Key Terms
Steps to Civil War
Key Moments
Civil War
Key Battles
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To change for the better

Reform

100

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

100

This move by Congress forced northerners to return any runaway slaves back to the South. 

Fugitive Slave Law

100

The date and location that the Civil War official started on. 

April 12, 1861 Fort Sumter

100
Bloodiest battle in all of the Civil War. 

Gettysburg

200

Type of economy where factories produce goods. 

Industrial Economy

200

This key case deemed all black people were not American citizens and formally abolished the Missouri Compromise. 

Dredd Scott v. Sanford

200

Abraham's last attempt at bringing the United States together during the Civil War was stated in this document. 

Gettysburg Address

200

The two presidents that controlled the Union and Confederacy, respectively. 

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. 

200

Battle to control the Mississippi River

Vicksburg

300
A term that refers to the moments before a war (in this case...Civil War)

Antebellum

300

This move by Congress said all anti-slavery petitions would be set aside, upsetting abolitionists. 

Gag-Rule

300

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

300

This document made the reason why the Civil War was fought entirely about slavery. 

Emancipation Proclamation. 

300

Campaign meant to completely demoralize the South and rid them of all war-produced goods. 

Atlanta Campaign/ Sherman's March to Sea

400

A smaller sub-group of people who support a cause (I.E. the South)

Faction

400

This move by Congress directly opposed the 36'30" line by admitting California as a free state. 

Compromise of 1850

400

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

400

The Anaconda Plan was the norths attempt at securing which two major water bodies? 

The Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River

400

Single bloodiest day of battle, South's advances are repelled. 

Antietam

500

Lasting forever (I.E. citizens feelings towards the war)

Perpetual

500

A rebellion led by this man instilled fear in the hearts of Southerners leading to greater crackdowns by Southern governments. 

Nat Turner

500

The amendment that directly challenged the Missouri Compromise and a description of why. 

5th amendment. Protects a citizens property (slaves)

500

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. 

500
Lee's greatest victory, defeats a force 2x the size of his, but loses Stonewall Jackson. 

Chancellorsville

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