The Missouri Compromise (1820) admitted _________ as a free state.

The _______ had an agricultural plantation-based economy.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the North?

The ______________ repealed the Missouri Compromise.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the use of popular sovereignty to determine slavery.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) resulted in the formation of the ____________ Party.

________ was hanged after his failed attempt at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

A(n) ___________ is someone who dies for a good or noble cause.

________ was a man whose owner had taken him to live in free states and territories. His suit for freedom was heard by the Supreme Court.

Who won the Election of 1860 and became our nation's 16th president?

__________ was the first state to secede in 1860.

By February 1861, _______ states had seceded from the Union.

The states that seceded from the Union formed the _______________.

___________ became the first Confederate president.

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederates bombed Fort ___________.

The North had all of the following advantages EXCEPT:

The bloodiest battle in U.S. history, with over 22,000 casualties.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the North and South.

During the Battle of __________, the Union defeated Lee's army in Pennsylvania, resulting in the turning point of the war.

In 1864, _____________ became commander of Union forces.

Lee surrendered to Grant at ________________ on April 9, 1865.

After the war, Reconstruction had two key goals: returning seceded states to the Union and assisting African Americans.

The _______ was created to help former slaves.

The United States ratified three important amendments during Reconstruction: the _____________ amendments.