Leaders
This man was president of the United States during the war.
Abraham Lincoln
This was the first battle of the war
Fort Sumter
One of the causes of the civil war
States rights
Slavery
Preserving the Union
Under this compromise the number of slave states and free states was kept balanced when Missouri was allowed int the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Missouri Compromise
He was elected as president of the Confederate States.
Jefferson Davis
This battle was the bloodiest single day of the war
Antietam
This decision by the president ended slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
Escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they had reached Northern states where slavery was not allowed.
Fugitive slave law
This author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This battle, fought on July 1, 1863, was a turning point for the north.
Gettysburg
Famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln after a major battle in the war
Gettysburg Address
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens of the United States and had no rights
Dred Scott Decision
He was the Union general who successfully defeated the south
Ulysses S Grant
One of the two ironclad ships that fought during the war
Monitor or Merrimac
This southern general died after being shot by his own men and losing his arm, which was buried separately from him
Stonewall Jackson
Who said "If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong....(But I) would not do anything to bring about a war between the free and slave states."
Abraham Lincoln
He was the commander of the Virginia army and won many battles for the south
Robert E Lee
This is the place where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, ending the war
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
This song was the anthem of the Union army during the war
Battle Hymn of the Republic
This book describes the cruelties of slavery and won over many people to the abolitionist cause.
Uncle Tom's Cabin