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What was the Missouri compromise?
Missouri comes in as a slave state and Maine becomes a free state so that the balance of free and slave states in the senate is maintained
100
Who was Jefferson Davis?
He was the President of the confederacy
100
What was the Gettysburg Adress?
Lincoln gave the famous speech "of the people, by the people, for the people"
100
What was the confederate capital?
Richmond, VA
100
What was the North's argument towards slavery?
They opposed it
200
What was the Anaconda Plan?
The union would capture Richmond, blockade the southern ports and split the confederacy by gaining control of the Mississippi River
200
Who was US Grant?
He was the leader of the Union ARMY
200
Where was the first MAJOR battle in the civil war?
The battle of Manassas
200
What is the Union Capital?
Washington D.C.
200
Why did the south NOT want tariffs?
They didn't want tariffs because the price of imported goods would go up
300
What is the Kanasas- Nebraska act?
It was when it allowed people of the territory to decide on the issue of slavery themselves (popular sovereignty)
300
What did Abraham Lincoln do?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing only the slaves in the states still at war with the union.
300
Which was the turning point battle in the civil war?
The battle (seize) of Gettysburg
300
What are the border states?
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
300
why did the north support tariffs?
The north wanted tarrifs to protect factory owners and workers
400
What was the compromise of 1850?
California becomes a free state and fugitive slave laws make punishments more severe for people who help slaves runaway to freedom
400
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
He was a skilled confederate leader
400
What happened at the Battle of Vicksburg?
Grant divided the south into east and west; Union had controlled the Mississippi River; people in Vicksburg surrendered after months of fighting.
400
What are the Union States?
ABOVE THE BORDER STATES
400
What did the North think about the way the country was run?
They supported strong federal government
500
Who was Robert E. Lee?
he was asked to fight for the Union by Pres. Lincoln but he could not fight against Virginians; leader of the Northern, VA and confederate forces.
500
What happened in Appomattox Courthouse
Robert E. Lee surrenders to US Grant
500
Which state seceded when Abraham Lincoln was elected and why?
North Carolina seceded because they feared for their way of life.
500
What did the south think about the way the country was run?
The belived in state's rights, which could declare federal laws unconstitutional
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