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  1. 8. Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War
  2. 9. general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)
  3. 10. What was the first battle of ironclads
  4. 13. 1st battle of the Civil war resulting in a moral boosting confederate victory
  5. 14. a novel published by harriet beecher stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
  6. 15. Union General that marched through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, destroying farms, livestock, crops, and anything else in his path.
  7. 22. Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
  8. 24. Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
  9. 25. the democratic party split, Lincoln was elected president
  10. 26. He was a Union general that was in charge during the beginning of the war. He defeated Lee, at Antietam, securing a much needed Union victory.
  11. 27. Union general destructive march across Georgia
  12. 28. Turning point of the Civil War
  13. 30. A bullet with a hollow base
  14. 32. an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
  15. 33. in the civil war the states between the north and the south: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
  16. 34. This was battle fought by Grant in an attempt to capture the railroad of the South near Corinth. Union victory after 2 days.
  17. 35. General Ambrose Burnside replaced McClellan and he attacked Lee in 1862 here while suffering immense losses (more than 2 soldiers on Union side killed for every one Confederate)
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  1. 1. a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
  2. 2. Issued by Abraham Lincoln, it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
  3. 3. First African American Regimen, successfully defended Fort Wagner
  4. 4. The bloodiest day of the Civil War. Lee planned a northern invasion into Maryland but a Union soldier discovered those battle plans wrapped around three cigars.As it was, Union forces drove the Confederates back across the Potomac.
  5. 5. First state to secede from the Union
  6. 6. 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
  7. 7. First battle of the Civil War, was ultimately captured by the South
  8. 11. Law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
  9. 12. series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery
  10. 16. President of the Confederate States of America
  11. 17. split the Confederacy in two and gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
  12. 18. the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker. General Jackson was killed by friendly fire.
  13. 19. an American general and won a major victory at Vicksburg. He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
  14. 20. Abolitionist senator whose verbal attack on the South provoked a physical assault that severely injured him
  15. 21. N. Democrats who opposed the Civil War & sympathized w/ the South; fought against Lincoln, the draft & emancipation
  16. 23. Location in Virginia of General Lee's surrender.
  17. 29. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property
  18. 31. Commander of the Confederate Army