Unit 5 Review

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  1. 7. Acronym for the military group created for Black soldiers.
  2. 10. This group of people vote directly for the President of the United States.
  3. 13. The first state to declare that they were leaving the Union.
  4. 14. After a brief period as an independent republic, this state was admitted as a slave state in 1845.
  5. 16. In an infamous 1857 decision, the Supreme Court stated that a descendent of African slaves can never one of these.
  6. 17. Free state admitted to the U.S. along with Missouri.
  7. 19. The location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
  8. 20. Many women served in this role during the Civil War, tending to the injuries of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
  9. 21. Also known as Bull Run, this was the first major battle of the Civil War.
  10. 24. Nat Turner and Gabrielle Prosser both let one of these against slaveholders.
  11. 26. The northern states had a much higher ________, which made it easier for them to replenish their army with more soldiers.
  12. 27. The Union had many more miles of __________ than the south, making it easier for them to move and get supplies to their army.
  13. 29. The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
  14. 30. The Union general that accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee.
  15. 31. Free state admitted to the U.S. as part of the Compromise of 1850.
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  1. 1. This Union general led the March to the Sea to deliver the final blow in the south.
  2. 2. President during the Civil War.
  3. 3. The Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that slaves were not people, but should instead be treated as ______.
  4. 4. The states in the Union that allowed slaver are collectively known as the _______ states.
  5. 5. Collective name of the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
  6. 6. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that federal laws limiting the spread of slavery were _________.
  7. 8. The concept that it is acceptable during war to attack all aspects of the enemy, even if it has the potential to harm non-military civilians in the process.
  8. 9. To formally leave the United States (before the Civil War).
  9. 11. Another word for weapons, which were produced in many factories with women employees during the Civil War.
  10. 12. Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without winning a single state in this region.
  11. 15. The location of the cemetery where Lincoln gave his famous "address".
  12. 18. A secret network that aided in the escape of enslaved people.
  13. 22. He sued for his freedom after living for a period of time in free states.
  14. 23. Lincoln was uable to secure this in the Election of 1860's popular vote, but was able to reach it in the Electoral vote.
  15. 25. In 1863, a proclamation orderd the __________ of slaves in the south.
  16. 28. Some women had this job during the Civil War, gathering and relaying information about the enemy in secret.