Slave, Free, or Border State
Georgia
Slave State
Law that requires men of a certain age to join the military
Draft
He was president of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The assault on this fort in South Carolina began the Civil War
Fort Sumter
This type of firearm was a vast improvement over the traditional smoothed-barreled musket
Rifle
Massachusetts
Free State
Someone who wanted to end slavery
Abolitionist
He was a Union general who later became President and is also featured on the $50 bill.
Ulysses S. Grant
This speech began with the words "Four score and seven years ago..."
Gettysburg Address
The South believed that English demand for this product would cause England to join the Confederate side.
Cotton
Texas
Slave State
To give up part of what one wants in order to reach an agreement, or the agreement itself.
Compromise
He was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Some people brought picnic baskets to witness the first major battle of the Civil War
Bull Run or Manassas
John Wilkes Booth Assassinated Abraham Lincoln in this Washington D.C. theater during a performance of Our American Cousin
Ford's
Kentucky
Border State
The killing of a high-ranking leader for political reasons
Assassination
He was the Confederate General whose surrender at Appomattox Courthouse ended the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
The Merrimack vs the Monitor was the 1st showdown between these 2 types of ships.
Iron-Clad
These were laws that were created in the South after the Civil War that were intended to restrict the freedom of black people.
Black Codes
Missouri
Border
Idea that states should have final say on laws that affect them, not the federal government
States' Rights
He marched from Atlanta to Savannah Ga., leaving a trail of destruction. He also has a "necktie" named after him.
William Tecumseh Sherman
The single bloodiest day of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle.
Antietam
This was a nine-year period of military rule in the former Confederacy. It divided the South into 5 military districts
Reconstruction