Civil War Vocabulary Quiz

Which civil war vocabulary word refers to a person who wanted to abolish slavery?

What was the name of the agreement passed in 1850 that allowed California to join the Union as a free state and created stricter fugitive slave laws?

Which civil war vocabulary word refers to a Supreme Court case that ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court?

Which act allowed for popular sovereignty to decide if territories would allow slavery or not?

Which law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves and return them to their owners?

Which term refers to the group of Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War?

What term is used to describe the four states that remained in the Union but allowed slavery during the Civil War?

Which term means to formally withdraw from a political entity, such as a country or state?

Which plan was created by Union General Winfield Scott and involved blockading Southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi River to cut off supplies to the Confederacy?

Which document was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and freed slaves in Confederate states?