American Civil War

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  1. 2. Fort _______ was a fort near Charleston, South Carolina, that received a 33 hour bombardment, which kicked off the beginning of the Civil War.
  2. 4. The process in which the beauty or quality of something is destroyed or spoiled:
  3. 6. This type of power allowed for factories to be located anywhere. It also provided reliable power that could be used for large machines, early trains and boats.
  4. 9. A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.
  5. 10. Jefferson _______ was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  6. 12. This battle resulted in a Union victory, which halted Robert E. Lee's plan to invade the North, and served as the turning point of the Civil War.
  7. 14. Harper’s ______ was a place in Virginia where abolitionist John Brown, led a small raid on a federal armory, in an attempt to start a slave revolt.
  8. 17. The _______ of 1850 was a set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, which attempted to give something to both sides.
  9. 19. A system under which an authority undertakes to supply needs or regulate conduct of those under its control in matters affecting them as individuals.
  10. 23. Occurring or existing in the years leading up the American Civil War.
  11. 24. The capital city of the United States of America, was ________ D.C.
  12. 26. The _______ Slave Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  13. 28. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
  14. 29. Warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls. They were essentially the first modern-day battleships.
  15. 30. The ______ Plan was a Military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott, which called for a naval blockade of the Confederate territories from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi.
  16. 31. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city.
  17. 32. It was used to communicate with people during the war. It was the precursor to the telephone.
  18. 38. The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
  19. 40. It was used for strategic purposes, and it would also be the first war when real images (other than art work), would be preserved for future generations to observe.
  20. 41. A league or alliance of the northern states, which sought to preserve the United States.
  21. 42. The capital city of the Confederate States of America, was _________, Virginia.
  22. 44. Abraham ________ was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
  23. 45. A _______ hierarchy system of ranking that is based on the belief that some racial groups are superior to other racial groups.
  24. 46. Sectional _________ was the conflict and division between different regions of the United States, particularly in relation to issues such as slavery, economics, and political power.
  25. 47. Undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
  26. 48. The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
  27. 49. Popular ________ is a doctrine in political theory that government is created by, and subject to the will of the people.
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  1. 1. The Kansas _________ Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty there. However, it also led a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas.”
  2. 3. A league or alliance of the southern states, which attempted to secede from the United States.
  3. 5. Bleeding _______ was a four year period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 55 people were killed.
  4. 7. Also known as the First Battle of Bull Run, this was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
  5. 8. Robert E. _______ was the leading general for the Confederate forces in the American Civil War.
  6. 11. Domestic ________ is the employment of hired workers by private households for the performance of tasks such as housecleaning, cooking, child care, gardening, and personal service.
  7. 13. A battle at _________, Virginia resulted in a stalemate between both sides, but marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital.
  8. 15. A result or effect of an action or condition.
  9. 16. The ________ Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery in territory that later became Kansas and Nebraska.
  10. 18. This chemical fluid neutralizes cellular proteins, which slows down bateria. It’s purpose was to preserve dead human bodies.
  11. 20. This courthouse was where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, essentially ending the Civil War.
  12. 21. Tending to occur in more members of a family than expected by chance alone.
  13. 22. The Mason ________ Line was established to end a boundary dispute between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware.
  14. 25. Slave states that chose not to secede from the Union, were called ______ states.
  15. 27. The Emancipation _________ declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  16. 33. The _______ was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide popularity in America.
  17. 34. Someone who actively worked to end slavery. Some actually helped slaves to escape.
  18. 35. This was a brutal prisoner of war camp in Georgia, where more than 13,000 Union soldiers died.
  19. 36. The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
  20. 37. Dependence on or trust in someone or something.
  21. 39. The ________ Railroad was a series of secret routes and safehouses that led by freed & escaped slaves, and abolitionists in order to reach freedom.
  22. 43. Ulysses S. ________ was the leading general for the Union forces in the American Civil War.
  23. 50. Relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than a city or town with a high population.