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North
Union-Army
Was anti-slavery
Union soldiers are known as
Yanks or Yankees
South
•_________Confederacy________
•Was pro-slavery; trying to keep
slavery to preserve their way of life
Confederate soldiers are known as
Rebs_or _Rebels
Slavery
The act of owning another
person as property
States’ rights
Constitutional issuing says: States should
have the final
authority over the Federal Government.
Southern states were for this;
Northern states believed that the nation was a
Union and it should not be divided
Abraham Lincoln
•Was the 16th president of the United
States of America; 1860-1865
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
freeing the slaves
Famous for his speech: Gettysburg
Address
Kansas -Nebraska Act
1854
•Canceled out the rules of the Missouri
Compromise
•Said Kansas and Nebraska could vote to be free
or slave states; popular Sovereignty
•Lead to fighting in Kansas known as “Bleeding
Kansas”
Compromise of 1850
California enters as a free state
•New Mexico and Utah got to vote if free or slave
state; popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Law—
•anyone caught helping
slaves escape would be punished
and all slaves had to be returned to the south
•Missouri Compromise•Took effect in 1820 and lasted for 30 years
•36 30 N latitude; line of division for slave and non-slave
•Divided land from Louisiana Purchase into slave and
free areas
• Missouri entered Union as a slave state and
•Maine as a free state; this kept the balance.
•Underground Railroad
Routes that conductors used to get
•slaves to freedom
These routes are not underground
Dred Scott Decision
•Dred Scott : case to the Supreme Court to fight
for his freedom
Before his death, Scott’s owner gave him
documents declaring him a freed slave
•Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property
and do not have rights
Ruled Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Uncle Tom’s Cabin-
•A novel written by Harriett Beacher Stowe
•South said it was all lies; North was
outraged over how the south treated
slaves
Lincoln’s election
•Lincoln ran as a member of the Republican Party. He
spoke out against slavery, but did not use governmentmilitary to stop slavery.
•Lincoln won the election against Stephen Douglas
•Southern States succeeded and formed the
Confederate States of America:
South Carolina, then Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
Florida,
Louisiana and Texas
John Brown’s Raid•John Brown was a radical abolitionist that believed in
providing weapons to the slaves so they could fight to
free themselves
•lead a raid on an armory in Virginia on October 16,
1859
•During the raid, John Brown was captured; the raid was
not successful;
He was tried and hung for treason on December 2, 1859
•The Atlanta CampaignGen. Sherman captured Atlanta;
Union victory
Brings the war to the South
SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
DESTROYED MOST OF GEORGIA
FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH
Gettysburg
•The turning point in the Civil War
The Union pushed the Confederacy back
and began gaining control again
Fort SumterMarks the start of the Civil War
April 12, 1861
Charleston Harbor, S.C.
Occurred 6 days after S.C. seceded from the Union
Confederate Victory
Appomattox Court HouseWhere General Lee surrendered to
General Grant
The Civil War is over
•Thomas “Stonewall” JacksonCommander of
Confederate Army
•Earned his nickname for his stand at Battle of
Manassas
Was accidentally shot by his own man and died 7
days later
Robert E. Lee
•General of the Confederacy
•Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House;
•Lost the Civil War
Ulysses S Grant
General of the Union; won the Civil War
Accepted Lee’s surrender at
Appomattox Court House
Jefferson Davis
Was the only president of
the Confederacy
abolitionist
•a person that did not believe in slavery
a person that helped to free slaves
racism
Racism is a form of discrimination based
on race, especially the belief that one race
is superior to another.
secede
to break away from
something or someone