Civil War flashcards

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Accept the Compromise of 1850 if the northern states followed the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Georgia Platform

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All northerners had to return all slaves to the south.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Confederate prison that housed Union soldiers.

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Andersonville

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US Supreme Court decided that slaves were property and not citizens.

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Dred Scott Case

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Won the election of 1860.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah.

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Sherman's March to the Sea

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Kept the south from getting supplies from other countries.

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Union Blockade

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Believed in states' rights.

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South's Belief

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Allowed the north and south to have a balance of slave and free states.

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Missouri Compromise

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Freed all slaves in the Confederate states.

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Emancipation Proclamation