Battles
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this Confederate victory. These shots marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Someone who works toward the end of slavery
What is an abolitionist?
This person beat Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner called Southerners "murderers" and "imbeciles.
Who is Preston Brooks?
The South lost its most important port during this battle
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Burned Atlanta and led a march to sea
Union plan to cut off ports, split the South in half, and starve them out.
What is the Anaconda plan?
The Supreme Court decision that declared Black people to not be citizens and unable to receive legal rights. It also declared
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This Union victory gave the North complete control of the MS River and cut the Confederacy in half.
Leader of the Union army who later became President
Who is Ulysses Grant
Considered a very important resource during the Civil War; The Union gained control of it at the Battle of Vicksburg
What is Mississippi River
Missouri became a slave state. Maine became a free state. A boundary line was drawn of 36 30 determining what slaves would be free and which would be slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The major event that led to Southern states seceding.
What was the election of Abraham Lincoln?
After this surprise Confederate victory, the North retreated in defeat. Both sides realized the war would be difficult and last a long time.
President during the Civil War
where a speech was given by Abraham Lincoln after a battle, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
Made California a free state. Utah and New Mexico decide free or slave by popular sovereignty. Instituted the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky
What are border states?
After this bloody Union victory, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the Confederate slaves.
What is the Battle of Antietam
Battle at which Thomas " Stonewall" Jackson got his nickname
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered and ultimately ended the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse
Document issued by President Abraham Lincoln that freed all enslaved persons in the United States
What is Emancipation Proclamation
Single bloodiest day of battle during the Civil War
What was the Battle of Antietam?