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The Civil War
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Battles &
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Missouri
Compromise
Because of this, slavery was prohibited
in the area north of 36 degrees 30’.
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Kansas- Nebraska Act
This act of Congress overturned the Missouri Compromise
because the issue of slavery in territories
of Kansas and Nebraska was to be
decided by popular sovereignty (they could vote).
2,1
Compromise of 1850
This stated the California was to enter as a free state
in the agreement.
3,1
Fugitive Slave Act/ Law
This law/ act required people in the north
and south to turn in runaway slaves.
4,1
Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to publicize the cruelties and evils of
slavery and gather support. This infuriated many Southerners; however, it
did turn many people against slavery.
Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe
write “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
5,1
Scott, a slave who lived in Missouri, moved with his master to Illinois, then to
Wisconsin, both free states. When his master died, some abolitionists lawyers sued
for his freedom saying that by living in a free state he was free.
Who was Dred Scott and what is his story?
1,2
-Scott could not sue for freedom because he was not a citizen
-No African American (slave or free) was a citizen
Name one thing that the Supreme
court ruled in the Dred Scott Case
2,2
Maine was admitted free, and Missouri was admitted as
a slave state.
Because of the Missouri Compromise, what
state entered as free and what state
entered as a slave state?
3,2
Wilmot Proviso
Representative David Wilmot tried to outlaw
slavery in the new territories. The issue
was passed by the House of Representative
but dropped by the Senate. What was it called?
4,2
5,000 “border ruffians” swarmed into Kansas and voted illegally in
Kansas’ election for a territorial legislature.
What happened during “Bleeding Kansas”?
5,2
General Lee
This generals strategy
was to exhaust the Union by
fighting a defensive war. He would then attack.
1,3
Abraham Lincoln
He hoped to preserve the Union. At Fort
Sumter, he sent food, but not weapons.
2,3
He ordered them to stop cheering because he knew that
it was time to start rebuilding America.
Why did General Grant order his troops
to stop cheering after their victory?
3,3
Lincoln personally believed that slavery should not exist.
Even though Abraham Lincoln was
unwilling to abolish slavery
at the beginning of the Civil War, what was
his real beliefs about slavery?
4,3
His goal was to cripple their economy.
Why did General Grant want to use the north’s
naval strength to blockade the southern ports?
5,3
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln wrote this that freed the Confederate slaves.
1,4
Battle of Bull Run
In this battle, the confederates picked up their
weapons, while the overly
confident Union fled. This was the first
battle of the Civil War.
2,4
Fort Sumter
In 1861, that spark occurred at _________________, a
federal outpost in
Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by c
onfederate troops, beginning the Civil War.
3,4
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle finally turned the
tide against the Confederates. Over 50,000 died.
4,4
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln said these words during what speech?- “We
here are highly resolved that
these dead shall not have died in vain
that this nation, under God, shall have a
new birth of freedom- and that the government of
the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from this earth” What was it?
5,4
Slavery
The 13th amendment that was added to the
Constituion made what illegal in the U.S.?
4,4
It stated that all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
except Native Americans are citizens.
What did the 14th amendment state?
4,4
The right to vote (suffrage)
What did the 15th mendment give
African American men?
4,4
Freedmen’s Bureau
This provided food, clothing, education, and jobs
for the newly freed slaves and poor whites.
4,4
They were laws passed by southern states to limit the freedom (could not
vote, own guns, serve on juries) of American Americans after the Civil War.
What were black codes?
4,4