Economies
This invention, created by Eli Whitney, made cotton production highly profitable in the South.
Cotton Gin
This 1820 compromise tried to balance free and slave states by dividing territory at the 36°30′ line.
Missouri Compromise
This political party, formed in the 1850s, opposed the spread of slavery into new territories.
Republican Party
The first major battle of the war, where Confederate forces shocked the Union with a victory in Virginia.
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
This plan by Lincoln offered lenient terms for Southern states to rejoin the Union once 10% of voters pledged loyalty.
The Lincoln 10% Plan
The Northern economy relied more on this type of labor and industry.
Paid Labor/Immigrant
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe stirred anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
Uncle Toms Cabin
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in this year.
1860
This 1862 battle in Maryland was the bloodiest single day in American history.
Antietam
The 13th Amendment ended this institution permanently.
Slavery
What was the main cash crop of the Southern economy before the Civil War?
Cotton
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violent clashes known by this nickname.
Bleeding Kansas
This state was the first to secede from the Union in December 1860.
South Carolina
After Antietam, Lincoln issued this, which shifted the war’s purpose to ending slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
The 14th Amendment guaranteed these two protections to all people born in the U.S.
Citizenship and Equal protection under the law
Name two disadvantages the Southern economy had compared to the North going into war.
Smaller population, fewer factories, less railroad mileage, weaker navy
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled African Americans were not citizens and Congress couldn’t ban slavery in the territories.
United States vs. Dred Scott
What was the name of the new nation formed by the seceding Southern states?
The Confederate United States
This 1863 Union victory in Mississippi gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
The 15th Amendment granted voting rights to this group.
Black Men
Explain how the economies of the North and South increased sectional tensions leading to war.
Expansion of slavery into new territories caused disputes, economic differences fueled sectional divisions
Which event in 1859 involved an attempted raid on Harpers Ferry to start a slave uprising?
John Browns Raid
Who became president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
This 3-day battle in Pennsylvania was the war’s turning point, ending Lee’s invasion of the North.
Gettysburg
Which compromise ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South?
Compromise of 1877