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DSST Civil War 1
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1. law: California was free state - stricter Fugitive Slave Law - ended Slave Trade in DC

2. marked the start of the Civil War

3. taught mostly southerners to be better generals - riders - outdoorsmen

4. supported nullification in response to the tariff of abominations

5. Copperhead leader

6. abolitionist newspaper publisher to whom Lincoln wrote a letter about wanting to restore the union - even if slavery had to continue.

7. 7 states that seceeded first

8. Party that opposed the Civil War and wanted peace

9. resembled US/protected and recognized slavery in new states and independent states - allowed for secession

10. VA - NC - TX - SC - Louisiana - Florida - AL - AK - MI - Georgia - TE

11. law: Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state - Maine to enter the union as a free state - prohibited slavery north of latitude 36

12. An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves - was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an armory

13. Union commander who took over for Scott during the first part of the war; won a major battle at Antietam but was replaced after Lincoln was unhappy with his passive strategy

14. Union. A cavalry commander. He has an eye for finding the best ground on a battlefield. He has been given two brigades and ordered to follow the movements of the Confederate army. Gettysburg.

15. theory advanced by John Calhoun in response to the Tariff of 1828

16. Ended Mexican War - US received Texas and other states - US paid Mexico $15 million dollars

17. Fort Sumter location

18. 1856 Republican Nominee

19. The Union forces in the east that were under the command of Pope - George McClellan - and others.

20. One of the three major armies of the Confederacy Its first mission was to defend Richmond - the capital of the Confederacy. Its second mission was to defeat the Army of the Potomac.

21. a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilising rifle bullet - had a small iron plug in the base whose purpose was to drive forward the bullet and - under the pressure of powder gases - obturate the bullet to fill the hollow space and expand the lead skirt

22. He assaulted Grant at the battle of Shiloh. He dies at the battle because he was shot in the leg and cant feel it - and thus bleeds to death.

23. Pro-slavery arguments

24. trains

25. Led to bloodshed over expansion of slavery - Raised issue of popular sovereignty

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