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Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
The idea that the US has divine right to move west
Manifest Destiny
A person who wants to end slavery
abolitionist
The compromise that said any state north of 36/30 would be a free state
The Compromise of 1820/ The Missouri Compromise
The event that occurred when Americans moved into the territory of Texas and brought enslaved people with them
The Mexican-American War
The president who forced the Native Americans to re-locate, causing the death of thousands
Andrew Jackson
This state was "Burning" due to all the fighting
Kansas
the big word for "set free"
emancipate
Thomas Jefferson doubles the size of the US territory with this
The Louisiana Purchase
Who wanted to raid the armory at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
The woman responsible for helping to free over 70 slaves
Harriet Tubman
What state did "The March to the Sea" occur in?
Georgia
to withdraw out of a union
secede
Undid the Missouri Compromise by saying states now had the right to decide if they are slave or free
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What happened to Senator Sumner after he spoke out about his colleagues owning enslaved people?
He was beaten with a cane
Who was the most notable Confederate military leader?
Robert E. Lee
Where did many people go via the Underground Railroad?
Canada
The names of the North and South armies during the Civil War
Union and Confederate
The policy that Lincoln put into effect that ended the enslavement of Africans
The Emancipation Proclamation
The most famous speech in American history that Lincoln gave at a battle field
The Gettysburg Address
Who led the 60 mile wide slash and burn March to the Sea?
The battle field that is now a national cemetery. Lincoln gave his most famous speech here.
Gettysburg
The horrible institution of forcing a group of people to work in horrible conditions for the benefit of someone else
Slavery
The Supreme Court case that said whether or not an African was enslaved, they were still not a citizen
Dred Scott v Sanford
If ______________ we will secede and create our own country.
Abraham Lincoln is elected President