Key Terms
To change for the better
Reform
This move by Congress established the 36'30" line that stated all states north of it would be free and all states south of it would be slave.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
This move by Congress forced northerners to return any runaway slaves back to the South.
Fugitive Slave Law
The date and location that the Civil War official started on.
April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Type of economy where factories produce goods.
Industrial Economy
This key case deemed all black people were not American citizens and formally abolished the Missouri Compromise.
Dredd Scott v. Sanford
Abraham's last attempt at bringing the United States together during the Civil War was stated in this document.
Gettysburg Address
The two presidents that controlled the Union and Confederacy, respectively.
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Battle to control the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Antebellum
This move by Congress said all anti-slavery petitions would be set aside, upsetting abolitionists.
Gag-Rule
Also known as this..... Abolitionists and anti-abolitionists rushed into Kansas and Nebraska to wage war on each other to bring them into the union as either free or slave.
Bleeding Kansas
This document made the reason why the Civil War was fought entirely about slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Campaign meant to completely demoralize the South and rid them of all war-produced goods.
Atlanta Campaign/ Sherman's March to Sea
A smaller sub-group of people who support a cause (I.E. the South)
Faction
This move by Congress directly opposed the 36'30" line by admitting California as a free state.
Compromise of 1850
The event that was known as the South's last great offensive. From this point on, the South would be on the defensive.
Pickett's Charge
The Anaconda Plan was the norths attempt at securing which two major water bodies?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River
Single bloodiest day of battle, South's advances are repelled.
Antietam
Lasting forever (I.E. citizens feelings towards the war)
Perpetual
A rebellion led by this man instilled fear in the hearts of Southerners leading to greater crackdowns by Southern governments.
Nat Turner
The amendment that directly challenged the Missouri Compromise and a description of why.
5th amendment. Protects a citizens property (slaves)
The South would not be able to win the war unless they secured which two major objectives?
Foreign Allies and won a major victory in the North.
Chancellorsville