Laws
THIS law created a new slave state and a new free state, as well as a region in the South where slavery was prohibited, and a region in the North where slavery was legal.
The Missouri Compromise
A vote over THIS led to murderous fighting between both sides, in an event known as Bleeding Kansas.
Legalized slavery in Kansas
At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln did not believe he had the power to end slavery, due to limitations of his power caused by THIS.
The Constitution
Lincoln did not want it to free the slaves in THESE states, because he wanted to keep those states on the side of the Union.
Border states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia)
When the Civil War ended, Confederate soldiers were treated generously by General Grant, who allowed them to do THIS rather than face imprisonment.
Return to their homes
The Compromise of 1850 allowed THIS state to enter the US as a free state.
California
“Slavery should ____________________________” was the political platform of the Republican Party.
Not expand into US territories or new states.
THIS side won many of the early battles of the Civil War.
The South
Medical conditions during the Civil War were considered poor due to the common use of THIS as a means of slowing gangrene infection.
Amputation
The Civil War led to an increase in THIS in the North, while Southerners experienced the opposite effect.
Manufacturing/population
The Compromise of 1850 required that a new law, called THIS, would be used to re-capture escaped slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Law
Abraham Lincoln was a member of THIS party.
Republican
General McClellan, the original commander of Union forces, was popular with his troops but was criticized by Lincoln for THIS.
Not chasing the Confederate army when they retreated (which would have likely ended the war sooner).
Women participated in the Civil War primarily through THIS activity.
Nursing/supplying water to wounded soldiers
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution freed the slaves, but the 14th was created in order to make sure that THESE people would be legal citizens, and therefore have civil rights.
All people born within the United States
Heated debate over slavery in Congress led some to support “popular sovereignty”, the idea that the citizens of a state should be able to do THIS:
Vote on whether their state would allow slavery or prohibit it.
Lincoln was elected in part due to THIS characteristic of the North.
Large population/electoral vote
General Grant was considered much more ____________________________ in attacking and pursuing the Confederate army.
Aggressive
Free blacks often contributed by working as THIS for the Union army.
Laborers
THIS gave all adult male citizens the right to vote in the United States.
The Fifteenth Amendment