The Civil War Review

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  1. 6. Southerners strongly supported this; said that since states had created the federal gov't by ratifying the Constitution & joined the Union voluntarily, it also had the power to withdraw.
  2. 7. this senator was brutally beaten for his speech that blamed pro-slavery activists for the violence in Kansas.
  3. 8. the President of the Confederacy.
  4. 11. in this 1820 compromise, Maine was admitted as a free state & Missouri was admitted as a slave state. It also prohibited slavery above the 36/30 latitude line.
  5. 12. site of a turning point battle, ending with a Union victory & an address by Lincoln.
  6. 17. a person who is against slavery & wants to abolish it.
  7. 18. this region was based in agriculture, plantations & relied on slavery.
  8. 21. in this compromise, California was admitted as a free state, while other western territories got to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery. it also imposed a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
  9. 23. one of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad, she helped slaves escape to freedom.
  10. 24. he introduced the idea of “total war” as commander of all Union forces.
  11. 28. this plan aimed to "squeeze" the South by blockading its ports & controlling the Mississippi River, cutting off the confederacy into 2.
  12. 29. refers to the violence that erupted in Kansas following the Kansas Nebraska Act.
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  1. 1. the idea that people in certain territories could decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
  2. 2. this act reopened the issue of slavery, leading to violent conflicts in Kansas.
  3. 3. the scheme to annex Cuba as a slave state
  4. 4. the amendment that abolished slavery.
  5. 5. in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans had no rights & Congress couldn't ban slavery in western territories.
  6. 8. abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave rebellion at a federal armory in Harper's Ferry, VA.
  7. 9. the formal withdraw from an organization or group; during the Civil War, the South left the Union and formed the Confederacy.
  8. 10. refers to the loyalty many Americans felt towards their own region, rather than to the country as a whole.
  9. 13. issued by Lincoln, this declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territories were to be freed; it did not immediately free all enslaved people.
  10. 14. this region was newer, constantly expanding, & was based in mining.
  11. 15. the shots fired here marked the start of the Civil War.
  12. 16. The Confederate surrender here ensured Union control of the Mississippi River & split the South in two.
  13. 19. this battle in Florida ended with Confederate troops defeating Union troops.
  14. 20. this quote comes from this famous speech by Lincoln: "4 score & 7 years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, & dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
  15. 22. the election of this president caused 11 states to secede from the Union in 1861.
  16. 25. this region was industrialized, had factories, better technology and opposed slavery.
  17. 26. beginning as the Free Soil Party, this party was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States.
  18. 27. the main cause of the Civil War; the ownership of a person as property.