Civil War Causes
This economic system was a major cause of tension between the North and South.
What is slavery?
This battle is considered the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
He was the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This plan, proposed by Lincoln, offered amnesty to Southerners who took an oath of loyalty.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The 1860 election of this president triggered Southern states to secede.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1863 battle is often called the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This Union general is famous for his "March to the Sea."
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This federal agency was created to assist freed slaves with food, education, and housing.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This famous document issued by Lincoln declared all slaves in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Confederate surrender took place at this courthouse in Virginia in 1865.
What is Appomattox Court House?
He was the leading abolitionist who published "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
These laws passed by Southern states aimed to limit the freedoms of African Americans.
What are the Black Codes?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain balance.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
General Sherman’s famous march through this state devastated the South.
What is Georgia?
This president led the country through Reconstruction after Lincoln’s assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves into society.
What is Reconstruction?
This law required Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment to rejoin the Union.
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
This system of laws in the South restricted the rights of freed slaves after the Civil War.
What are the Black Codes?
This battle was the first major conflict of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This African American leader advised presidents and fought for equal rights during Reconstruction.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This act divided the South into military districts to enforce Reconstruction policies.
What is the Reconstruction Acts?
This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional, undermining Reconstruction efforts.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?