Civil War Battles
This battle proved to be the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War (and American history)
Antietam
A key part of the Compromise of 1850 that angered many in the North.
What is emphasis on the Fugitive Slave Act?
Authored "Uncle Tom's Cabin" putting a more "emotional" face on the impacts of slavery.
Who was President Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Confederate forces took this action in 1861 fearing efforts to resupply "surrounded" Union soldiers.
What was firing upon Fort Sumter?
The belief of westward expansion
What is Manifest Destony?
The attempted invasion by Lee's Confederate forces into Pennsylvania that turned into a 3 day battle ending in a significant Confederate defeat.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Proposed amendment to prohibit slavery in territories gained resulting from the War with Mexico.
What was the Wilmot Proviso
This slave was denied protections as a citizen resulting from living in "free territories" by the Supreme Court.
Who was Dred Scott
"54'40 or Fight!"referenced this land for American expansion.
What is the Oregon Territory?
A stronger navy was an advantage of this side during the Civil War.
What was the North/Union
The first major battle of the Civil War which illustrated that the war would be longer and dealier than imagined.
Battle of Bull Run
Allowed California to enter as a free state and popular sovereignty to decide whether Utah and New Mexico would be slave or free states.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
The Illinois Senator who gained Southern support through compromise to help build a railroad.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
The acquisition of land following the War with Mexico
What is the Mexican Cession
The border states that remained loyal to the Union although they still allowed slavery included Delaware, Missouri, _?_, and _?_.
What were the states of Kentucky and Maryland?
Union General Sherman led his army in a series of victorious battles from Atlanta to Savannah. (Name the event)
What was the March to the Sea
This agreement would encourage voter fraud and violence in new territories requesting consideration for statehood.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This individual was responsible for the Annexation of Texas to allow Tx. to join the United States.
Who was President John Tyler?
An attack on a town in Virginia in an attempt to lead an uprising and slave rebellion.
What was John Brown's Raid/Attack on Harper's Ferry?
The treaty/agreement that brought an end to the Mexican War and acquired large tracts of land for the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Union victory which gained control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy into two.
What was Vicksburg
This Congressional Act was overturned as a result of the agreements of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This former Mississippi Senator would become the first, and only, President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis
This transformed the Union efforts into a moral crusade to end slavery and had diplomatic impacts as well.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The political party which would mirror the views of the message of the Wilmot Proviso.
What was the Free Soil Party