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One of the two most used parties -
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. -
16th president -
South Carolina wanted slavery so they left -
seven southern states had already seceded from the nation, and civil war was imminent -
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to give military authorities the necessary power to silence dissenters and rebels. Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain individuals who were deemed threatening to military operations -
was the first major battle of the American Civil War -
Leader of the south -
a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War -
Very good strategy -
showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater -
one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history as well as the Civil War's first instance of urban combat. -
the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War -
It stopped the Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater and it probably killed any chance of Europe intervening -
history's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
Dont want the draft -
a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg
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Big blow to the south -
He was popular -
begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines -
Abolished slavery -
to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans -
Confederate lines near Petersburg broke after a nine month seige. The retreat of the army left the Confederate capital of Richmond, 25 miles to the north, defenseless -
It was a vital source of weapons and supplies for the war effort, and the terminus of five railroads. -
surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
Was killed in a theatre -
He killed Abe lincoln
