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
Secession (to secede) means...
To formally withdraw (leave)
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
Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
California entered the Union after this Congressional compromise
Compromise of 1850
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The name of the newspaper published by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
What is The Liberator?
The Union general credited with defeating the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant
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
The name of the Union's strategy to isolate the Confederacy militarily and economically
Anaconda Plan
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)
Believed men should defend their loved ones from abuse even if it led to violence and death.
Who is David Walker?
The TWO results of the 1860 election
Lincoln became president and southern states began seceding from the union