Civil War

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  1. 4. an anti-slavery activist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid of a weapons storage building in Virginia; believed he was chosen by God to abolish slavery; debate continues over whether he was a terrorist or freedom fighter
  2. 6. the belief that ultimate power comes from the people; “popular ___________”
  3. 9. a series of violent fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas in 1856 who had moved to Kansas to try to influence the vote about whether Kansas would a slave state or a free state
  4. 11. this law was designed to ease tensions around slavery in western territories, that added California as a free state, but also included the Fugitive Slave Act; “Compromise of ____”
  5. 14. this law that required that northern free states forcibly return escaped slaves to their owners; “________ Slave Act”
  6. 16. this law (“act”) added the Nebraska and Kansas territories as states in 1854, and gave the people in those states the right to choose to be a free or slave state
  7. 17. to formally leave the union of states
  8. 18. (1820) a law that outlawed slavery in states north of Texas, except the one the law is named after; “________ Compromise”
  9. 19. the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
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  1. 1. the movement to make slavery illegal
  2. 2. the Northern States during the Civil War
  3. 3. the Southern States during the Civil War
  4. 5. a Union general and future President; chosen by Lincoln as the leading Union general late in the Civil War (in 1864); “Ulysses S. _____”
  5. 7. a statement issued by President Lincoln in 1862, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union; “the ____________ Proclamation”
  6. 8. a 3-minute speech by President Lincoln 1863 dedicating a new national cemetery; he praised the bravery of Union soldiers at the battle the speech was named after, and supported the ideals of self-government and human rights; “the __________ Address”
  7. 10. 16th American President; helped preserve the United States ("the Union") by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery; willing to make tough choices to unify Americans; “Abraham _______”
  8. 11. an amendment to the US Constitution passed after the Civil War that abolished slavery in the United States
  9. 12. an American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America ("the Confederacy") for its entire history from 1861 to 1865; “Jefferson _____”
  10. 13. the Union army's destructive march through Georgia in 1864 and 1865; an early example of "total war", intentionally targeting infrastructure and civilian property
  11. 15. a slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved after moving to a territory where slavery was banned; the Supreme Court said because he was a slave and not a citizen, he had no rights