Slavery
the theory slavery could be ended gradually
gradualism
the decision that any African American could be accused of being a runaway slave and captured
Fugitive Slave Act
Harper's Ferry
Who was known as one of the greatest war generals in American History?
Robert E. Lee
Border Ruffians attacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, creating this nickname
Bleeding Kansas
idea calling for an immediate end to slavery
abolition
California was admitted to the Union as a free state, so the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened
Compromise of 1850
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Who was the most successful general of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
In which battle did Lee's men attack troops defending the Capital; first major battle of Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
the legal freeing of all enslaved people
emancipation
Slavery was banned north of Missouri and accepted south of Missouri once it was added as a state
Missouri Compromise
Which city did David Farragut lead 42 warships down the Mississippi to seize? (Biggest southern city)
a freed man who became one of the most famous abolitionists
Frederick Douglass
In which battle did Robert E. Lee attack George McClellan's troops at the capital city of the Confederacy; Richmond, Virginia?
Seven Days' Battle
Idea that people living in a territory have the right to decide by voting whether to allow slavery
Popular Sovereignty
this opened the Northern Great Plains for settlement
Kansas Nebraska Act
Sherman led a march of destruction 60 miles wide through which state?
Georgia
Missourians who rushed to Kansas to settle and vote pro-slavery
Border Ruffians
In which battle did Robert E. Lee's men invade the North where they met at Sharpsburg, Maryland; bloodiest one-day battle in American history?
Battle of Antietam
Dred Scott
The written agreement by Abraham Lincoln that slaves would be recognized as free men in the U.S.
Emancipation Proclamation
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Court House
What John Brown did, and what abolitionists considered him because of it
Seized the weapons arsenal and was considered a martyr
What was the battle with the most amount of lives lost, and last major battle to remember?
Battle of Gettysburg