Vocabulary
A war fought by two sides of the same country
Civil War
Who won the election of 1861?
Abraham Lincoln
What advantages did the North have over the South?
better technology and railroads
period after the war is known as
reconstruction era
slave who sued for his freedom when his master died but was denied
Dred Scott
People who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery
Abolitionists
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Where did the confederate general surrender to the Union general?
Appomattox Court House in Virginia
How did the South prevent newly freed African Americans from voting?
poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clause
A man who thought God chose him to end slavery
John Brown
exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country
Sectionalism
compromise proposed by Henry Clay that had Missouri enter the country as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
Which Civil War battle was the worst and is known as the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
Amendment that abolished slavery in all the states
Thirteenth Amendment
Famous general of the Confederate army
Robert E. Lee
Which amendment gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race
15th amendment
A law that required citizens to catch runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
14th Amendment
Name two famous generals of the Union army
Ulysses S. Grant
George B. McClellan
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Custer
The people of each state vote on whether to allow slavery
Popular Sovereignty
decision when Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property and cannot sue for their freedom
Dred Scott decision
a statement released by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 saying that all slaves would now be free
Emancipation Proclamation
laws that enacted segregation in public places
Jim Crow laws
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Union - Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy - Jefferson Davis