People
The President of the Union during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Event that caused the first state to secede
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
The nickname given to Northern forces
What is Yankees?
Former slave that become an abolitionist famous for his speeches and writings
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Political decision that temporarily tried to balance free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise/Compromise of 1820?
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The attack that kicked off the Civil War
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
Nickname given to Southern forces
What is rebels?
Abolitionist that wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that demonstrated the horrors of slavery
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Political decision that had several major points, including enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, banning the slave trade, and admitted California as a free state
What was the Compromise of 1850?
The Commander of all Union armies by the end of the war
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The first major land battle of the Civil War
What is the First Battle of Bull Run/Manasses?
The divide caused by loyalties based on regional differences
Abolitionist that led revolts and fought during Bleeding Kansas
Who is John Brown?
Document that freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Battle that forced the Confederates to retreat from the North
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
A system of spies and smugglers that moved slaves from the South to the North to free them
What is the Underground Railroad?
Known as the 'Great Compromiser', this politician helped form the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay?
Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were property, not citizens
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
A former slave who stole a Confederate warship and used it to sail several other slaves to freedom
Who is Robert Smalls?
Event that determined whether the North would continue fighting the war or not
What is the Election of 1864?
The strategy from the Union to blockade the South and cut their forces in half
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This Union general led a 'March to the Sea' burning down Georgia as he went
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Battle that led to Robert E. Lee surrending his Confederate forces to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?