Battles
This battle, fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, was a turning point in the Civil War and included Lincoln's famous address.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
He served as President of the United States during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Act of Congress in 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state into the Union and Maine as a free state. It also established a division along the 36th parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This issue was the primary cause of tension between the North and South, eventually leading to war.
What is slavery?
This 1862 battle, fought in Tennessee, demonstrated the war's brutality with over 23,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This general led the Confederate Army during most of the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Southern economy relied on this cash crop, which was closely tied to slavery.
What is cotton?
This 1862 battle resulted in the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River, a key strategic goal.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This Union general's "March to the Sea" devastated the South's infrastructure in 1864.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
The Civil War officially ended in 1865 with this event.
What is the surrender at Appomattox Court House?
During Reconstruction, these laws were enacted in the South to restrict the rights of freed African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
This first major battle of the Civil War, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was a Confederate victory in 1861.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This abolitionist and former slave worked as an Underground Railroad conductor and a Union spy.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This act, passed during Reconstruction, divided the South into military districts to enforce federal policies.
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
This was period of violent unrest over whether or not a territory in the Midwest would be admitted as a free or slave state.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
What is seige?
This Confederate General was know for standing "like a stone wall" in the First Battle of Bull Run
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
This proclamation, issued in 1863, declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These laws, passed in the South after Reconstruction, enforced racial segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?