Causes+Actual Civil War Flashcards
1
Q
Missouri Compromise
A
-1820
2
Q
South Caroline Nullification Crisis
A
-1832-33
3
Q
Wilmot Provisio
A
-1846
4
Q
Compromise of 1850
A
-1850
5
Q
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A
-1851-52
6
Q
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A
-1854
7
Q
Dred Scott
A
-1857
8
Q
Lincoln Douglas Debates
A
-1859
9
Q
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
A
-1859
10
Q
Election of Abraham Lincoln
A
-1860
11
Q
Emancipation Proclamation
A
who- Lincoln
what- all slaves in rebelling states are free
- not border states
- or Union army controlled areas in South
when- September 1862-January 1863
where- USA
why- changes focus of war
- free blacks join union army
- ends Southern hopes for European Recognition
- frees no slaves
- turning point in war
22
Q
The Gettysburg Address
A
- Nov 19, 1863
- themes:
- human equality (DOI)
- preservation of the Union
- “a new birth of freedom”
Effects
- one of the greatest speeches in American History
- inspiration for later movements like Martin Luther King Jo’s speech I Have a Dream
