Vocabulary
People
Acts
Civil War
Misc.
100
What does the term free soilders mean
What is people who believed in popular sovereignty
100
What is the difference between Union and Confedrates
What is Union were Northerners who fought to end slavery while Confederates were southerners who were fighting to keep slavery and separate from the US
100
What was the treaty of Guadalupe-Itidalgo
What is a treaty that made Rio Grande the border between US and Mexico, US payed $15 million to Mexico, and US gets control of California,Utah,Atizona,Nevada etc.
100
When did the Civil War start
What is 1861
100
What were fugitive slave laws
What is passed by congress to provide return of slaves who escaped from states
200
What is transcendentalism
What is people who thought revivals were too public to be authentic. Believed being alone in nature was how to experience God
200
Who was Abraham Lincoln
What is the 16th president who fought to end slavery
200
What was the Gold Rush
What is the discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California that caused mass migration, Claifornia becomes a state and outlaws slavery in california
200
Where was Phase 1 fought of the Antietam War fought
What is a cornfield
200
What were religious revivals
What is religious gatherings that lasted 4-5 days.
300
What does the term abolition mean
What is the call to outlaw slavery
300
Who is John Brown
What is him and his sons murdered pro slavery settlers. He was an abolitionist
300
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is an act allowing all remaining territories to determine the issue of slavery based on popular sovergenity
300
What was the Battle of Gettysburg
What is a war fought from July 1,1863-July 3,1863. It lead to Gettysburg address
300
What was Bleeding Kansas
What is abolitionist and pro slavery pour into Kansas and vote about slavery. Violence breaks out
400
What is popular sovergenity
What is the right of residents of an area to vote for or against slavery
400
Who was Dred Scott
What is a slave who's master died and he was in a free state. He fought to be free and sue but remained the Emersons property
400
What was the Emancipation Procolomation
What is a document freeing slaves in Confedrate territories. It was trying to stop slavery and recreate the US as a nation
400
Who won phase three of the Antietam war
What is it was a draw between the Union and the Confedrates
400
Where was Phase two of the Anietam War fought
What is the Sunken Road
500
What was the Temeprance movement
What is social movements against the consumption of alcoholic beverages
500
Who was Horace Mann
What is a man who changed education. He increased state funds for schools
500
What were the five parts of the Compromise of 1850
What is Claifornia is a free state, new fugitive laws, popular sovergenity, pay Texas for the claim of New Mexico and slaves were banned in the District of Columbia
500
Who were the 54th Regiment
What is they lead at Fort Wagner. Lead by colonel Shaw. Army of blacks
500
What happened at the Appomattox Court House
What is Confedrates surrender to Lees army