Battles
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
What happened in the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
the Union general famous for his "March to the Sea"
William Sherman
the number of candidates that ran for president in 1860
four
location where war comes to an end
Appomattox Courthouse
who is set free in the Emancipation Proclamation
all slaves living in the Confederacy
This battle ended any hope the Confederacy had for getting foreign aid
Antietam
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?
that settlers of Kansas and Nebraska could decide if slavery would be allowed or not
the Supreme Court decided that this person was still a slave and had no right to bring a lawsuit
Dred Scott
the Republican platform in the election of 1860
to prevent slavery from moving west and keep the Union intact
where the Civil War began
Fort Sumter
how the Confederate states planned to win the Civil War
by waiting it out until the North gave up
This battle was fought in southwestern Tennessee
Shiloh
What document eliminated Slave Trade in Washington, DC?
Compromise of 1850
the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
the Democratic platform in the election of 1860
that every state should have the right to choose if they wants slaves or not
the first state to secede
South Carolina
what the Anaconda Plan did
used by the North and would shut off the Confederacy's access to supplies
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
What events did the Kansas- Nebraska Act lead to?
Sumner caning, abolitionists flocked to Kansas, and Kansas was admitted as a free state
the person that seized and killed 5 supporters of slavery
John Brown
the right to decide if free or slave state
popular sovereignty
where the Confederacy met to create their Constitution
Montgomery, Alabama
the Union strengths when the Civil War began
railroads, army size, navy size, ability to make goods
Where Lee's two invasions were in the North
Antietam and Gettysburg
What is "total war"?
a destruction of anything and everything to demobilize the enemy
a word describing John Brown - it means extreme
radical
the main causes of the Civil War
North wanted to abolish slavery - South did not
North did not believe South could secede - South did
the location of a gruesome Confederate prison
Andersonville
how the Emancipation Proclamation changed the outcome of the Civil War
It turned the focus of the war to slavery, which made foreign countries refuse to help the South