Civil War Vocab Quiz 1 review 24.25

Response in 1858 debate against Stephen Douglas. Lincoln supported idea of popular sovereignty for the issue of slavery

Union led march from Atlanta to Savannah with the purpose of frightening the civilian population.

The 1st Battle of the Civil War

Jefferson Davis was commander of the Confederate army during the Civil War.

This guy was the only President of the Confederacy.

In Dred Scott the Supreme Court said slaves had no rights and that Congress could not decide on slavery in states.

Southern defeat that was considered the “Turning Point” of the war

The first major land battle of the American Civil War

Abolitionist and "conductor" of the Underground Railroad that led many slaves out of the South

The key Cofederate military strategy for winning the war was known as the Anaconda Plan.

He was the commander of the Union army during the Civil War and later served as 18th President?

Antietam was the deadliest one-day battle of the American Civil War

an act of Congress allowing Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery themselves as they entered the Union?

The idea that citizens in an area have power and vote to decide an issue. 

This Union victory give control of the Mississippi River to the Union