Important People
Who was president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was added to battle ships for the first time during the Civil War?
Iron Plates
Which speech and Executive Order made slavery illegal in the south?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which "S" word means the southern states left the Union?
Secede
Which vocabulary word means "to give up?"
Surrender
Who was the general for the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Which battle took place in Pennsylvania and lasted three days?
Battle of Gettysburg
Which amendment gave black people the right to vote?
The 15th
Which side used slavery for planting and harvesting crops?
The south/Confederacy
What is another word for a person who worked to end slavery?
Abolitionist
Who was the general at the end of the war for the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which battle took place in one day but in three phases?
Battle of Antietam
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
13th amendment
What was the path slaves to to escape to the north?
The Underground Railroad
What is another name for an area of the US that was not a state?
territory
Who was a former slave in Maryland and helped people escape along the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Which social rules separated where people could eat, sit, and use the bathroom?
Jim Crow laws
Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Which 2 minute speech did Lincoln give where he addressed that the USA was founded on the idea that all men are created equally?
The Gettysburg Address
Who was the president for the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which two ships fought during the Battle of Ironclads?
The Merrimack and the Monitor
Which amendment granted citizenship to people born in the US including former slaves?
14th Amendment
What was the official name of the country the southern states tried to form?
The Confederate States of America
Which law required people to return runaway slaves to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act