Causes
True or False; the states rights theory was a cause of the civil war?
True
Uncle Tom's was written by whom?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
After the election of ________ Republicans realized they only had to win the ______ states to win the
Presidency!
1856, Free
What is the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What two battles happen in Northern Territory?
Antietam and Gettysburg
True or False; Northerners did not believe the south had a right to secede.
True
What is popular sovereignty?
The right for the state to decide if it is free or a slave state.
Describe the Republican view in the Election of 1860?
Prevent slavery form moving west and to keep the Union intact!”
What is the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Va.
Which Union general is famous for his “March to the Sea?”
William Sherman
What two states are added to the union in the Compromise of 1820, and state whether they were a free or slave state.
Maine (F) and Missouri (S)
Name three things that happen as a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
Gave Kansas popular sovereignty, Nebraska is a slave state, Charles Sumner is "canned" on the floor of the House of Representatives, Kansas erupts in violence
What political ideology of the times best describes Northern Democratic view during the election of 1860?
Popular Sovereignty
What would the Corwin Amendment have done?
Protected and allowed slavery
What is Andersonville best known for in the Civil War?
The location of a gruesome Confederate prison where Union soldiers were kept during the war
That Dred Scott and all freed slaves could never be citizens.
Slavery is abolished in Washington DC as part of what act?
Compromise of 1850
What is the Constitutional Union ideology during the election of 1860?
Steal enough votes from other candidates then maybe the House of Representatives will choose me/us.
Who was named the first President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davies
What is Appomattox Courthouse best known for in the Civil War?
The place where General Lee surrenders effectively ending the war.
What does the Kansas Nebraska act do?
It allows states popular sovereignty.
Use one word to describe John Brown.
Radical
What is the view of the Southern Democrats in the election of 1860?
Slavery should not be up to a vote
What document frees slaves in Confederate states
The Emancipation Prolaimation
Which battle was fought in southwestern Tennessee?
Shiloh