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| Fort Sumter | The place of the first shooting of the Civil War in which Maj. Robert Anderson would not give up his fort to the Confederate States of America. |
| Election of 1860 | Presidential race between Douglas, Lincoln, Breckenridge, and Bell in which Lincoln won |
| Compromise of 1850 | The agreement that allowed California to join the US as a free state, created the New Mexico and Utah territories, stopped slave trade in Washington, DC, and created a new fugitive slave law |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | The law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed the people of the territories decided if they wanted slaves or not |
| Missouri Compromise | The agreement to allow Missouri to join the US as a slave state and Maine to join the US as a free state |
| Confederate Generals | Leaders of the CSA army during the Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | Person that was the president of the Confederate States of American in 1861 |
| Union Generals | Leaders of the US army during the Civil War |
| Emancipation Proclamation | A law passed in 1863 that free all the slaves in the rebelling southern states |
| Economies of North & South | In the North people made their living in industry & in the South they made their living in agriculture |
| Abraham Lincoln | Person that won the election of 1860 and was president of the US during the Civil War |
| Confederate States of America | Name given to the group of southern states that seceded from the US in 1861 |
| “Bleeding Kansas” | Nickname given to Kansas in the 1850s because of all the fighting over whether it would be a free or slave state |
| Union Victories | Battles won by the North during the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | The battle during the Civil War that is called the turning point in the war. |
| Robert E. Lee | The man that was the Commander of the Confederate army during the Civil War |
| Anaconda Plan | The steps used by the North to win the Civil War. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | The person that was the Commander of the Union forces during the 2nd half of the Civil War |
| Confederate Victories | Battles won by the South during the Civil War |
