Causes
What did the Southern states claim when the refused to pay a federal tax and seceded
States' Rights
What did the North have more of that gave them an advantage during the Civil War
People
Why did the South have a "home field advantage"?
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What "freed" slaves in the slave states and not the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which compromise established a line between free states and slave states
Missouri Compromise
What military advantage did the South have?
Gettysburg
Why did Lincoln give his Gettysburg Address?
So the people who died in the battle of Gettysburg did not die for nothing
What case made denied slaves freedom anywhere in the U.S.
Dred Scott
Preserve the Union; end slavery
What prevented the South from replenishing their resources during the Civil War?
Anaconda Plan
What battle started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Where and when did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Court House, April 9th, 1865
What Act canceled (nullified) the 36'30 line dividing the U.S. into free and slave states
Kansas-Nebraska
Why didn't the North have great military leadership during the Civil War?
The military schools were in the South
What was the South fighting for?
Independence and Slavery
What made a battle a major battle?
The amount of casualties
What were the Border State?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware (West Virginia)
What Act established Popular Sovereignty in determining whether a territory was free or slave
Kansas-Nebraska
What inspired African Americans to fight for the North in the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation; fighting for their freedom
What made it so difficult for the South after the Civil War?
Which battle finished the North's "Anaconda Plan" preventing the South from obtaining resources?
Vicksburg
What did the South realize after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
The North was not giving up