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| MISSOURI COMPROMISE of 1820 | Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state. In order to keep the number of slave and free states equal, Maine would enter as a free state. |
| COMPROMISE OF 1850 | Resolved slavery issue in new lands gained in war with Mexico. Californians would be allowed to join the Union as a free state. In the rest of the new lands, the people would decide. |
| KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT | Changed the rules of the Missouri compromise to allow people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves on the slavery issue by voting (popular sovereignty). |
| THE NORTH | An urban society in which people held jobs |
| THE SOUTH | An agricultural society - farms, villages, plantations |
| Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri | Border states - They permitted slavery but had not seceded from the Union |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union |
| THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS | In this short speech in 1863, Lincoln called on the people to try even harder to save the govenment "of the people, by the people, and for the people." |
JEFFERSON DAVIS,  | President of the Confederacy |
ULYSSES S. GRANT,  | Led the Union Army. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox Court House |
ROBERT E. LEE,  | Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia (the Confederate Army) |
"STONEWALL" JACKSON,  | Confederate general from Virginia. He stood "like a stone wall" at the Bull Run, stopping the Confederate retreat. |
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,  | A former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist |
| CONFEDERATE TROOPS OPEN FIRE ON FORT SUMTER, S.C. | This event began the war. |
| FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS (BULL RUN) | First major battle of the Civil War. Confederates, led by "Stonewall" Jackson won. The defeat shocked the Union. |
| EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | Causes the focus of the war to change. Lincoln's purpose had been to "preserve the Union". Now slavery becomes the focus. |
| BATTLE OF VICKSBURG | This battle near the Mississippi gave the Union control of the river and cut the western part of the Confederacy off from the eastern part |
| BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG | Turning point of the war - One of the dealiest battles. Lee's army would never again be able to launch a major attack. |
| APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE | The Civil War ended here, with Lee's surrender to Grant |
| 1865 | The year the Civil War ended |
| "Bleeding Kansas" | Fighting broke out over slavery vote called for in Kansas-Nebraska Act. Hundreds killed |
