Causes of the
Civil War
Civil War
This enslaved man was told that he had no rights that the Supreme Court would have to recognize and that no state can deny a master his or her property (slave)>
What is Dred Scott
This military property was the target of rebels, and was bombed repeatedly.
What was Fort Sumter?
This General for the Confederacy decided to invade the north at Maryland, and met up with the Union army at Antietam.
Who was Robert E. Lee
This was the victorious general in the west and at Vicksburg.
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant? (or General Grant)
These were the two generals who met to negotiate the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union.
Who were Grant and Lee?
This law required people in free states to turn in slaves who had fled their masters, even if they didn't want to do so.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
This was the first state to secede from the United States of America.
What was South Carolina?
Lincoln needed for this to happen in order to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.
Gaining Vicksburg would guarantee the control of this.
What is the Mississippi River?
This was the place where the surrender of the Civil War took place.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This book about a kind old slave who was brutalized by his master was a best seller in the north and in England.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was the first battle of the Civil War, and the Confederacy won.
What was Bull Run
The Proclamation of Emancipation does NOT free slaves in these states.
What are border states?
This was an infamous charge up Cemetery Ridge that killed many Confederate soldiers at Gettysburg,
What is Pickett's Charge?
This amendment made sure that all people, no matter their race, could vote in the United States, and was done soon after the Civil War ended
What is the 15th Amendment?
Because of popular sovereignty, or the ability to vote if you want to be a slave state or not, this state was bleeding because of all the fighting there.
What is Kansas
This person was elected president, and the south became agitated, believing that he would cause the end of slavery.
What was Abraham Lincoln?
The Battle of Antietam was called a victory for the Union because the South was pushed back, but Lincoln was made at his General for not doing this.
What is chasing after Lee and causing him to surrender.
This was being dedicated at Gettysburg when the Gettysburg Address was read by Lincoln.
What is a cemetery for those U.S soldier who died at Gettysburg.
This was an era in which the South was rebuilt politically, socially, and economically.
What is Reconstruction?
This individual was planning a slave insurrection that caused many southerners to fear that they could be killed by their slaves. He was executed for treason, but went on to be a hero among abolitionists.
What was John Brown
This is what Alexander Stephens, the Vice President of the Confederacy, said was the cornerstone of the Confederacy.
What is slavery
France and England decided to stop offering to recognize and support the Confederacy after this.
The end of the Gettysburg Address states a government for the people and by the people, and is describing this form of government.
What is democracy?
This was the organization that helped former slaves with medical care, shelter, food, and jobs.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?