Conflicts
This kept the number of slave and free states equal
Missouri Compromise
An act that allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.
Kansas Nebraska Act
States that kept slavery during the war but also stayed with the Union and did not secede.
Border States
Confederates fired on this fort in Charleston, SC to start the first battle of the war.
Battle of Fort Sumter
This document freed slaves in the Confederate territories but not in the border states.
Emancipation Proclamation
The right of the people to create their own government.
Popular Sovereignty
This SCOTUS case stated that African Americans held no Constitutional rights at all.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Ruled by the army instead of the elected government.
Martial Law
This weak victory for the Union/North was the excuse Lincoln needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antietam
This regiment of all black troops fought a losing fight at Fort Wagner to prove their worth as soldiers.
54th Massachusetts Infantry
This had five main provisions that allowed California to enter as a free state, included a strict fugitive slave law, and settled a border dispute with Texas and New Mexico.
Compromise of 1850
A military encirclement of an enemy position and blockading or bombarding it in order to force its surrender.
Siege
He led the Confederate Army during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
This devastating defeat months after Antietam hurt Northern morale and their chances of winning the war.
Battle of Fredericksburg
This required that all able-bodied men between 20 and 45 join the army, but if they paid $300, they could get out of it.
This act required all citizens to help catch African Americans trying to escape slavery.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This is what you wage when you want to completely destroy your enemy's ability to fight.
Total War
He served as president of the confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
This battle marked General Lee's efforts to invade the north and win the war, only to lose on the third day of fighting and lose 1/3 of his force.
Battle of Gettysburg
This Constitutional right affords people the right to a hearing upon their arrest. Lincoln suspended it during the Civil War.
Habeas Corpus
This novel, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, illustrated the horrors of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Appomattox Court House
This three-minute speech given by Lincoln dedicating a cemetery is known as one of his best speeches ever.
The Gettysburg Address
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry attacked this fort in an effort to show their bravery and fighting capability.
This flag bearer in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions at the Battle of Fort Wagner.
William Carney