Started because California wanted to become a state. The Compromise:
-Made California Free
-Gave Utah and New Mexico Territories to Popular Sovereignty
-Decreased the size of Texas
-Abolished the DC slave market
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When was he elected?
1860
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What event started the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
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Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves? Where DIDN'T it free slaves?
The Confederacy
The Border states who had slavery but remained loyal to the Union
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What was the 13th Ammendment?
Abolished Slavery?
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Who is John Brown?
Abolitionist who fought in Bleeding Kansas, and attacked the town of Harper's Ferry in an attempt to cause a slave rebellion. He was hanged as a traitor.
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What was his stance on Slavery at his election?
No new slave states. preserve slavery for states who already had it.
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Who was the leader of the Confederate Forces?
Robert E Lee
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List some inequalities faced by black soldiers.
Unequal provisions
Unequal pay
Black troops not often used in battle
Not many black officers
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What was the name of the abolitionist party?
Republican
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What is Popular Sovereignty, and what politician supported it?
Territories vote to decide whether or not they would be a slave state. Stephen A Douglas
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Why was his election controversial?
Because he only won 38% of the vote, and only won Northern states.
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Who was eventually the leader of the Union forces?
Ulysses S Grant
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What was the name of the first battle of the Civil War
Bull Run // Monasas
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What was the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
Gave Kansas and Nebraska the right to popular sovereignty.
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List 2 things he did that could be considered tyranical.
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Arrest of Maryland Governor
Censoring the Press
Ignoring Federal Courts
Disarmament of the Maryland Militia
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List 2 advantages the North had over the South, and 1 advantage the South had over the North.
North:
-Industry
-Population
-Railroads
-International Support
South:
-Home turf
-Leadership
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How did draft riots affect African Americans?
Rioters blamed blacks for the war and attacked and killed those they found.
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What was the name of the Southern Prison where Union prisoners were subjected to terrible conditions
Andersonville
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How did the issue of western territories help lead to the Civil War?
The issue of territory's Statehood disrupted the balance of Slave and Free states in the Union, causing tension and violence.
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Who played Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln"
Daniel Day Lewis
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What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
Sherman attacked THE PEOPLE of the South by burning their property and their food as he moved from Atlanta to Savannah. This broke the spirits of the Southerners.
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What happened at Fort Pillow
Confederates stormed the Union Fort Pillow. Confederates massacred the blacks within ruthlessly, burying some alive, and didn't spare women and children.
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What was the Merrimack vs. Moniter
The first battle between iron ships! lasted a while and they both just quit.