Vocabulary
When a part of a country breaks off from its own country
What is to secede?
President of the Confederacy
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Nor shall any state deprive any person life, liberty or property, without due process of law.
What is the 14th amendment?
Redefined the Civil War as a fight for freedom and equality.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
When a person owns another person as property
What is slavery?
What is Emancipation?
Confederate Army General
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and must be treated equally.
What is the 14th Amendment
Which of the following people was NOT a candidate in the 1860 presidential election: Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, or John C. Breckinridge
Who was Jefferson Davis?
What is an assassination?
The name for the group of states that left the U.S. to form their own country; also called the South or the Confederate States of America
What was the Confederacy?
Union Army General
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
A person who is injured or killed in war
What is a casualty?
The name given for the states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War; also called the North or the United States of America
What was the Union?
President of the Union
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Slavery is illegal
What is the 13th Amendment
Produced 90% of the goods in America.
What was a Union advantage?
An attitude towards something; especially after a battle or war
What is perspective?