Battle of Gettysburg
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union/North won.
How long did the Gettysburg Address take to deliver?
2 minutes
Abraham Lincoln is called the Great ___________ because of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Emancipator
The Civil War was between which two groups?
The Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South)
Who was winning the Civil War before the Battle of Gettysburg?
The South/Confederacy
Why was a cemetery created at Gettysburg?
Because many people died there
The holiday that celebrates the last enslaved people getting their freedom is called _______________.
Juneteenth
What was the Civil War mostly about?
The right to enslave people
In what state is the town of Gettysburg?
Pennsylvania
What did Lincoln honor in the Gettysburg Address?
The soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Emancipation Proclamation hurt the South by taking away much of their _____________.
Workforce
What did some states decide to do after Lincoln became president?
Secede from the United States
In what year was the Battle of Gettysburg?
1863
What did Lincoln encourage the living to do?
Continue the unfinished work of keeping the country united.
1863
What does the word "secede" mean?
To leave a group
The Battle of Gettysburg has been called "the most _______ battle in American history."
crucial/important
As one of the greatest speeches in American history
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people except which group?
The enslaved people in Border States
Who won the Civil War? What happened to the Confederacy?
The Union (North) won. The Confederacy came back into the Union (USA).