Unit 6 Review Guide DCUSH

Missouri Compromise Line

Geographical boundary drawn at 36-30 to separate free and slave states.

Compromise of 1850

A series of laws aimed to settle disputes over slavery, with California admitted as free, and strengthening fugitive slave laws.

Fugitive Slave Act

Law requiring Northerners to assist in the return of runaway slaves, making it easier for freedmen to be kidnapped.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that humanized enslaved individuals and highlighted the brutality of slavery.

Popular Sovereignty

The principle where the people of a territory vote to decide on the issue of slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Legislation allowing people in Kansas and Nebraska territories to vote on slavery, despite both being north of the Missouri Compromise Line.

Bleeding Kansas

Violence in Kansas territory between pro and anti-slavery factions, exemplified by the actions of John Brown.

Dred Scott Decision

Supreme Court ruling that allowed slavery in Southern territories and declared slaves were not citizens.

Harpers Ferry

John Brown's raid on a federal arsenal aimed at arming slaves for a revolt.

Election of 1860

A pivotal election with Lincoln winning the presidency without Southern support.

Lincoln’s Platform in 1860

Promised to limit slavery's expansion in territories while allowing it to exist in the South.

Crittenden Compromise

A proposed series of amendments to protect slavery in the Constitution, ultimately rejected by Congress.

Fort Sumter

The site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

Emancipation Proclamation

An executive order by Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate states.

Battle of Antietam

Union victory that convinced Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Union Advantages

Larger population, more industrial resources, and an established government.

Copperheads

Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and supported the Confederacy.

Confederacy Advantages

Experienced military leadership.

Anaconda Plan

Union strategy to divide the Confederacy and blockade its ports.

July 1863

Significant turning point in the Civil War, marked by victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

Sherman and Total Warfare

A military strategy involving widespread destruction, exemplified by Sherman's March to the Sea.