Unit 61820 – 1877
A Nation Divided
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War: 0 of 10 Words Mastered
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won this election promising to stop slavery from spreading — not to end it everywhere. The South did not believe him and feared he would end it eventually. Several Southern states seceded right after, which led to the Civil War.
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
The Union
The name for the United States during the Civil War, and especially for the Northern states. Its goal was to hold the country together, and later also to end slavery. It included the free states, the border states, and any area loyal to the U.S. government.
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Border States
Slave states that stayed in the Union during the war. They were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. West Virginia joined them after it split from Virginia in 1863. Each one sat between the two sides. Their culture had Southern ties and their business had Northern ties. Keeping them loyal mattered a great deal to the Union.
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
Secession/ Secede
To leave a country and break away from it. Eleven Southern states did this in 1860 and 1861, right after Lincoln was elected. They formed their own country, the Confederate States of America. Their goal was to protect slavery and states’ rights.
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
Confederate States
The new country created by the 11 Southern states that left the Union. It had its own government, army, and president. Its main goal was to keep slavery and the way of life built on it.
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Fort Sumter
A U.S. fort in South Carolina held by Union soldiers. In April 1861 Confederate forces fired on it, and that started the Civil War. No one was killed, but both sides began preparing to fight.
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The 16th president of the United States, who led the country through the Civil War. He worked to hold the Union together and later issued the Emancipation Proclamation to help end slavery. He said the country could not survive "half slave and half free."
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Ulysses S. Grant
The Union Army’s top general during the Civil War. He won many battles, including the last one that forced the South to surrender, and later became the 18th President of the United States.
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Daniel Webster
A senator from Massachusetts known for trying to keep the country together. He supported deals like the Compromise of 1850 to avoid war. He was against slavery, but at the time he thought saving the Union mattered more.
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
The president of the Confederate States during the Civil War. He believed strongly in states’ rights and supported slavery. He led the South through the war but had trouble getting the Southern states to cooperate with each other.
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Standard 7.8a — Sectional Differences
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Standard 7.8a — Sectional Differences: 0 of 15 terms mastered.Standard 7.8b — Slavery in the New Territories
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Standard 7.8b — Slavery in the New Territories: 0 of 12 terms mastered.Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War
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Standard 7.8c — Causes of the Civil War: 0 of 10 terms mastered.Standard 7.8d — The Course of the Civil War
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Standard 7.8d — The Course of the Civil War: 0 of 11 terms mastered.Other Vocabulary — Not listed under a standard
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