Vocabulary
To withdraw formally from a federation or body.
What is Secede?
The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first battle of the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
Maintained balance between slave and free states.
What is Missouri Compromise?
The Northern states during the Civil War.
What is Union?
The act of freeing someone from slavery.
What is Emancipation?
President of the Confederate States.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
What was Battle of Antietam?
Included the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is Compromise of 1850?
The Southern states that seceded.
What is Confederacy?
A person who advocated for the ending of slavery.
What is Abolitionist?
Union general who accepted Lee's surrender.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Turning point of the Civil War.
What was Battle of Gettysburg?
Allowed territories to decide on slavery.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Speech by Lincoln emphasizing unity.
What is Gettysburg Address?
Excessive concern for local or regional interests.
What is Sectionalism?
Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What was Siege of Vicksburg?
Declared that slaves were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott Decision?
Abolished slavery in the United States.
What is 13th Amendment?
The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt.
What is Reconstruction?
Former slave who led others to freedom via the Underground Railroad as a conductor.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Site of Lee's surrender to Grant.
What was Appomattox Court House?
Lincoln's election led to Southern secession.
What is Election of 1860?
Network that helped slaves escape to freedom.
What is Underground Railroad?