Sherman
Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
Gordon
100
  • Document that Lincoln used to free the slaves in the Southern states

Emancipation Proclamation 

100

16th President of the United States. His election in 1860 caused the Southern States to secede from Union

Abraham Lincoln

100

– gold discovery in 1849. Prompting the debate of slavery in Union

California Gold Rush

100

The agreement that allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It was meant to keep the balance of free and slave state

Missouri Compromise 

100
  • Person who supports abolition

Abolitionist 

200

“before war”

Antebellum

200

when two parties would meet and give and take to come to an agreement

Compromise 

200

To break away from the Union

Secede 

200

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

200

stated that Georgia would remain in the Union as long as the Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced

Georgia Platform

300
  • stated that any slave escaping from slavery had to be returned to its owner

Fugitive Slave Act

300
  • the social economic and constitutional disagreement between the North and the South

Civil War 

300

Northern abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry

John Brown

300
  • The country that the succeeding states formed

Confederate States of America 

300
  • Allowed people in certain areas to decide whether they wanted slavery or not

Popular Sovereignty 

400
  • Law that would forbid the expansion of slavery in western territories won from Mexico

Wilmont Provost 

400
  • Allowed California to enter as free and divided territories won in the Mexican War to Utah and New Mexico. No decision on slavery

Compromise of 1850

400
  • – loyal to a certain part or region of the country

Sectionalism 

400

The Northern plan that was meant to strangle the South and cut off trade with other countries

Anaconda Plan

400

Where the state has the right to decide on a particular issue

States Rights 

500

The blocking of Southern ports from trading

Blockade 

500

– to end slavery

Abolition 

500
  • popular politician from Georgia, became the Vice President of the Confederacy.

Alexander Stephens 

500

– to say its not valid

Nullify 

500
  • – located in Virginia, Brown hoped attack would rally slaves to revolt against their masters

Harper's Ferry 

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