Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Hint: J.D.
Who is Jefferson Davis
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
Double the Points
well-known for speaking out against slavery and fighting for the rights of women
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Sojourner Truth
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War after which the Confederacy was forced to retreat?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Whose plan was the most focused on punishing the South for their role in the Civil War and making it more difficult to rejoin the Union
1. Abraham Lincoln's 10% plan
2. Andrew Johnson
3. Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
What were 2 Northern advantages in the war.
What are a larger population, more supplies/resources; industrialization, railroads, and control of the sea?
Who won the election of 1860 and became the sixteenth president of the United States?
Hint: Was president of the U.S. during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the result of the Dred Scott decision, and how did it contribute to the conflict between the North and South?
The decision did not grant Dred Scott his freedom and did not end slavery, increasing tension between the North and South.
known as “President of the Underground Railroad" and helped over 2,000 people find their way to free states or Canada
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Levi Coffin
What was the medical care like during the Civil War?
Most doctors and nurses did not have formal training.
Amendment that granted voting rights to African Americans
15th Amendment
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
A prominent American abolitionist and social activist who escaped slavery and dedicated her life to freeing others. She was a key figure in the Underground Railroad, making multiple trips to guide enslaved people to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This general was a part of the Confederacy.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
What was the compromise that would have allowed all territory North of the line would be forever free, and all territory south of the line would have slavery protected by the federal government.
What is the Crittenden Compromise?
One way the Civil War affected African Americans
any effect on African Americans will be accepted
Name two southern advantages in the Civil War.
What is military colleges and growing their own food?
an escaped enslaved man who became a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker
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Name at least 2 reasons for the Civil War
What is the South secedes and fired the first shot?
What did George Washington Carver find several uses for in agriculture after the Civil War?
peanuts
What form of transportation was used to transport soldiers and equipment during the Civil War?
The railroad was used to transport large numbers of soldiers and equipment quickly.
Amendment that granted citizenship and equal rights to African Americans
14th Amendment
Name two innovations of the late 1800s and early 1900s that affected the way people lived.
transatlantic cable, carbon filament, electricity, typewriter