Civil War Leaders
1 General for Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
First Shot of Civil War
Fort Sumter
Group that harassed and used violence towards African Americans
Ku Klux Klan
Book about the horrors of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mountain Range that had to be crossed when traveling on Oregon Trail
Rocky Mountains
President for the Union
Abe Lincoln
Turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
When farmers rented land and had to pay back at the end of the year, was easy way to get into debt and be stuck farming
Sharecropping
This Law stated that even if a slave escaped to the free North they must be returned to the South
Fugitive Slave Act/Law
United States Capital
Washington D.C.
Killed by own troops on accident
Stonewall Jackson
This battle led to control of Mississippi River for the Union
Vicksburg
Supreme Court Case that stated segregation was legal
Plessy vs. Fergusion
Leader of Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Vicksburg was fought for control of this river
Mississippi
President for the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Battle in NW Arkansas for control of Missouri
Two ways that African Americans were kept from voting in the South
Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Violence
Led the raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
River that divides Oklahoma and Texas
Red River
General for Union who later became President
U.S. Grant
Raid led by John Brown to try and start a slave revolt
Harpers Ferry
Amendment that freed the slaves
13th
Vocab word for someone who is against slavery
Abolitionist
Name of the plan used by the Union to try and squeeze the Confederacy
Anaconda Plan