Causes & Differences
This act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
This battle was considered a turning point in the war because it made the South give up the idea of invading the North
What is Gettysburg
Lincoln was assassinated 5 days after the Civil War by this man, a Confederate sympathizer who was angry the South lost the war.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth," is a quote from this speech
What is the Gettysburg Address
This underlying issue divided America for decades and led to the Civil War
What is slavery
South Carolina fired the first shots of the Civil War here.
What is Fort Sumter
This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.
What is Antietam
This Commanding General of the Confederate Army was known for his brilliant tactics.
Who is Robert E. Lee
This order freed all the enslaved people in the Confederacy, and sought to weaken the economy of the South and boost recruitment for the Union army.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This was President Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War
What is the preservation of the Union
This decision was considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time, and it overturned both the Missouri Compromise and Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the Dred Scott decision
This battle, the first battle of the war, was a shocking Confederate victory.
What is Bull Run
This person was the President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis
This President's plan for Reconstruction was called the "10%" plan and was considered lenient by the Radical Republicans
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877 signaled an end to which era?
What is Reconstruction
The South had this advantage over the North in the Civil War
What is military leadership
This Union army military campaign of "total war" in Georgia destroyed everything in its path.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
This person is the author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
This Constitutional amendment made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the nation
What is the 14th Amendment
This General was put in Command of the Union Army by Lincoln after “Tardy” General McClellan was asked to resign.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Both of these Compromises were temporary fixes that did not address the division between slave and free states
What are the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
This bloody battle in TN showed that the North will do what it takes to preserve the Union.
What is Shiloh
This man was the first African American elected to Congress
Who is Hiram Revels
This Constitutional amendment states that no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement
What is the 15th Amendment
This President's plan for Reconstruction offered pardons and amnesty to ALL who pledged loyalty to the Union and the 13th Amendment. It returned ALL property back to former Confederates, and saved none for former slaves.
Who is Andrew Johnson