Unit 6 Vocabulary - Civil War and Reconstruction

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• An election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency.

• A Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.

• A compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

What did the Dred Scott Case (1857) ruling declare?

• Slaves were not citizens of the United States.

• A compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.

Who won the Election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andersonville

• Dred Scott

• William T. Sherman

What was the Georgia Platform?

• A position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.

• The act of making legally null and void.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

• The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• A compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• The 16th president of the United States who preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.

What is nullification?

• The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.

• Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• The act of making legally null and void.

What is secession?

• Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• A compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• The act of making legally null and void.

What is slavery?

• The act of making legally null and void.

• Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.

What are states' rights?

• The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

• A compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• The act of making legally null and void.

What was Andersonville?

• Confederate Prison which held Union Army Prisoners

• Union Prison which held Confederate prisoners

• Civil War Battle Site

• Hospital for Prisoners