Why It Mattered
The main issue that caused most political compromises to fail before the Civil War.
Slavery
The region with the most railroads during the Civil War.
The North
The Union’s overall strategy to cut off supplies to defeat the Confederacy.
The Anaconda Plan
This law angered Northerners by forcing them to help return escaped enslaved people.
The Fugitive Slave Act
The region that relied most heavily on cotton exports before the war.
The South
The purpose of the Union naval blockade.
To stop Southern trade and supplies
The Kansas-Nebraska Act mattered because it repealed this earlier compromise.
The Missouri Compromise
This economic weakness hurt the Confederacy, especially in regards to the production of goods, during the war.
Lack of industry / factories
This naval battle showed that wooden warships were becoming obsolete.
Monitor vs. Merrimac
This court case ruled that Black Americans were not citizens and did not have the right to bring cases to court.
The Dred Scott Decision
The Union’s larger population gave it this key military advantage.
More soldiers
Sherman’s March is an example of this type of warfare.
Total War
John Brown’s raid on this federal arsenal (weapon storage) convinced many Southerners that this group threatened their way of life.
Harper's Ferry
Despite fewer resources, the South had an early advantage in this area.
Military leadership / experienced generals
Grant's belief that wearing down Confederate armies through constant fighting is known as a war of __________.
Attrition