Introduction to the Civil War
These two groups fought in the American Civil War.
The Northern and Southern states.
This group of states did not want to abolish slavery.
The South
President Lincoln was upset when several states seceded the union because he believed this.
All of the states should remain as one nation.
The first official battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Fort Sumter
When Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulyssess S. Grant this happened.
The war was officially over.
The North was called this.
The Union
This group of states wanted to abolish slavery.
The North
President Lincoln believed that if he let the Southern states leave the Union, then more states might do this.
Leave the nation in the future.
This group of states won the Battle of Antietam
The North
President Lincoln wanted the surrender to be this.
Peaceful
The South was called this.
The Confederacy.
This person served as president of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This many states left the Union in total.
11
An important general for Southern troops.
Robert E. Lee
Reconstruction took the United States this many years.
12
The term "Civil War" means this.
A war fought between two groups from the same country.
This term means, "to leave the federal union."
Secede
A secret escape route for enslaved people to gain their freedom.
The Underground Railroad
This famous speech was given by Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg national cemetery in a ceremony to honor the soldiers who had fought there. This speech reminded individuals that all men are created equal.
The Gettysburg Address
This amendment abolished slavery.
13th
More than this many enslaved people were brought from Africa against their will to work without pay for the rest of their lives.
500,000
This state was the first to leave the Union.
South Carolina
This person risked their own life many times to lead many enslaved people to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
An important general for the North.
Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States.
14th