Events Leading to the Civil War

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This allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state in 1820

This allowed California to join the Union as a free state in 1850

This doubled the size of the United States giving slaveholding and "free labor" interests more territory to fight about

This tried to make the question of slavery a matter of "Popular Sovereignty" (a question of voting)

This lead to dramatic violence and bloodshed in the Kansas territory before it became a state

This involved a slave who had lived in a free state and who therefore believed he was entitled to his freedom

In this case the Supreme Court declared that all previous compromises over slavery were unconstitutional

This case made property rights concerning slavery more important than the human rights of any enslaved person

In 1832 South Carolina tried to declare a federal law (a tariff) unconstitutional and therefore null and void

This development in 1860 was the "last straw" for South Carolina and most of the other southern “slave” states.

This allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state.

This resulted in the passage and enforcement of a very strict Fugitive Slave law

In this situation, President Andrew Jackson got authorization from Congress to lead troops against a "rebel" state in 1833

This development in 1860 was partially a result of the Democratic Party being split over the issue of slavery – and the Republican Party being clearly united against it.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 * The Dred Scott Decision * The Compromise of 1850

The Kansas Nebraska Act * The Mexican American War * The Election of Abraham Lincoln

The Nullification Crisis

Events During the Civil War Hostilities

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The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

This battle, fought in Union territory, is considered the turning point of the war

This is a famous example of "Scorched Earth" tactics in warfare

This was a successful attempt to cut the South off from the outside world – and deprive the South of currency and weapons

This was the result of South Carolina inviting the other Slave states to join it in seceding from the Union

This was a presidential executive order that slaves in rebel territories were to be liberated

From Atlanta to the sea (Charleston, SC) and then up to Virginia

This freed some of the slaves but not all of the slaves

Grant's generous terms of surrender helped establish a lasting peace.

This happened when Lee's troops were completely surrounded and cut off from all supplies and provisions

This case imposed clear rules about imposing martial law or using military courts to try civilians

Gettysburg * Emancipation Proclamation * Fort Sumter * Sherman's March

Ex parte Milligan * The Confederacy * The Blockade * Appomattox

More Events Identification

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 had three major provisions. Please list them in the spaces provided below.

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The Compromise of 1850 had two major provisions. Please list them in the spaces provided below.

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The Dred Scott decision had at least two important consequences

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The 13^th Amendment _____________________________________________________________

The 14^th Amendment _____________________________________________________________

The 15^th Amendment _____________________________________________________________

made previous compromises invalid

allowed California to join the Union as a free state

made slavery unconstitutional

allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state

required Congress to pass a strict Fugitive Slave Law

required states to apply the Bill of Rights to ALL their citizens

removed race as a qualification for voting

allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state

prohibited slavery North of Missouri’s southern border

ruled that property rights of slave owners were more important than the human rights of slaves