Union
Blue
The color worn by soldiers from the Union
Antietam
The battle that was the bloodiest day in American history with 25,000 deaths
Missouri Compromise
A series of laws from 1820 that tried to maintain balanced power between free and slave states.
Gray
The color worn by soldiers from the Confederacy
1st Inaugural Address
Lincoln pledged not to attack slavery but warned he would preserve the Union
Abraham Lincoln
The man elected as President of the Union
Amputation
The surgical removal of body parts
Popular Sovereignty
A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
Robert E. Lee
The general from Virginia who was the head of the Confederate military
Abolitionist
A person who is against slavery
Ulysses S. Grant
A general who was the head of the Union military
Antebellum
The time period before the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
An escaped slave who dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery
Jefferson Davis
The man elected as President of the Confederate States of America
Who was wining the war at first?
South
Harper´s Ferry
The place in Virginia that housed the U.S. arsenal that John Brown tried to capture.
620,000 Deaths
The number of American deaths in the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
The battle that took place at Manassas Virginia where Confederates beat the Union
Pickett´s Charge
13,000 Confederate soldiers charged toward Union Lines in the Battle of Gettysburg
Who won the Civil War?
North
John Wilkes Booth
The man who shot President Abraham Lincoln
Freedmans Bureau
Set up or help the freedmen adjust and to set up schools to educate them
Slavery
The practice of holding a person in bondage for labor
Agriculture
The type of industry most commonly found in the South
Slaves