A settlement of differences by mutual concessions.
What is a compromise
100
States that all slaves are granted the right to become citizens of the United States
What is the 14th Amendment
100
This man was elected the President before the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
The condition to that of being compared to as a slave, in respect of exhausting labor or restricted freedom.
What is slavery
100
To withdraw formally from a membership with a federal union ,an alliance, or political or religious organization.
What is secede
200
This was the isolating or closing off, or surrounding of a place.
What is blockades
200
States that slavery shall no longer exist in the United States or any place subject to other justification.
What is the 13th Amendment
200
This was a law, where if any slaves were caught across the N/S border than they had to be sent back.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
200
The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by a federal government.
What is states' rights
200
To accuse, before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
What is impeached
300
The action or process of rebuilding of something that has been damaged or destroyed.
What is reconstruction
300
Allows only African American men to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment
300
The events that occur before a war.
What is antebellum
300
A speech given by President Lincoln on November 19th, 1863, it was dedicated to the Soldier's National Cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address
300
Restriction of interests to a narrow sphere, undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
What is sectionalism
400
This was the occurring of events after the Civil War.
What is post bellum
400
These were the three main amendments that had a connection with slavery in the US.
What is 13th,14th,and 15th Amendments
400
This slave sued the state of Missouri after his master moved to Illinois and Wisconsin the back to Missouri.
Who is Dred Scott
400
The north believed that the cause of the war was______.
The south believed that the cause of the war was______.
What is states' rights and slavery
400
This would soon lead to war regardless but only held off the war for a few years.
What is the Compromise of 1850
500
An alliance between persons, parties, states etc. for some purpose.
What is confederacy
500
The 13th,14th,and 15th amendments applied to mainly this part of the United States.
What is the south
500
A supreme ruler.
What is sovereign
500
A legal theory that a state has the right to invalidate any federal law which that state deemed unconstitutional.
What is nullification
500
A document that showed GA's effort to preserve the union. It would remain the union as long as north abided by the compromise of 1850 and stopped trying to block the entry of slaves.