The purpose of the ______ was to secretly help slaves escape to the North.
Underground Railroad
"Unconditional Surrender"
Ulysses S. Grant
*commander of Union armies*
Abraham's important speech to honor fallen soldiers; it was three minutes long
the Gettysburg Address
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Union ironclad ship
the Monitor
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In what year were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
1861
turning point of Civil War
the Battle of Gettysburg
What year did Lee surrender to Grant? This ended the Civil War
1865
a person who believed slavery should be abolished or ended
abolitionist
politic party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the US territories
Republican party
commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Ironclad ship for the Confederacy
the Merrimack
the Constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the US
13th Amendment
Confederate general and the most remembered soldier at the First Battle of Bull Run
Stonewall Jackson
Though it did not end all slavery, _________ ended the practice of bringing enslaved people to America to be sold.
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
to withdraw or leave the Union
secede
first major battle of the Civil War that was won by the Confederates
First Battle of Bull Run
Where did Lee and the Confederate Army surrender to Grant and the Union Army?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
General _________ ordered his troops to burn and destroy everything they found on their march to sea; led to the end of Civil War
William T. Sherman
Supreme Court decision that allowed slavery in the US territories
Dred Scott Decision
first Republican President
Abraham Lincoln
deadliest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Antietam
Where did Lincoln and his wife attend a play the night he was shot?
Ford's Theater
the two issues that the Civil War decided for the United States *ESSAY*
1. no state could ever again leave the Union
2. there would be no more slavery in the US