09/10 American Studies Midterm Review, 10 of 10
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lincoln-Douglas debates | Series of debates that decided the Senator of Illinois |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | Decision that said slaves were property with no rights |
| Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln won |
| Secession | Pulling apart from the country |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railway that stretched across the US and opened up new markets |
| Gadsden Purchase | Small sliver of land bought for $10 million so that the transcontinental railroad could be built through |
| Advantages of the North | Larger population so that there were enough people to fight and maintain businesses, industrial infrastructure, established government |
| Advantages of the South | Plenty of food production, slaves to work while soldiers fought, excellent generals |
| Anaconda Plan | North plan to take Richmond, block Southern ports, take over the Mississippi, and split the Confederacy in two. |
| Fort Sumter | Start of the Civil War |
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