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In 1859 this abolitionist led a raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, intending to provoke a slave revolt. He was hanged.
John Brown
He was elected as president of the US in 1860 even though he was an abolitionist and received 0 electoral votes from the South.
Abraham Lincoln
By the end of 1861, 25,000 Texans had joined this.
The Confederate Army
This city was the capital of the Confederacy.
Richmond, Virginia
In 1861, Confederate forces stopped the advance of the Union trying to capture Richmond at this battle.
First Battle of Bull Run
This is the argument that states power was greater than federal power.
states’ rights
This man from Mississippi was elected as the first president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
He led "Terry's Texas Rangers", a cavalry unit that fought battle during the Civil War.
B. F. Terry
Railroads
He was the Union general who led the North to victory at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 and the siege of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Ulysses S. Grant
This was an antislavery novel written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe that greatly increased support for the abolition movement.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
This refers to the Confederate States of America who believed in sovereignty or supremacy of the states and the right of people to hold slaves.
The Confederacy
This Union-protected fort in South Carolina was attacked by the Confederate Army in April 1861, marking the beginning of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
Using this strategy, the Confederacy withheld cotton shipment to British textile mills, hoping to force Britian to offer help in the Civil War. The strategy failed because Europeans storehouses has been fully stocked before the war.
Cotton Diplomacy
This battle in Maryland in September 1862 was an important Union Victory in which Robert E. Lee's army was defeated.
The Battle of Antietam
This prohibited slavery north of the 36 30' N line and was meant to limit the spread of slavery.
1820 Missouri Compromise
This means to formally withdraw.
Secede
He led "Ross' Texas Brigade" during the Civil War, fighting in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Lawrence “Sul” Ross
The North used this to cut off southern seaports and prevent the Confederacy from importing war supplies.
Naval Blockade
This refers to ships heavily armored with armored plates which helped Grant siege Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Ironclads
In 1857 this decision that ruled that African Americans were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. It also ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in any federal territory.
Dred Scott decision
This is the day that Texas became the 7th state to secede from the United States.
March 2, 1861
In February 1861 he surrounded the U.S commander's headquarters in San Antonio, thereby capturing $1 million worth of military supplies for the Confederate army without firing a shot.
Ben McCulloch
These are the areas over which the North put up a naval blockade, preventing the Confederacy from importing war supplies.
Atlantic/Texas Gulf Coast
Robert E. Lee
This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska Territories to decide whether to be free or slave states. This angered many Whig Party members because it violated the 1820 Missouri Compromise.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
These were people who wanted to stay in the Union and work out differences over slavery. They included Sam Houston, Elisha Pease, David Burnet, Andrew J. Hamilton, and James W. Throckmorton.
Unionists
He led "Hood's Texas Brigade" which became a lead unit in the Army of North Virginia and fought in some of the most important battles of the war.
John Bell Hood
Two Thirds
In April 1862, Grant led the Union to victory at this battle, which gave the North control of the Mississippi River Valley.
Battle of Shiloh
These states included states in the South that had agricultural economies and included SC, FL, GA, MS, AL,LA, and TX.
Slave State
This is the part of the country that had an industrial economy, wanted tariffs in order to protect their own goods, and did not believe in slavery.
The Union
This refers to a unit of around 1000 soldiers.
Regiment
This refers to a region of war. There were 3 for the US Civil War.
Theater
This battle in Pennsylvania from July 1-3, in which Lee suffered heavy losses, was a victory for the Union army. Lee retreated on July 4.
The Battle of Gettysburg