Causes of the war
This issue of forced Labor was the most divisive cause of the civil war
Slavery
The first shots of the civil war were fired here in 1861
Fort sumter
President of the Union during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Copperheads
Lincoln issued this declaration in 1863, freeing enslaved people in rebel states
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln's election in this year led many southern states to secede
1860
This 1863 battle in Pennsylvania was the turning point of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
President of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This group of people often replaced men in factories during the war
Women
The civil war officially ended when Lee surrendered here in 1865
Appomattox court house
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Missouri compromise
The first major battle of the civil war, fought in Virginia in 1861
Battle of Bull Run
Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox court house
Robert E. Lee
Many soldiers died not from battle, but from this
Diseases
This amendment to the constitution abolished slavery
13th amendment
The south feared the loss of this right, which they argued gave them power to leave the Union
States rights
This bloody battle in 1862 was the single deadliest day in US history
Battle of Antietam
Union general known for his "March to the sea"
William T. Sherman
The law that required men to serve in the military if drafted
Conscription
This group in the south used terror to prevent formerly enslaved people from gaining rights
Ku Klux Klan
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe stirred anti-slavery feelings in the North
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This city fell to Union forces in 1863, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Nicknamed "Stonewall," this general was killed by friendly fire in 1863
Thomas Jackson
Enslaved people who escaped to Union lines were often called this
Contraband
The period of rebuilding the south after the war is known as this
Reconstruction