Secession
What does secession mean?
To withdraw from a group of people
Confederates
What are states rights?
The rights and power of an individual states government being more powerful than that of the federal government
Who was Ulyess S. Grant?
A union war general
What was the Compromise of 1850?
A document that added two free states, 1 slave state, and created the fugitive slave act
What is the name of the group of states that seceded from the union?
Confederate states; Confederacy
What was the Anaconda plan
It was the Union's plan for winning the Civil War and included a naval blockade of the Confederacy
What did the Compromise of 1850 make?
The fugitive slave act
What was Scott v. Sanford
A court case that ruled Dred Scott as a slave
Did the Emancipation Proclamation convince the Confederacy to surrender?
No, they continued to fight
Why did southern states secede from the union?
To preserve the institution of slavery?
Where was the union blockade?
Southern states
Why was the south upset by the Election of 1860?
They believed Abraham Lincoln would abolish slavery
What did Harriet Tubman do?
Freed slaves and brought them north to free slaves
What were some of the main causes of death in Andersonville?
disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, or exposure
What is the main reason GA seceded from the union?
The Election of 1860
What city did the union take to make the union blockade effective?
Savannah, Georgia
What was Georgia Platform
Without the fugitive slave act Georgia would not support the Compromise of 1850
Who was William Sherman
A union general in the civil war
When did Sherman's march to Sea begin?
November 1864
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
Jefferson Davis
Who was trying to trade with the southern states?
Great Britain
What was nullification?
The theory that states can ignore federal laws that weren't in the constitution
Who was Fredrick Douglas
An abolitionist born into slavery, who later escaped
How many casualties were there at the Battle of Chickamauga
Over 34,000