Battles
Speech given after a battle that defined the point of the war
Gettysburg Address
Anti-Slavery Novel that greatly influenced the slavery debate
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Head general of the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Series of debates that became a media sensation and made Lincoln well known
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
Total war scorched earth doctrine where the goal was to destroy the southern economy
Sherman's March to the Sea
Which states were added in the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
One advantage for the confederacy
Better generals
Lincoln was elected to the presidency in what year
1860
First Naval Battle between two metal warships
Hampton Roads (Merrimack vs. Monitor)
An effort by John Brown to start a slave revolt
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Disadvantage for the Union
Had to conquer a large area
A law part of the compromise of 1850
fugitive slave act
Battle that led to the Union controlling the entire Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Required slaves to be returned to their owners even if they were in the free north
Fugitive Slave Act
Freed slaves that were in Confederate territory
Emancipation Proclamation
Violence between pro-slavery and anti slavery groups in a new territory
Bleeding Kansas
Last battle of the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
Court case that ruled that repealed the Missouri Compromise allowing slavery to expand
Dredd Scott v. Sanford
Head general of the Union who was fired twice
McClellan
Divided a territory in two and decided that slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act