Causes
The primary disagreement between Northern and Southern states was over the issue of...
Slavery
The Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War, afterwards Lincoln made a famous speech here...
Gettysburg
This Massachusetts Senator was beaten on the floor of the Senate with a cane because of a speech he made about his stance on slavery
Charles Sumner
New modern weaponry combined with old battle tactics resulted in...
The Bloodiest American war in History
The Capital City of the Confederacy
Richmond VA
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, the Southern States did what?
Secession / Secede from the Union
The first Battle of the Civil War that convinced the Union that this would be a long and bloody conflict
Bull Run
This battlefield medic for the Union would later go on to found the American Red Cross and open doors for women in the medical profession
Clara Barton
This is the document that officially ended slavery in the United States
The Emancipation Proclamation
The name of people fighting to abolish slavery
Abolitionists
When border ruffians flooded into this new states to cause havoc during the elections about slavery...
Bleeding Kansas
General William Tecumseh Sherman was given instructions to make the south surrender by any means necessary. He then carved a bloody path through Georgia, burning down whatever stood in his way
Sharman's March to the Sea
This Virginian was the leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
After the South surrendered Lincoln had THIS policy with the top leaders and generals
He was Lenient/ Forgave them
This new bullet was more accurate, exploded on impact, and was manufactured on a wide scale during the war
Minie Ball
This Presidential Election had 4 candidates, three of whom were pro-slavery
Election of 1860
The 1st official conflict of the civil war was the Confederacy bombing THIS Union fort in South Carolina
Fort Sumpter
The leader of the Union army and future 18th President of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant
All people born in the US are citizens
Northern States that where slavery was still legal
Border States
This compromise over admitting new states to the Union said anything North of this line would be a free state and anything south of this line would be a slave state...
36' 30' Compromise
After the last battle of the Civil War, the Confederacy surrendered here...
Appomattox Court House
This famous radical abolitionist stormed the armory at Harpers Ferry Virginia in an attempt to arm enslaved people and inspire a revolt to kill their masters
John Brown
the 15th amendment did this...
Granted African American Men the right to vote
The name of the Union's plan to win the war
The Anaconda Plan