Causes & Debates
He argued for "Popular Sovereignty," letting territories vote on slavery.
Stephen Douglas
The official name of the country formed by the Southern states.
The Confederacy (Confederate States of America).
The location of the first shots of the war where no one was killed.
Battle of Fort Sumter
Lincoln's main goal in this speech was to honor fallen soldiers.
Gettysburg Address.
He was the President of the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln.
This 1850 law angered Northerners by forcing them to help catch runaways.
Fugitive Slave Act.
These were slave states that chose to stay loyal to the Union.
Border States
This victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
Siege of Vicksburg.
This document declared enslaved people in Confederate states "forever free".
Emancipation Proclamation.
This Confederate general led the Southern army for most of the war.
Robert E. Lee.
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
The North's greatest population advantage allowed them to do this.
Replace soldiers more easily during long battles.
The bloodiest single day of the war that led to a major proclamation.
Battle of Antietam.
True or False: The Gettysburg Address was a long and detailed speech.
False (it was famously short)
He was the President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Violence in Kansas was caused by this Act that allowed settlers to vote.
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
List three names or terms often used to describe the South.
Confederate, Gray, Rebels.
This event involved Union forces destroying Southern farms and railroads.
Sherman’s March to the Sea.
The Proclamation helped the Union because it allowed this group to join the military.
African Americans.
He became the main Union leader and helped defeat the South
Ulysses S. Grant
The main goal of early compromises (like 1820 and 1850) was to prevent this.
War (by balancing free and slave states).
Confederate leaders relied on this main advantage to win the war.
Fighting defensively on familiar land.
The site where General Lee officially surrendered to General Grant.
Appomattox Court House.
Lincoln reminded Americans the U.S. was founded on the belief that all people are....
Created equal.
Is it Causation or Correlation that a victory at Gettysburg weakened the South?
Causation (The loss directly led to the weakening).