The main issue dividing the North and South
Slavery
The attack that started the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
President of the United States during the war
Abraham Lincoln
The Union's nickname during the war
The document that freed slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
This compromise kept balance between free and slave states in 1820
Missouri Compromise
The 1863 battle considered to be the turning point of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The Union plan to block Southern ports and control rivers
Anaconda Plan
This law required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners
Fugitive Slave Law
This act allowed settlers to vote on slavery in their territory
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The first major battle of the Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
Union general who later became president
Ulysses S. Grant
This river's control split the Confederacy in two
Mississippi River
Supreme Court case that ruled slaves were not citizens
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Violent conflict in a territory over slavery became known as this
Bleeding Kansas
This speech redefined the war as a fight for unity and equality
Gettysburg Address
Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
This general led a destructive march through Georgia
William Tecumseh Sherman
The Compromise of 1850 included this controversial law
Fugitive Slave Law
This abolitionist's raid on Harpers Ferry increased tensions before the war
John Brown
The Union victory here gave Lincoln confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
This Confederate general earned the nickname "Stonewall."
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
The Union strategy of destroying civilian resources is known as this
Total War
This amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people
14th Amendment