The Divided Nation & Civil War - 8th Grade U.S. History

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Missouri joined the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and a line at 36º 30' where Southern states were slave states, Northern states were free

Massachusett’s 54th Regiment

First African-American Regiment led by Robert Gould Shaw that was defeated in the Battle of Fort Wagner - helped the Union win the war in the long run

Compromise of 1860

Attempted to restore peace in the North and South - North: California as a free state, no slavery in D.C.; South: Fugitive Slave Act, Mexican Cession

Secessionist

confederate; American who wanted to leave the American union

Bleeding Kansas

series of violent confrontations caused due to conflict between pro and anti-slavery Americans, both settling in Northern Louisiana Purchase area that was also used for the Transcontinental Railroad.

Harriet Beacher Stowe

American abolitionist author who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which fostered sympathy by providing a voice to enslaved Americans

Dred Scott

An enslaved African American who unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of himself and his family even though the resided in the free state of Illinois

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Northern Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into Kansas and Nebraska, who developed their own stance on slavery and opened land for the Transcont. Railroad - technically repealed the Missouri Compromise and led to Bleeding Kansas

John Brown

Abolitionist who, along with his four sons, killed 5 pro-slavery residents of Pottawattamie in response to an attack against Lawrence

Charles Summer

Abolitionist Senator who spoke up against the violence in Bleeding Kansas, and was then assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks by a cane

Election of 1860

Election where Abraham Lincoln (a moderate against the expansion of slavery) became president and had significant political tension throughout the nation due to differing stances on slavery

Abraham Lincoln

America’s 16th President from 1861-1865 who abolished slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation until he was murdered on April 15th by a pro-slavery America. He had lasting impacts on the social reform of America

what colors did each side in the Civil War wear?

Union - blue; Confederate - grey

what was the Battle of Fort Wagner?

A “suicide mission” where the 54th regiment lost the battle, but encouraged free Black soldiers to join the union

what was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina