Warfare
Major leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Done all across Illinois in 1858
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
The first president to be assassinated
Abraham Lincoln
Amendment ending slavery
The 13th Amendment
Law meant to find run away slaves in the north
Fugitive Slave Act
Where Lee Surrendered to Grant.
Appomattox Courthouse
The amendment that gave former slaves the right to vote
15th Amendment
The main leader of the Union forces toward the end of the war
Ulysses S Grant
The first major federally funded relief agency in the U.S.
Freedman's Bureau
Fought at Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Farthest point the South pushed into the North
Gettysburg
Speech used to push the nation along and finish what had been started. Wanted to make sure people didn't die for nothing
Gettysburg Address
Ran against Lincoln in 1858 and 1860. Part of the debates in Illinois
Stephan Douglas
Laws that restricted the rights of freed slaves.
black codes
Fighting over the spread of slavery. Started over a vote.
Bleeding Kansas
An attempt to Gain more soldiers
Draft
The executive order given by Lincoln freeing the slaves.
Emancipation Proclamation
The man who succeeded Lincoln as president.
Andrew Johnson
Northerners who came to the south to help with Reconstruction.
Carpetbaggers
Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Where the first shots of the war fired.
Fort Sumter
Speech that set the basis for Reconstruction
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Ran for the Southern Democrats in election of 1860
John Breckinridge
Gave all American citizens rights that could not be taken away
The 14th Amendment
Famous court case of the era
Dred Scott Case Decision