Road to Civil War
When this person was elected president in 1860, it prompted southern states to start to secede.
Abraham Lincoln
This person was the president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This was one of the biggest battles of the Civil War with over 50,000 battles. Lincoln gave one of his most famous speeches following this battle.
Battle of Gettysburg
In the years leading up to the Civil War, this became increasingly popular as more laws were passed such as the Fugitive Slave law.
Underground Railroad
The most common role that women played during the Civil War
Nurses
This was the single event that started the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
This was a Union General who went on to become the 18th president of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
The battle of Manassas is better known as...
First Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln's famous speech that he delivered after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg Address
After the Emancipation Proclamation, what role were African American now allowed to do during the Civil War.
Fight in the war/serve as soldiers.
This was the first state to secede.
South Carolina
This person was a powerful military leader who helped lead the south to many victories early on.
Robert E. Lee
This was a Union victory that led President Lincoln to move forward with the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
On January 1,1863 Lincoln signed this document that freed all enslaved people in states of rebellion
Emancipation Proclamation
Though not a common role, historians estimate as many as 400 women did this during the Civil War.
Disguised themselves as men to fight as soldiers.
This compromise created more tension between the north and the south in the lead up to the war.
Compromise of 1850
This person became Lincoln's vice president during this second term and became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
The Confederacy officially surrendered at
Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas did not learn they were freed until Union troops delivered the news after the war ended in 1865. This event is known as...
Juneteenth
What was one way enslaved people showed resistance during the Civil War.
Served as spies, provided supplies to Union troops, ran away to join Union army.
This law made it illegal to assist runaway slaves and citizens were compelled to turn them in. This law infuriated northerners.
Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
In this military campaign led by General Sherman, Union troops were led across the state of Georgia and destroyed everything in their path in an effort to cripple the South's war efforts.
Sherman's March to the Sea
The Emancipation Proclamation emancipated enslaved people in states of rebellion but it did not free slaves everywhere in the U.S. This did not happen until what amendment?
13th amendment
Who was responsible for creating a reconstruction plan after the war to reunify the country and add confederate states back in the Union.
Andrew Johnson.