Slavery & Enslavement
This was a large farm where enslaved people often worked.
Plantation
This compromise kept the balance between free and slave states in 1820.
Missouri Compromise
This attack officially started the Civil War.
Battle of Fort Sumter
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
This person became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and the primary president at the height of the Reconstruction Era.
Andrew Johnson
This region primarily relied on Slavery.
The South
This act caused violent conflict in Kansas over slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Northern states were known by this name.
The Union
This amendment gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
14th Amendment
A person who wanted to end slavery was called this.
Abolitionist
This crop depended heavily on enslaved labor in the South.
Cotton
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
This president led the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This speech honored soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg Address
This famous abolitionist escaped slavery and wrote about his experiences.
Frederick Douglas
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry with a plan to arm all slaves and kill slave owners.
John Brown
This battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
This violent group tried to intimidate Black citizens during Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
This actor was a Confederacy Support who assassinated Abraham Lincoln 5 days after the war ended.
John Wilkes Booth
These laws limited the freedoms and rights of enslaved people.
Slave Codes
This event happened after Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860.
Secession
This document declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
This agreement included the Fugitive Slave Law.