Terms
State that allowed slavery
Slave state
Former slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
This state became a part of the Union as a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act
Kansas
Major victory for the Union giving them control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
Document that declared that all enslaved people still fighting against the Union were now free
Emancipation Proclamation
Tax on imports
Tariff
Gave the Gettysburg Address expressing the ideas of liberty and equality on which the country was founded.
Abraham Lincoln
Place where President Lincoln was murdered
Ford's Theater
First major battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
Compromise that allowed California to join the Union as a free state, split Mexico into two territories, and established the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
System of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands
Underground railroad
Confederate supporter and actor who murdered President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Place where the first shot was fired that began the civil war
Fort Sumpter
This battle was the turning point in the civil war. The battle started off with 365 men and only 3 men returned at the end. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Agreement made to keep the balance of slave and free states equal. Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine added as a free state in 1821.
Missouri Compromise
States that left the Union and formed their own national government
Confederate States
Union General who forced the surrender of Vicksburg and became general in chief of all Union armies. Eventually became President
Ulysses S. Grant
These 4 states were considered border states
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
Battle where General Lee led the Confederates to conquer Maryland and eventually invade the North to end the war. Battle where more men died in one day than any other day in the war
Battle of Antietam
Law that required all American to turn in people who had escaped from slavery. This law was a part of the Compromise of 1850.
Fugitive Slave Act
Idea that the states, not the national government, should have the final say on laws that affected them
States' rights
Woman who created the Underground Railroad and helped lead people to freedom
Harriet Tubman
Place where General Lee surrendered to USS Grant and the Civil War ended
Appomattox Court House
Battle where General Lee and his army defeated Union troops in Chancellorsville, Virginia. This battle gave the Confederacy confidence to try to invade the North once again.
Battle of Chancellorsville
Act that gave those living in the Kansas and Nebraska territories the right to allow slavery or not
Kansas Nebraska Act