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| What are the causes of the Civil War? | sectional debate, 2. northern abolitionists and southern defenders, 3 Dred Scott, 4. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 5. Republican Party 6 Failed compromises 7 slavery |
| What political party was formed that was anti-slavery? | Republican |
| What are the 3 points to the Dred Scott? | slaves are not citizens, slaves are property, and congress cannot ban slavery |
| Who won the election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What did South Carolina do 4 days after Lincoln was elected? s | secede |
| What does secede mean? | to leave the union |
| What causes VA and 4 other states to secede? | use of force at fort sumter |
| define a border state | a state that has slavery but did not secede |
| what were the border states? | Missouri, Kentucky, WV, Maryland, Delaware |
| Who was president of the Union | A. Lincoln |
| What was Lincoln's goal at the beginning of the war? | to keep the union together |
| Who was the President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who was the Union General? | U.S. Grant |
| Who was the general of the Army of Northern VA? | Robert E. Lee |
| What is the opening confrontation of the Civil War? | Ft. Sumter |
