Issues that Divided the Nation
This issue divided the nation because Southerners felt that its abolition would destroy their region’s economy.
What is Slavery?
Missouri became a slave state and this state became a free state.
What is Maine?
Following this person's election, many southern states seceded from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The firing on this location began the war.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
Plantation slavery was economically powerful but did not develop as many towns, cities, and factories as this region.
What is the South?
This compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Confederate forces attacked this fort in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
Union General who led the Union to victory, culminating in the surrender at Appomattox.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle in southern Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war; the North repelled Lee’s invasion.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Southerners believed they had the power to declare any national law illegal.
What are States Rights?
The people of each state would decide the slavery issue under this act.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Lincoln was determined to preserve this by force if necessary.
What is the Union?
Confederate General of Army of Northern Virginia who surrendered at Appomattox.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This battle in southern Mississippi divided the South; the North controlled the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Northerners believed that this government's power was supreme over that of the states.
What is the national government?
This term means the people of each state would decide the slavery issue.
What is popular sovereignty?
This document stated that slaves in the Confederacy are free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
A major Confederate General known by the nickname "Stonewall."
Who is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
Lee’s surrender to Grant at this location in 1865 ended the war.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This issue involved States Rights Versus a Strong Central Government.
What are Constitutional Issues?
This law returned runaway enslaved Black people to their owners even if they were in a free state.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Lincoln wrote this address that said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
An abolitionist who fought for the end of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Civil War nurse who created the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?