Before the Civil War
What famous document contains the American laws?
The Constitution
Lincoln give this famous speech that freed enslaved people in Confederate states
The Emancipation Proclamation
This was the first conflict that started the Civil War
The Battle of Fort Sumter
This famous general was shot by his own soldier accidentally
Stonewall Jackson
to train or practice by repeating movements or tasks
drill
This is a fancy word for America's God given right to expand West.
Manifest Destiny
What was Lincoln's political position on slavery in the United States?
It was morally wrong, BONUS stopping the spread of slavery
This was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War
This famous general famously surrendered to General Grant of the Union ending the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
a system that requires individuals to serve in the military
draft
The judicial branch judges laws, the executive branch enforces laws, what does the legislative branch do?
The legislative branch writes laws
What did Lincoln say about slavery in his first inaugural address?
Lincoln said he was not going to touch slavery where it already stood
In Sherman's March to Sea, what did the Union do to the southern states like Georgia?
Picked food for the journey, burned down plantations, and destroyed infrastructure like railroads
This famous general sieged Port Hudson, which helped the Union take control of the Mississippi River
Ulysses S. Grant
a person killed or wounded in fighting
casualty
This was the name of the law that separated free and slave states at 36 30 latitude
The Missouri Compromise
What did Lincoln say in his Gettysburg Address?
Fourscore and seven years ago...
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these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom
What was the bloodiest battle in American history, even to this day?
The Battle of Gettysburg
This famous woman was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
Clara Barton
a battle strategy in which soldiers surround a building or place so that those under attack cannot receive supplies
siege
What caused South Carolina to leave the Union?
Abraham Lincoln becoming president, and the Nullification Crisis
What tragedy happened to Lincoln after the Civil War?
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
Where did General Lee and the Confederacy surrender to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
Jefferson Davis
the act of setting free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions
emancipation