Pre-War
The territory gained by the United States after the Mexican-American War; formally fully independent as a republic
Texas
The plaintiff against Sanford; originally enslaved in the south, but brought to the north, where he marries.
Dred Scott
The President whose election in 1860 begins the process of secession in the south.
Abraham Lincoln
The government created by southern delegates at the southern constitutional convention in Montgomery, Alabama, following secession of 7 states
The Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
Abraham Lincoln
The concept that eventually, the United States will control all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
Radical abolitionist; leader of a guerrilla group; believes that any act committed against the maximal evil of slavery is justified
John Brown
Fort Sumter
Georgian costal city burned to the ground during the March to the Sea
Savannah
The first, last, longest-serving, and shortest-serving President of the Confederate States
The concept that the residents of a state or territory should decide through a vote the status of slavery for themselves.
Popular Sovereignty
The state in which John Brown kills 5 pro-slavery settlers as part of "Bleeding [state name]"
Kansas
From our "Graphing Civil War Data" activity: this type of transportation is much more prevalent in the north than the south, and allows the north to transport soldiers and supplies efficiently and quickly
Railroad
The right to a speedy trial; suspended by Lincoln during the war
Haebeus Corpus
Leads the March to the Sea; famously struggles with depression; believes that "war is all hell" and should be made as bad as possible in order to shorten it
William Tecumseh Sherman
This line, established by British colonial authorities before the Revolutionary War, prevented colonial settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation Line of 1763
Roger Taney
The first state to secede from the Union during the war.
South Carolina
Andersonville Prison (again, no relation)
All-time elite hater who is fired by Lincoln for indecisiveness, only to run against him for President in 1864
Gen. George McClellan
Lincoln's opponent for Senate in Illinois; claims that slavery is a dying institution and needs no extra help to collapse
Stephen A Douglas
The West Virginia city in which Brown attempts to overtake an armory, hoping to arm enslaved people to rebel against local officials
Harper's Ferry
"Lame Duck" president before Lincoln, who claims that secession is illegal, but any action by the north to prevent it would also be illegal
James Buchanan
The ill-advised infantry assault that ends the Battle of Gettysburg in favor of the Union
Pickett's Charge
Becomes famous after taking the Mississippi River; pursues Lee in the east until the end of the war
Ulysses S Grant