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He was the President of the United States during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln
This was the beginning of the Civil War.
What is the firing on Fort Sumter?
This is the first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
The North and South had different views about this major issue.
What was slavery?
This group of people ran away the first chance they got to join the Union Army.
Who were the enslaved Africans?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis
He believed in "total war" tactics. He marched through Georgia and South Carolina completely destroying property and businesses.
Who was William Sherman?
This is the major port city in South Carolina.
What is Charleston?
This was the concept that allowed each state to make decisions about slavery and other important issues and could refuse to obey national laws if they did not agree with them.
What is state's rights?
This group of people lost their money and property but still had social and political influence.
Who were the elite?
This slave imitated a sea captain so he could get his crew, family, and himself to freedom. He surrendered to the Union and presented the ship and weapons to "Uncle Abe"
Who was Robert Smalls
The North put this into place so that the South was unable to export their goods or receive supplies.
What is the Union Blockade?
This was where the Hunley sank the USS Housatonic.
What is Charleston Harbor?
After this national event, the southern states attended a Secession Convention and agreed to secede from the Union.
What is the election of 1860?
This group of people remained at home to run the businesses and plantations. Some became spies during the war.
Who were the women?
These people believed that slavery was wrong and worked to end slavery before the war began.
Who were the Abolitionists?
This is the secret weapon the Confederacy used to break through the Union Blockade.
What is the H.L. Hunley?
This is the place that President Lincoln gave his famous address. This speech lasted 2 minutes.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The Confederacy fired upon this fort when the Union soldiers refuse to leave.
What is Fort Sumter?
This was the general of the Union army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
He was the leader of the Confederate Army?
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This nurse was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" because she traveled from battle to battle helping the wounded soldiers.
Who was Clara Barton?
This is the place that Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War.
What is Appottamax Court House?
This signed document stated that 11 states would secede from the Union.
What is the Ordinance of Succession?
President Abraham Lincoln signed this document in 1863 stating that the slaves in the Confederate states were free,
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?