The North and the South
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
This three-day long battle in 1863 was the deadliest in the war and a crucial turning point for the North
1861-1865
To be truly free escaped slaves had to get to Canada and many of them accomplished this by using the _____________
Underground Railroad
This agreement between the north and the south admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state but Maine as a free state
Missouri Compromise
What is the term used for the period following the Civil War where the Union tried to rebuild?
Reconstruction
At the height of its power how many states were a part of the Confederacy?
11
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln declared a new purpose for fighting the Civil War, what was that new goal?
Ending slavery
________________ escaped to Philadelphia, then helped others escape north on the Underground Railroad.
Harriett Tubman
The first seven states to secede from the Union formed a new nation called what?
Confederate States of America
Who took over as President following the death of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Name one of the military innovations of the Civil War
Gaitling Gun, Rifles, Submarines, Ironclad Battleships
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery in the United States
The Compromise of 1850 added California as a free state, in return the Union enforced the ____________
Fugitive Slave Act
Who murdered Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater?
John Wilkes Booth
Name one of the advantages the North had over the South in the Civil War
More manufactured goods, Larger Population, More completed railroads, Better weapons
This three-day long battle in 1863 was the deadliest in the war and a crucial turning point for the North
Gettysburg
This former slave gave a famous 4th of July speech comparing the suffering of slaves to colonists under British rule
Frederick Douglass
The North imposed _____________________ on products going to and from the South, crippling them financially
Tariffs
What were the Black Codes?
Laws established to limit the freedoms of former slaves and force labor
This state was the capital of the Confederate Republic
Virginia
Name this single-day battle that is often called the "Bloodiest Day in American History"
Antietam
What speech did Abraham Lincoln give that "freed" the slaves of the Confederate States?
Emancipation Proclamation
This is the idea that the North and South sectioned off and industry evolved differently with slavery in the South and factories in the North
Sectionalism
What was the purpose of the terrorist organizations: The White League, Red Shirts, and Ku Klux Klan?
Intimidate freedmen and progressives from voting or organizing