Causes
Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
New policy that abolished the idea of slavery following the war.
13th Amendment
What years did the Civil War occur during?
1861-1865
Political Group that Lincoln was the leader of during the Civil War era. (Against the Expansion of Slavery)
Republicans
Prominent abolitionist, Creator of the North Star.
Fredrick Douglas
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th Amendment
What political party wanted to impeach Andrew Johnson?
Radical Republicans
This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war
Election of Lincoln
President to take office following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
Anaconda plan
The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th Amendment
Three Causes of the Civil War? (3 S's)
Sectionalism, States Rights, & Slavery
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House? (Union General)
General Ulysses S. Grant
What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River to the Confederacy?
Battle of Vicksburg
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
Secede
Bloody attack led by Abolitionist John Brown on 5 pro slavery citizens.
Bleeding Kansas
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Final Battle of the Civil War where Robert E. Lee surrendered and ended the war.
Appomattox Courthouse
Policies that were designed to give the southern states control over African Americans behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on their population.
Black codes
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln following the turning battle of the Civil War, located in Pennsylvaina?
Gettysburg Address