Causes
Created Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in order to keep balance
What is the Missouri Compromise
Lincoln's role in the Union
What is President
First battle that started the Civil War
What is the attack at Ft. Sumter
South Carolina was the first state to
What is secede.
The other name for the North
What is the Union
A book that exposed the horrors of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lincoln's first goal
The biggest and deadliest battle of the war. Inspired Lincoln's famous address
What is the battle of Gettysburg
States such as Kansas and Nebraska decided whether they would be a slave state or free state by
What is Popular Sovereignty
Slave states that never seceded from the Union.
What are border states.
The court case that established that slaves are considered property and therefore have no rights.
What is Dred Scott
Lincoln's goal in the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is to set free the slaves
The battle that inspired Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam
Lincoln did this during his famous speech
Many railroads, factories and a large population were advantages of
What is the Union or North
Established the Fugitive Slave Act and made California a free state while letting other states decide by popular sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850.
Lincoln's 2 goals in the Gettysburg Address
What is to make all men equal and to end the war.
The battle that allowed the Union to cut off the Mississippi River
This act made slaves what
What is a fugitive
Loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country.
What is sectionalism
The radical abolitionist who led a slave revolt at a federal arsenal.
Who is John Brown
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Total destruction of land, crops, homes, livestock
what is Total War
The belief that the United States had the right to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny.
A policy in which runaway slaves must be returned to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act.