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THE CIVIL WAR
THE YANKEES VS. THE REBELS:
Conflict and Compromise
Missouri Compromise
 Missouri applies for statehood as a __________ state
 Northern Massachusetts will become the state of ____________
 ____________ line becomes the division of ________/ __________ area in territories
Expansion
 Victory in the _______________________ raised an important question about U.S. expansion. As
new states formed and joined the Union, would they allow ___________?
 In Congress, only a perfect ______________ between slave and anti-slave states meant ___________
______________________ for both sides.
Bleeding Kansas
 In Kansas, the ___________________ left the issue of slavery for the _______________ to decide,
though there were widely differing opinions.
 Before Kansas could apply for _________________, voters had to approve a _________________ to
___________ or ______ slavery.
 To win _______, both sides raised money and organized to bring in more _______________.
 So much violence took place that the area was called “_____________________________.”
 During the 1850s, several violent ___________ took place between pro-slavery and anti-slavery
forces, including the __________________________________, when a gang of ____ pro-slavery
men gunned down _____ anti-slavery settlers and killed __________.
 In __________________, Kansas, a sheriff's posse attacked ___________________ newspapers and
______________ buildings in what is known as the ________ of Lawrence.
John Brown
 In response, John Brown, an abolitionist, and others killed five pro-slavery settlers on
__________________________ Creek in Kansas.
 Kansas was eventually admitted as a __________ state, which deepened _______________
______________________.
John Brown’s Raid
 Abolitionist _________________ planned a raid on the U.S. arsenal at ________________ to get
guns for a slave revolt.
 U.S. ____________ stormed the arsenal and captured Brown and his followers
 They were tried for ____________ and ____________, though many northerners thought Brown was
a ______________.
Hostilities in Congress
 Congressman Preston ___________ attacks Senator Charles ____________ with his ______ in
___________________
 Congressmen started to bring _____________ to Congress
Dred Scott Case
 Dred Scott and his wife, both slaves who lived in _____________ which was _______ soil,
___________ for their freedom.
 The Supreme Court ruled in __________________________ that slaves are ____________ even if
they move to a free state because of the _____ Amendment.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
 Harriet Beecher Stowe writes ______________________ about the evils of slavery.
 Abraham Lincoln refers to this as “The little ______________ who wrote the ________ that made this
_______.”
The Threat of Secession
 The Southern leaders threatened to _____________ from the _________ if a Republican was elected
president in 1860.
 The Democrats characterize the Republican party as ______________ on _________
Abraham Lincoln Upbringing
 Lincoln was born in 1809 in a one-room cabin near Louisville, Kentucky.
 Lincoln’s family was very ________, held no _________, and _____________ slavery. They moved
to the _________________ Territory in 1816.
 In 1828 he got a job on a riverboat from Indiana to New Orleans, and there had his first contact with
slavery at a New Orleans ___________________.
Lincoln’s Early Political Career
 Lincoln moved to Illinois and ran for state _____________________.
 He won a seat in the Illinois General Assembly.
 He married ___________________, the daughter of a Kentucky slaveholder.
 In 1846 he was elected to Congress, and proposed the radical idea of “________________
_________________,” or paying slave owners to free their slaves.
 He resigned from Congress in 1849 and went home to Illinois. However, the __________________________ Act, sparked him to reenter politics as a ____________________.
The Lincoln - Douglas Debates
 Lincoln defeated ___________________________ in the Senatorial race.
 In his acceptance speech, he called the U.S. “_______________________________” on the issue of
slavery.
 National news attention about the speech led to the ________________________________.
– Lincoln challenged Douglas on _______________________________.
– In the ______________________ Doctrine, Douglas said people could stop slavery by
refusing to pass laws allowing it.
– Lincoln called slavery ___________________ but denied proposing racial equality.
The Election of 1860
 Two years later, Lincoln and Douglas ran against each other for ___________________, facing hard
battles.
 The ____________________ were divided and split completely, as southern Democrats
_______________________ of the nominating convention.
 The remaining Democrats nominated Douglas, and southern Democrats elected John
_______________________.
 Southern moderates started their own party, the ___________________________ Party.
 The Republicans chose _________________ because his abolitionist views were ___________ but
____________________.
 Lincoln won the election in the _______________ and became president with only 40% of the vote.
Southern Secession: Causes and Effects
 A week after Lincoln’s election, the South Carolina called a convention to consider
________________ the Union.
 _____________________ secedes followed, including Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
___________________, Louisiana, and Texas.
 Four other states—_________________, North Carolina, ________________, and Arkansas—also
threatened to secede.
 Causes of Secession
o The Compromise of _________
o The ___________________________ Act
o The ___________________________ Debates
o The _______________ of 1860
 Effects of Secession
o South Carolina fears a northern-controlled ________________ will act against
_______________ and _____________________ from the Union.
o Several states follow, forming the _________________________________.
The Confederate States of America
 In February ___________, _________ seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form a new
________________.
 They created the Confederate States of America, or the _______________________, which,
problematically, lacked national __________________ and official _____________________.
 They chose ____________________________, a former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, as president.
