Abolitionists
This escaped enslaved woman became a leading "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, helping hundreds of enslaved people reach freedom in the North.
Harriet Tubman
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also banning slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
Missouri Compromise
What was the immediate aftermath of the election of 1860?
Southern Secession
This term refers to the growing divide between the North and South over issues like slavery, states' rights, and economic differences, contributing to the tensions leading to the Civil War.
Sectionalism
The states that seceded from the union formed the
Confederate States of America
This former enslaved person became a leading abolitionist, writer, and speaker, publishing an autobiography and advocating for the emancipation of all enslaved people.
Frederick Douglass
This 1854 law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln rose to national prominence during an 1858 senate race against
Stephen A. Douglas
In 1859, this abolitionist led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising, but was captured and executed.
John Brown
Who was elected President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
This author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that helped ignite anti-slavery sentiments in the North and played a significant role in the abolitionist movement.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This series of laws, passed in 1850, admitted California as a free state, enacted a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, and allowed popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah territories.
Compromise of 1850
This 1863 executive order issued by President Lincoln declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
Emancipation Proclamation
In this landmark 1857 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
This 1862 battle in Maryland, known as the bloodiest single day in American history, ended in a tactical draw but gave President Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antietam
This abolitionist and editor of The Liberator called for the immediate emancipation of enslaved people and was a co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
William Lloyd Garrison
This principle allowed settlers in a territory to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery.
popular sovereignty
This 1863 speech by President Lincoln, delivered at the site of a major battle, redefined the Civil War as a fight for equality and national unity.
Gettysburg Address
This violent conflict in Kansas in the 1850s, sparked by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, saw clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.
Bleeding Kansas
This pivotal 1863 battle in Pennsylvania was a turning point in the Civil War, marking the first major defeat for Confederate General Robert E. Lee and leading to a significant Union victory.
Battle of Gettysburg
This enslaved man led a violent rebellion in 1831 in Virginia, which resulted in the deaths of around 60 white people and led to harsher laws against African Americans.
Nat Turner
This 1850 law required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves and denied fugitives the right to a jury trial, heightening tensions between the North and South.
This former enslaved abolitionist met with President Lincoln several times, urging him to take stronger action against slavery and push for the Emancipation Proclamation.
Frederick Douglass
This 1861 battle, the first of the Civil War, occurred when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military garrison in South Carolina, sparking the beginning of the conflict.
Battle of Fort Sumter
List two advantages the Union had over the Confederacy during the Civil War
Population
Larger Army
Railroads
Industrial Economy
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