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| Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and gave the settlers in all new territories the right to decide for themselves whether theirs would be a free or a slave state |
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| Rule by the people, or the power to rule belongs to the people to |
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| Supreme Court case that ruled an African-American could not be a citizen, even if he was free |
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| A famous abolitionist who decided to fight slavery with violence and killing and eventually led a bloody raid on a federal armory |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Document that "officially" ended the practice of slavery even though the Confederate states largely ignored its issuance |
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| President/Leader of the Confederate States |
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| General of the Union Army responsible for significant victories like Vicksburg that helped secure a Northern Victory |
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| General of the Confederate army |
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| Union General responsible for many victories in the South including the Battle of Atlanta |
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| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
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| Confederate General responsible for several successful Confederate victories at Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg |
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| Seminal battle in the Civil War where General Lee was soundly defeated and the North began to see that they would win the war |
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| Significant Battle because it gave the North control of the Mississippi river |
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| Victory for the north that took the last major stronghold in the South; after this Battle the South had little will or resources left to fight |
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| Speech delivered by Lincoln at the Gettysburg Cemetery memorial where he stated the necessity of fighting the war and preserving the union |
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| Latin for "You shall have the body" or "show me the body"; refers to a detained person's right to know why they are being held by the state; you must have evidence of wrongdoing to detain someone |
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| Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address |
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| stated that he did not believe the southern states had the right to secede from the Union and thought they were merely rebelling against the government |
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| Primarily based on manufacturing and development of technology and infrastructure |
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| Primarily based on agriculture |
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