Compromising Decisions
Created the 36-30 line.
What was the Missouri Compromise
Lincoln was this for at least the first half of the war.
What was a moderate?
The fighting started here.
Where was Fort Sumter?
At the beginning of the war, Lincoln declared that his purpose in fighting the war was to do this.
What is to "restore the Union"?
Guns supplied by Harriet's brother.
What were "Beecher's Bibles"?
The Missouri Compromise was nullified by this other compromise.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
They believed in passing laws to restrict the spread of slavery.
Who were liberals?
This 1862 battle was the single bloodiest day of the war.
What was Antietam?
The Gettysburg Address appeals to this earlier foundational idea.
What is that "All men are created equal"?
Preston Brooks did this to Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber.
What was beat him?
The Compromise of 1850 was a reaction to this event.
What was the Mexican-American War?
What is violence?
This 3 day battle in 1863 was the turning point of the war.
What was Gettysburg?
This belief was characterized both by the desire to get rid of slavery and an inclination towards the equality of the races.
What was abolitionism?
This was the most controversial aspect of the Compromise of 1850.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
This compromiser was involved in both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was Stephen A. Douglas?
People who were willing to compromise on the issue of slavery were mostly these.
Who were moderates?
General Sherman captured this city in 1864. It helped to secure the reelection of Lincoln.
What was Atlanta?
Free, Citizens, Vote
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
These people today greatly discount the role of slavery in causing the Civil War.
Who are neo-Confederates?
This declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This Confederate capital fell to Union forces in 1865.
What was Richmond?
Jefferson said this about slavery. John C. Calhoun responded by describing slavery as this.
What is a "necessary evil" and "positive good"?
The Battle of Bull Run in 1861 demonstrated to many that the Civil War would not be this.
What is short?