Civil War and Reconstruction

What was The Missouri Compromise?

• The South would end slavery.

• All states to the North and West were to be admitted as Free states.

• All states to the South and East were to be admitted as Free states

• All new states would allow slavery.

What was The Kansas Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska went against the Missouri compromise and decided how their state would be admitted

• Kansas and Nebraska demanded that they be allowed to enslave people.

• Kansas and Nebraska refused to allow slavery.

• All new states would allow slavery.

What is the connection between the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas- Nebraska Act?

• They all allowed slavery.

• The South was happy with both.

• The North was happy with both.

• They went against the pattern set by Congress. Also, was a major cause of the Civil War.

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• Dred Scott was a free man because he was in a Northern state.

• The Supreme Court protected Dred Scott's rights as a citizen of the United States.

• The decision was made that Dred Scott was still a slave and that Black men were not citizens and didn't have rights.

• It went against the pattern set by Congress. Also, was a major cause of the Civil War.

Who was Robert E. Lee?

• General of the Confederacy and known for surrendering to the Union.

• The head of the Supreme Court.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

• General of the Confederacy and known for surrendering to the Union.

• The head of the Supreme Court.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

• General of the Confederacy and known for surrendering to the Union.

• Union general who is known for major victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Who was Stonewall Jackson?

• Nicknamed for his bravery in battle

• Union general who is known for major victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Who was William Sherman?

• Nicknamed for his bravery in battle

• Union general who is known for major victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• A Union leader who used the "total war" strategy to destroy railroads and land in the south.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

• Nicknamed for his bravery in battle

• Union general who is known for major victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

• The President of the US during the Civil War.

• A Union leader who used the "total war" strategy to destroy railroads and land in the south.