Civil War 1
A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
Popular Sovereignty
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Abolitionist
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
Sectionalism
Someone that runs away or is escaping
Fugitive
To leave of withdraw
Secede
come to an agreement, usually with both sides accepting less than what they wanted
Compromise
A place where weapons and ammunition are stored
Arsenal
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
Martyr
Allowed Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory.
Missouri Compromise
Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
Compromise of 1850
A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
Fugitive Slave Act
Gave the people in the disputed territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty. Created tension in the state and led to bloodshed.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown
In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers killed five pro-slavery settlers.
Pottawattamie Creek Massacre
First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory
First Bull Run
Fist state to Secede from the Union
South Carolina
A major arsenal for the Confederates during the Civil War. This city was burned by union troops
Atlanta
A battle near a sluggish little creek, it proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History with over 26,000 lives lost in that single day.
Antietam
A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The most famous battle because of its large size, high cost in lives, location in a northern state. A famous address was given.
Gettysburg
Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
A statement issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The statement said that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
During the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign,, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along there way.
Sherman's March to Sea
Grant's best fought campaign, this siege ended in the seizure of the Mississippi River by the Union
Vicksburg
Kentucky Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for President in 1860; believing that Congress had a duty to protect slavery
John Breckinridge