Key Terms
the ability of citizens in a territory or state to vote directly on issues, such as slavery
popular sovereignty
Union general known for his extreme caution
McClellan
Allowed people to realize that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
The Dred Scott Decision
The first official battle of the Civil War
Bull Run
Wanted to make all of the land gained from the Mexican Cession free.
Wilmot Proviso
to give someone freedom
emancipate
senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850
Calhoun
Earned Lincoln the presidency; caused Southern states to start seceding; displayed the major divisions in the US
The election of 1860
The single bloodiest day in American history.
Battle of Antietam
Anything above a certain latitude line was to be free; later this is seen as unconstitutional
Missouri Compromise
secede
to leave
author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Southerners began to realize that the Northerners would do anything to abolish slavery, including resort to violence.
John Brown's Raid on Harper Ferry
The main 2 reasons General Lee often beat McClellan
People were meant to vote on slavery in these two states; led to violence.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
site where General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865
Appomattox Courthouse
Led the revolt on Harper's Ferry and is later seen as a martyr
John Brown
The official inciting event to the Civil War (occurred in South Carolina)
Fort Sumter
The 2 reasons why the Confederates won the battle of Fredericksberg
Confederates had the higher ground; Union had to cross river and run uphill
The Southerners' response to Wilmot Proviso
helped free slaves from rebel states
The Emancipation Proclamation
Known for his belief in "total war," this person helped Lincoln get re-elected
William Tecumseh Sherman
Enough people joined California for it to be legible to become a state; led to the compromise of 1850 that angered both Northerners and Southerners.
The Gold Rush
Although not technically the bloodiest day in American history, this battle is a costly Union win
The Battle of Gettysburg
Name one compromise directed to the North and one toward the South in the Compromise of 1850
North: Washington DC bans slave trade, CA is free
South: stricter fugitive slave law, popular sovereignty will decide the slave issue in the Mexican Cession