Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
Slavery was a system where people were treated as property and forced to work without pay or freedom.
Who won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry and was involved in Bleeding Kansas?
John Brown
The general of the Confederacy
Who is Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
True or False: Slaveowners were often kind and caring to their slaves
False
Who was John C. Breckenridge?
A candidate in the election of 1860 that supported slavery
How long did the Civil War last?
4 years (1861-1865)
The president of the United States (union)
Abraham Lincoln
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were free (even though it didn't really end slavery).
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Working conditions of a slave
Long, hard days with very little breaks. Worked on plantations
True or False: The south was happy with the results of the 1860 Election
False
The secret network of abolitionists helping slaves to freedom
Underground Railroad
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Most battles and damage was in the North or the South?
What is the South?
What risks did enslaved people take to escape to freedom?
Being captured, killed, or beaten
Abraham Lincoln's view of Slavery during the election
he supported Slavery where it already existed
Where did Lincoln grow up?
In Indiana on a family farm
General of the Union
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
The Civil War didn't start as a war about slavery but rather about....
The rights for states to make their own decisions (state's rights).
Why did the south want to keep slavery?
Their farming economy depended on enslaved labor, especially on large plantations growing crops like cotton and tobacco.
Explain the electoral college
Instead of everyone’s votes across the whole country being counted all together, each state gets a certain number of “points” based on how many people live there.
Where was Lincoln when he was assassinated?
What is the theater (Ford's Theater)