Vocabulary
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state
States' Rights
The Republic candidate in 1860 who became the 16th president.
Abraham Lincoln
Was the Confederate general who stood "like a stone wall" during the fighting at Bull Run
Thomas Jackson
Was the bloodiest single-day battle of the war fought
Antietam
The Southern states based their economy on it?
Slavery
A person who opposed slavery and wanted to end it immediately.
Abolitionist
Risked sailing his ships past New Orleans's battery of guns
David Farragut
Was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Won the first battle of the Civil War -- The Battle of Bull Run
Confederate
The Supreme Court Ruled against a case in which a slave sued his owners to receive his freedom
Dred Scott Case
To discuss or bargain two or more parties in order to reach an agreement is called what?
negotiate
Was a Union general who was the most trusted by Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
The first state to leave the Union was?
South Carolina
Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter starting the Civil War on what date
April 12, 1861
Required Americans to help return runaway slaves to their owners
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to forces a surrender is called what?
siege
Proposed a blockage and an attack on the South called the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
Confederacy moved its capital where?
Richmond, Virginia
Captured and burned Atlanta, an important rail hub for the Confederacy.
William T. Sherman
Time following the end of the Civil War, when Americans would have to work together, and Confederate leaders were captured and brought to justice.
Reconstruction
A temporary fortification where guns are mounted is called what?
Siegeworks
When did Lincoln promise the South that he would leave slavery alone in the south, guard federal property, and to enforce federal laws?
Sworn into office
Why did the election of 1860 mean an end to the Southern way of life?
Did not know how to live without slaves
Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
After the election of 1860, seven stated formed a new union called what?
Confederate States of America