Cause of the War
The main economic and social issue dividing the North and South
President of the Union during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The first major battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Bull Run
The Union had more of this, helping them win
Industry (factories)
The amendment that ended slavery
The 13th Amendment
The idea that states could cancel federal laws they didn't like
Nullification
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Turning point battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania
The Battle of Gettysburg
The South relied heavily on this type of economy
Agriculture/Plantations
The amendment that gave citizenship to all born in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment
This compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter fugitive slave law
The Compromise of 1850
Union general who later became president
Ulyssess S. Grant
Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Union's strategy to blockade Southern ports
Anaconda Plan
The amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
The 15th amendment
This act allowed settlers to decide on slavery, leading to violence in "Bleeding Kansas."
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Confederate general known for his leadership in Virginia
Robert E. Lee
This event freed enslaved people in confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
The South had stronger leadership in this area
military leadership
Laws passed in the South to restrict freedom of Black people
Black Codes
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens.
The Dred Scott decision
Abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
The surrender that ended the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
The North had a major advantage in this resource
Population
The group that used violence to oppose Reconstruction
The Ku Klux Klan