Civil War Flashcards
Slave State
A state witch that allows slavery.
Free state
A state witch does not allow slavery
The Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by President Lincoln in 1862. It was created to free all the slaves in slave states only.
Missouri comprimise
Under this plan Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. It also said that no state above the 36’ 30’ line could be slave states
Abolitionists
Americans that want to abolish,or end slavery.
Dred Scott Case
A slave sued for his freedom, but he lost. The judge ruled that slaves were property. Also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
Battle of Antietam
This battle is known as the “Bloodest Day.”
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Legislation that allowed the people of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to choose to have slavery in their territory or not.
1st Battle of Bull Run
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson gets his nickname in this battle. The Confederacy gets an early victory and a boost of confidence in this battle. Picnickers watched in horror.
Secede
to withdraw
Anaconda Plan
The North’s strategy to win the war. It was founded by General Winfield Scott.
agriculture and slavery
what the Southern economy was based on
Factories and industries
What the Northern economy was based on
Battle of Gettysburg
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. It is also considered the turning point the war.
Firing on Fort Sumter
Started the Civil War. It was the first battle of the Civil War.
1861-1865
When was the Civil War fought?
Ulysses Grant
One of the many Generals chosen by Lincoln to lead Union forces in the war
Robert E. Lee
The leader of the Confederate army
California
The Compromise of 1850 admitted this state without slavery.
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest Civil War battle in a single day.
Emancipation Proclamation
A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate states were free
Battle of Vicksburg
What was the second turning point of the Civil War?
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run; got his nickname because he encouraged his men to stand firm like a stonewall; was shot at the Battle of Chancellorsville by his own men
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union during the Civil War. He opposed the expansion of slavery. He thought slavery was immoral.
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Gettysburg Address
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at a memorial for Union soldiers that died at the Battle of Gettysburg
sectionalism
Showing extreme loyalty to a certain section of the country
Appomattox Courthouse
the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant
states’ rights
the belief that individual states can limit the power of the federal government; states believe that they have the right to refuse to follow the law if it is unconstitutional (unfair)
nullify
void or refuse to do something
they thought he would end slavery
Southern states began to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S. Why did they begin to secede?
he disagreed with it and said it was illegal
How did Lincoln feel about secession?
South Carolina
Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?
south
Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought?
North
Where were most of the railroads (north or south)?
March to the Sea
What is the name of the event where William T. Sherman burned down the city of Atlanta.
Union
Which side won the Civil War?
1865
When did the Civil War end?
1861
When did the Civil War begin?
African Americans are property and slavery can go into all U.S. territories.
What did the Dred Scott decision rule?
Popular Sovereignty where people can choose to have slavery or not
What did the Kansas Nebraska Act allow?
An abolitionist that used violence to try and stop slavery from expanding.
Who was John Brown?
