This compromise was created in 1820 and allowed two states into the Union as well as establishing the 36 30' line deciding slavery in new territories.
What is The Missouri Compromise
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War and showed both sides how the war was going to be different than previously thought.
What is The Battle of Bull Run
100
The most important river in the South. Also, it was the focal point for the Union's battle plans.
What is The Mississippi River
100
The political party which was strictly against the expansion of slavery. This party later became part of another new political party in 1854
What is Free Soil Party
100
When ships block ports in order to stop goods from coming in and going out.
What is Blockade
200
Who was known as the Great Compromiser as well as serving in congress for more than 30 years.
Who is Henry Clay
200
This battle was the first naval battle between iron-clad ships.
What is The Merrimack vs The Monitor
200
This section of the country had more factories, population and more railroads.
What is The North
200
This action was the first time bloodshed was ever spilt in Congress. This event took place over the slave government in Kansas
What is The Canning of Charles Sumner
200
A type of war where everything on the opposing side is destroyed limited the ability for them to fight a war.
What is total war
300
This compromise was proposed by Stephen Douglas, which created two new territories as well as establishing popular sovereignty as a way to decide on slavery.
What is The Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
This battle was won by the Union, however it was the motive behind Lincoln firing McClellan.
What is The Battle of Antietam
300
This section of the country had less railroads and less usable farmland.
What is South
300
This 1860 event sparked the secession of 7 states which formed the Confederate States of America.
What is Election of Abraham Lincoln
300
When men are required to perform military service if the government calls on them.
What is Draft
400
This compromise composed by Henry Clay brought in California into the Union as well as established popular sovereignty to be used to decide slavery in the Mexican Cession.
What is Compromise of 1850
400
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. More men died in this battle than in the Revolution, War of 1812 and Mexican-American War combined.
What is The Battle of Shiloh
400
The North did this in order to cut the South off from the rest of the world.
What is Blockade
400
This court case decision angered northerners because it called the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional making it so Congress could not control which territories or states slavery was spread.
What is The Dred Scott Decision
400
This man used total war to destroy the South's ability to fight the war. He marched across the South towards Atlanta GA. Once he got to Atlanta he burnt it to the ground.
What is General William Tecumseh Sherman
500
This proposal called for the ban of slavery in the Mexican Cession.
What is Wilmot Proviso
500
This was the turning point of the war. More than 40,000 men died in the struggle. A cemetery now lies where the battle was fought.
What is The Battle of Gettysburg
500
Place of a major battle during the Civil War. It was also the last strong hold for the Confederacy on the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg
500
John Brown's raid on this town sparked controversy between the North and the South because the North praised John Brown as a hero.
What is Harpers Ferry
500
The constitutional right to unlawful imprisonment.