Issues on Slavery
The United States of America accepted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state as a result of which compromise?
The Missouri Compromise
He was the first man to try to obtain his freedom from the Judicial system, when he claimed living in Wisconsin (a free state) had made him a free man.
Dream Scott
During the campaign southern states threatened to do this if Lincoln was elected as president.
Succeed from the Union.
The Confederacy elected this man to be their president
Jefferson Davis
The Battle of Vicksburg was significant because it ensured that the Union Army would maintain control of which economically important river?
The Mississippi
The Compromise of 1850 became necessary after the United States acquired western lands and this territory applied for statehood as a free state.
California
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no African American, slave or free, was or every could be this.
A citizen
Republican
He was the Leader of the Union Army who would later become the 18th president of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant.
Not only was this one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, but it was also a turning point that indicated the Union was likely going to be victorious, and was followed by one of the most inspiring presidential addresses in our nations history.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel about slavery which added more fuel to the slavery debate in America.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Supreme Court ruled that banning slavery in a territory is unconstitutional because slaves are considered _______, and taking ________ is a violation of citizen rights. (same word for both blanks)
property
Following the election results, which state was the first to succeed from the Union?
South Carolina
He was the leader of the Confederate Army who graduated at the top of his class at West Point.
Robert E. Lee
After being severely outnumbered, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in this capital of of the Confederacy on April 9th 1865.
Richmond, VA.
The violence that broke out as a result of anti-slavery people and pro-slavery people moving to Kansas to support or oppose slavery became known as:
Bleeding Kansas
Although he didn't win the election, this man gained a lot of publicity during his debates with Stephen Douglass during the Illinois Senate campaign.
Abraham Lincoln
This political party had a split ticket during this election, meaning there were multiple candidates from this party on the ballot.
Democrats
When the Confederate Army attacked this Union fort and took control of it, the Civil War officially began.
Ft. Sumter
During this speech, Lincoln reminded the nation that slavery must be abolished and that when the war is over the nation must come back together in peace.
The Fugitive Slave Act
After his raid on Harper's Ferry to try arm slaves and start a rebellion, the north viewed this man as a martyr and the south viewed him as a terrorist.
John Brown
By February 1861, the southern states that succeeded formed their own nation called:
The Confederate States of America
This executive order that was signed by Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves ONLY in states of rebellion, NOT the border slave states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man at Ford's Theatre during a play.
John Wilkes Booth