Short Term Causes
This was a person who sued for their freedom on the basis they had traveled to a free state
Who is Dred Scott
This truly was the cause of the civil war
What is Slavery
Following this battle, Lincoln issued the Gettysburg Address
What is Battle of Gettysburg
This amendment ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment
This person killed Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This compromise led to California being admitted as a Free State... but the Fugitive Slave Act was also passed
What is the Compromise of 1850
This region of the country had more railroads
What is the North
This was the opening shots of the war took place
What is Fort Sumter
This bureau provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States
What is the Freedmens Bureau
The percentage Lincoln required of a states population to swear a loyalty oath to rejoin the union
What is 10%
This man lead a raid on a federal arsenal in an attempt to end slavery
Who is John Brown
This region of the country had homefield advantage in the Civil War
What is the South
After this battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamtion
What is the Battle of Antietam
This term refers an economic system where tenants paid a landowner in exchange for the right to use their land to grow crops
What is Sharecropping
The name of man who led a March to Sea
Who is William T Sherman
The election of this person ultimately led to the South seceding from the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The idea that rights of individual states are protected by the Constitution from interference by the federal government.
What are states rights
This is where Robert E Lee surrendered to Grant
What is Appomattox
This person was elected president in 1876 that ultimately led to the end of Reconstruction
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
Johnson was impeached for violating this law
What is the Tenure Office Act
This act allowed for Popular sovereignty regarding slavery in two states
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
the idea that a region of a country has unique characteristics and values that are more important than the country as a whole. It can lead to tension, division, and conflict between regions.
What is sectionalism
One of the first battles of the war that was surprisingly bloody...
What was the First Bull Run
The 14th & 15th amendments are about these two things
What is citizenship/equal protection under the law & Black Male Suffrage/right to vote
This person started the red cross
Who is Clara Barton