Leaders
The president of the United States (Union)
Abraham Lincoln
a series of routes with safehouses to help enslaved people escape
Underground Railroad
The confederates attack this fort before the union can get supplies and the Civil War officially begins
Fort Sumter
the south needed this to run its plantations
Slavery
this former enslaved person spoke about his struggles and fight for freedom
Frederick Douglass
The president of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis
Name of the Northern Army
Union
This battle signaled the turning point in the war, proving to the Union that they COULD win
The Battle of Gettysburg
Someone who fought against slavery
Abolitionists
Abraham Lincoln was the __th president
15
The main general for the Union (North) army who later becomes a US President
Ulysses S. Grant
When president Lincoln is elected, the south decides to succeed
The election of 1860
President Lincoln issues this 2 minute address to dedicate the battle field as a national monument
The Gettysburg Address
taxes placed on imports the south refused to pay
tariffs
The first black woman to speak out against slavery
Sojourner Truth
The main general for the Confederate (South) army
Robert E. Lee
When a state decides to leave to become its own country
Succession
After destroying Atlanta, Sherman marches his troops throughout the South, demolishing everything in their path
Sherman's March to the Sea
South Carolina
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union and end the war?
Appomattox Court House
The most famous Underground Railroad conductor
Harriet Tubman
The name of the Southern army
Confederates
Abraham Lincoln delivers an address declaring all enslaved people will be free
Emancipation Proclamation
The slave states think the government is taking away this
state's rights
Wrote the book Uncle Toms Cabin about the horrors of slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe