did the Civil War officially end?
Appomattox Court House
__________________ is when people feel more loyalty to a regional interests rather than national interests. The deep divisions between the agricultural, pro-slavery South and the industrialized, anti-slavery North, along with differing economic systems and social structures, fueled tensions that ultimately led to the conflict.
Sectionalism
Provide 2 advantages for both the Union and Confederacy
Union:
Railroads, Population, Weaponry, Resources, Navy
Confederacy:
Military Leadership, Home-field Advantage, Motivation, European Connections
Authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River, leading to the infamous "Trail of Tears."
Indian Removal Act
The violent abolitionist who first reached prominence in Kansas. He was eventually hung for treason after a failed slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and marked a turning point following Union victory
Gettysburg
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What is a Jayhawker?
The term "Jayhawker" originally emerged during the "Bleeding Kansas" period (1854-1859) to describe militant bands of anti-slavery settlers in Kansas who clashed with pro-slavery groups.
The ___________ repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The POTUS who succeeded Lincoln following his assassination
Andrew Johnson
Describe the Anaconda Plan:
(You must provide 2 of the 3 main points)
a Union strategy in the American Civil War, devised by General Winfield Scott, to subdue the Confederacy through a gradual, multi-pronged approach. It involved a naval blockade of Confederate ports, control of the Mississippi River, and a "strangulation" of the South's economy and ability to sustain the war effort
the _________ declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the purpose of Abraham Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address?
(Your answer should have 2 parts)
The Gettysburg Address was used to dedicate a cemetery to those who gave their life to the country.
It also gave the Civil War a new meaning by shifting the focus from just preserving the Union to fighting for the principle of equality. Lincoln connected the war to the Declaration of Independence, especially the idea that "all men are created equal." This transformed the war into a moral struggle for freedom and democracy.
The Compromise of 1850 benefited Northern States because California was admitted as a free state and the slave trade was abolished in Washington DC.
How did Southern States benefit from the Compromise of 1850?
The implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Fugitive Slave Act was problematic for Northerners because it obligated them to participate in capturing and returning runaway slaves, effectively making them slave-catchers against their will.
________________________ is often referred to as the father of photojournalism and is most well known for his documentation of the Civil War. His photographs, and those he commissioned, had a tremendous impact on society at the time of the war, and continue to do so today.
Mathew Brady
What was the Savannah Campaign?
(You must provide the other name and a brief explanation of the mission)
Also known as "Shermans March to the Sea"
The Savannah Campaign was a military campaign designed to destroy the Confederacy's ability to wage war and break the will of its people to resist.
Specifically, the plan revolved around capturing Savannah, GA, a Confederate stronghold in in the South. The plan included burning down entire cities and destroying railroad lines.
a 19th-century belief in the United States that the nation was destined to expand westward across North America and settle the continent. It fueled westward expansion, shaped national identity, and had profound consequences for Native Americans and the issue of slavery
Manifest Destiny
What was Bleeding Kansas?
(Your answer must include a piece of legislation and an individual/example of conflict)
Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent clashes in the Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1859. It happened after the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to vote on whether to allow slavery, a concept called popular sovereignty. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups flooded into Kansas to influence the vote, leading to bloody conflict.
A notorious example of this conflict was when John Brown and his followers killed unarmed pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek. This followed the "Sack of Lawrence" where pro-slavery settlers burned buildings and printing presses of those who were publicly anti-slavery.