9A a divided nation
what was the main issue that was dividing the United States leading up to the civil war?
The south wanting to separate from the union
What was the agreement of the Missouri compromise?
Missouri is now a slave state and Maine is a free state
List all of the states that seceded from the Union.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and tennessee. (if you got 1 it still counts)
Abraham Lincoln issued it
What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil war?
1st Bull run/Manassas battle
Much of America's economy revolved around what?
Slavery
What is a "popular sovereignty"
The people in the state would decide if they were a slave state or a free state.
List all the slave states that stayed in the union (border states)
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
Who was general of the Union army that defeated Lee?
Ulysses S.Grant
Which event marked the end of the Civil war?
Lee's surrender at Appomattox court house
What is a tariffs?
A tax paid on imported goods
How did Southerners feel about secession?
Like they were finally getting the freedom they deserved
How did West Virginia became a state.
By not wanting to secede from the Union but still wanted to have slaves so it became a new state.
Who was president of the Confederate states of America?
Jefferson Davis
The signing of this document made "freeing the slaves" the new focus of the war
The Emancipation Proclamation
Which part of the country mainly an urban society?
The North
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil war?
Southern states secede from the Union and attacked fort Sumpter.
Missouri compromise included what 2 states?
Missouri and Maine
Who was the leader of the army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What was the name and location of the fort that Confederates fired upon that marked the beginning of the Civil war
Fort Sumpter, South Carolina
Why did the south not want tariffs?
More money that they had to pay to ship their goods to the north and other places
What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
It ended the Missouri compromise
Kansas Nebraska act included what states?
Kansas and Nebraska
Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia who was accidentally shot by his own men?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This union victory over Lee and the confederates in southern Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war
The battle of Gettysburg