 The Capital was ____________________________
The Civil War
The Union
The Confederacy
 The Yankees
 The Rebels
 Population of ____ million
 Population of ___ million of which 3 million
 Resources
were ____________

More ___________________
• ____________________________
 Stronger ___________ leaders and
• Transportation - _______________
______________
• _________ mills & ______ mines
 Only had to fight a _______________ war
Fort Sumter
 4/61 - The __________________ bombs the _____________ Fort in the harbor of _______________,
South Carolina until they surrendered.
Bull’s Run - Manassas, VA
 7/61 - 1st major battle outside ___________________________
 People came out to watch, the ___________ had a surprising victory.
 Untrained troops on both sides transformed the battle to chaos and ended hopes for a short war.
Monitor and the Merrimack
 Ironsides battle at Hampton Roads.
 CSS ______________ (USS Merrimack) vs.USS _________________
 The North had a ___________________ on the ______ and _________________ all southern ports.
The War in the West
 Gaining control of the ___________________ River would split the Confederacy in ___
 Grant moved South, winning a major victory at the __________________________ in Tennessee, but the
fierce battle dashed northern hopes that the rebellion would collapse on its own. 20,000 killed.
 A Union fleet under Admiral David __________________ moved north along the Mississippi, capturing
_________________________ and other river cities.
Antietam
 9/62 - Biggest _____ day bloodbath.
 Over _________________ killed and wounded.
 Ended in a _______________ victory when McClellan stopped Lee’s advance into Maryland.
 Lee retreats to _______________.
 When McClellan doesn’t pursue, Lincoln puts _______________ in command.
Fredericksburg
 12/62 - The South (_______ and _______________) defeat the North (______________) in Virginia when
Burnside tries a _________________________ and is massacred.
 Burnside resigns and Joseph _____________ takes over the Union Command
Chancellorsville
 5/63 - ______ defeats ______________ despite 120,000 to 60,000 advantage.
 Gen. ___________________________ is accidentally shot and later dies.
Vicksburg

7/63 - Gen. ____________________ and the North defeat the South at _________________ taking
_______________ of the Mississippi River.
The Final Battles
 Grant fights _______ in three battles in his attempt to take the Capital of _______________
 Virginia Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor
 Grant lost as many __________________ as there were serving in Lee’s __________
 Lee __________________ at ____________________ Courthouse
Results
A. Losses:
1. Union: _______________
2. Confederate: _______________
3. ________________ wounded
B. ________________ assassinated by ____________________ five days after the South
__________________
Reconstruction
Lincoln’s Plan
 _____________ country - ___________ Plan
 _____% of men eligible to vote in South must swear ________________ to __________
 Vetoed the ______________________ - ______________ had to take oath
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
 Outspoken ____________ of southern traitors
 Plan was lenient on the ____________, following _______________ lead
 ___________________ - Pardon to Confederates who sign oath
 Special Pardons-for _____________________ & _______________ worth more than
$_________________
Congress Reconstruction Acts
 Five ______________________ & Federal Troops stationed
 ____________________ refused to seat Southern representatives because of the _____________________
which restricted the rights of newly ________________________
 Civil Rights Act - citizenship to ___________________________
 ________ Amendment - prevented states from denying rights or privileges of any citizen
 15th Amendment - the right to ________ cannot be denied for ________, color, or former servitude.
 _________________________________ - prosecute anyone who violate 14th or 15th Amendment
Southern Reconstruction
 Whites refused to vote in _____________________________
 African Americans influenced the _________
 The ______________________ Party controlled all of the _________ governments
 African Americans _____________________ whites in the ____________________
 Congress tried to ____________________ Johnson for firing Sec. of War Edwin Stanton
_______________ Congress approval. He is _________________ by one vote in the Senate.
Ku Klux Klan
 The first Klan was founded in 1865 by Tennessee _____________ of the __________________ Army.
 Groups spread throughout the _____________.
 Its purpose was to restore white __________________ in the ________________ of the Civil War.
 The Klan resisted _____________________ by ________________, _______________ and intimidating
_______________ and white Republicans.
Ulysses S. Grant
 __________________ wins Presidency
 18th President
 ______________ control south again and will continue until the election of ___________________
Freedmen’s Bureau
 Federal agency set up to give freed slaves _______, food, _______________, horses and mules
 40,000 African Americans established _____________ in South
 Illiteracy _______________
Former Slaves in the South
 __________________________ - land given in exchange for a portion of the crops
 not much different than slavery, still lived in same conditions
 __________________ - fee paid to vote, kept poor and blacks from voting
 _________________________ - redrawing district boundaries to lessen black voting power
Southern Governments
Carpetbaggers
 ____________________ who ran Southern __________________________
 many were __________________ and involved in _______________
Scalawags
 _______________________ who opposed secession and who participated in the
_____________________ Governments with the Northerners
The End of Reconstruction
 Election of 1876 - Rutherford _________ vs. Samuel _________
-Close election, disputes in 4 states (3 in South)
-Settled by ___________________ giving ________________ to the South
-Hayes elected by 1 Electoral College vote
-Ending Reconstruction
-___________ troops pulled out of South
 _______________________ overturns Enforcement Act & Civil Rights Act
 Former slaves still have no _______, no ___________, no _____________.
 Many African Americans move _________.