Antebellum
A compromise of Congress that allowed by Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) to be admitted to the Union.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The book that influenced many to oppose slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This party was formed by anti-slavery northern Democrats, Whigs and Free Soil party members
Republican Party
Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
The name of the Union's strategy to isolate the Confederacy militarily and economically
Anaconda Plan
The focus of the southern economy
Farming/agriculture
The conflict in the Kansas-Nebraska territory after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Bleeding Kansas
The first major candidate to run for president on the Republican ticket
Abraham Lincoln
The Union general credited with defeating the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant
Fort Sumter
California entered the Union after this Congressional compromise
Compromise of 1850
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The first state to secede
South Carolina
Considered by many to be the greatest of the Confederacy's generals--he was killed in a friendly fire accident.
Stonewall Jackson
The battle that turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. It was one of the few battles to be fought in Union territory.
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
The institution that directly led to the Civil War
slavery
The raid on Harpers Ferry Arsenal was led by this abolitionist
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Famously (or infamously) known for his 'march to the sea' that effectively demoralized the Confederacy
William T. Sherman
This Union victory along the Mississippi River that effectively isolated the Confederacy by cutting off trade on the Mississippi River
Battle of Vicksburg (1863)
One of the ways that the North excelled in manufacturing and industry was due to the presence of thousands of miles of:
Rail/Railroad lines
This Supreme Court decision declared that black Americans could not be citizens of the United States
Dred-Scott vs. Sanford (1857)
The capital of the Confederate States of America
Richmond, VA
Known as the 'angel of the battlefield'
Clara Barton
Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. U.S. Grant on April 9, 1865 at
Appomattox Courthouse, VA