Battles
Considered the bloodiest day of the Civil War, this battle gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antietam
He was responsible for guiding the Union through the Civil War and ending slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
This speech referenced the Declaration of Independence to justify the Confederacy's attempt to overthrow the Union government.
Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address
This tragedy shook the United Stated days after the war was over.
Lincoln's assassination
This Supreme Court Case established the principal of Judicial Review.
Marbury v. Madison
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
Battle of Vicksburg
He was offered the chance to serve for the Union but ultimately chose to fight as General in Chief for the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee
This speech outlined the importance of maintaining the Union, stated that secession was illegal, and stated that slavery would remain in the south as it was.
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
This was Lincoln's strategy to end the war. Lincoln hoped this plan would cut the Confederacy off from supplies to cause a quick end to the war.
Anaconda Plan
This group would not ratify the U.S. Constitution until a Bill of Rights was promised to be added.
Anti-Federalists
This three day battle had the most casualties of the war with roughly 50,000. It was also a huge turning point in the war as it ended Lee's plans to invade the north.
Battle of Gettysburg
He was an effective General for the Union Army that ultimately accepted the Confederacy's surrender in 1865.
Ulysses S. Grant
This document shifted the focus of the war from restoring the Union to ending slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
Sherman's march to the sea was saw the destruction of railroads, crops, homes, and more on the way to the Georgia coast. This military tactic is known as what?
Total War
This treaty ended war with Mexico and granted the U.S. a large amount of land that included the modern day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Civil War began here in 1861.
Fort Sumter
This member of the 54th Massachusetts regiment was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Wagner
William Carney
In this two minute speech Lincoln stated that the war must be finished so that the men that gave their lives did not die in vain.
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln needed more troops to ensure the Confederacy was defeated and peace was restored. In order to accomplish this Lincoln issued this in 1863.
Draft or conscription
The Proclamation of 1763 said that colonists could not settle past this geographic feature.
Appalachian Mountains
A victory for the Confederacy, this battle showed the Union that the war was going to be a much longer and bloodier conflict than it was originally thought.
Battle of Bull Run
He tried to justify secession by referencing the Declaration of independence in his inaugural address as President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
This speech denounced slavery as evil and stated that the war was fought to restore peace to the Union.
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
The Civil War ended when Lee surrendered here on this date.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
April 9, 1865
This abolitionist wrote the anti-slavery newspaper known as the North Star.
Frederick Douglass