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5. He and his men killed 5 pro-slavers at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

6. John Brown

7. Adjective used to describe the Kansas during the pre-War period.

8. “Bleeding”

9. This state entered the Union as a free state in the Compromise of 1850

10. California

11. In the Kansas-Nebraska Act, _____ was to determine the issue of slavery.

12. Popular Sovereignty

13. This Supreme Court case said The Constitution protect the property rights of slave owners

14. Dred Scott

15. He turned down command of the Union Army to fight for his home state of Virginia

16. Robert E. Lee

17. His hard-fighting style earned his the nickname “Unconditional Surrender.”

18. Ulysses S. Grant

19. His indecisiveness at Antietam cost a chance to end the war in 1862.

20. George McClellan

21. His “March to the Sea” showed the Deep South that “War is Hell.”

22. William T. Sherman

23. His accidental death at Chancellorsville deprived Lee of his most able division commander.

24. Stonewall Jackson

25. Place were the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

26. Fort Sumter

27. This Battle saw the bloodiest day of the Civil War.

28. Antietam

29. Capture of this city gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.

30. Vicksburg

31. This three-day battle marked the end of the Army of Northern Virginia as an offensive force.

32. Gettysburg

33. This was the first major battle of the Civil War.

34. Bull Run

35. The invention of this machine by Eli Whitney increased demand for slaves.

36. Cotton Gin

37. Her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” gave fire to the abolitionist movement.

38. Harriet Beecher Stowe

39. His attack on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia made him a hero to abolitionists and the devil to Southerners.

40. John Brown

41. These debates helped Lincoln secure the Republican presidential nomination in 1860.

42. Lincoln-Douglas Debates

43. The issuance of this Presidential order made it impossible for England to formally recognize the Confederacy.

44. The Emancipation Proclamation

45. His election as President in 1860 led to Southern Secession.

46. Abraham Lincoln

47. His efforts to secure a Northern route for the trans-continental railroad led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

48. Stephen A. Douglas

49. As Secretary of the Treasury, he had the hand-numbing job of signing Federal Bank Notes.

50. Samuel Chase

51. He was President of the Confederacy

52. Jefferson Davis

53. He became President on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

54. Andrew Johnson

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56. This plan called for blockading the South, seizing the Mississippi, and invading from the North.

57. Anaconda Plan