Vocabulary
The freeing of someone from slavery.
What is emancipation?
The Civil War began on this date.
What is April 12, 1861?
This is one of the most famous speeches in history delivered by President Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This side won the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the North?
This means to signify; indicate.
What is designate?
A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
What is election?
The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to this year.
What is 1865?
Before his election to the presidency, Abraham Lincoln lost his bid for this office.
What is the U.S. Senate?
The Civil War began when Confederate forces began firing on this fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
One that takes an opposite position (as in debate, contest, or conflict).
What is opponent?
Cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.
What is surrender?
The Thirteenth Amendment was proclaimed on this date.
What is December 18, 1865?
President Lincoln issued the preliminary version of this on 9/22/1862, which granted freedom to all enslaved people in the rebellious states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The terms of the surrender were discussed at McLean House in Appomattox in this Confederate state.
What is Virginia
This abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
What is abolition?
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in this year.
What is 1860?
Lincoln issued the formal Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 of this year.
What is 1863?
He was the Confederate General who surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
A movement in the North that called for the legal end to slavery in all of the United States.
What is abolitionism?
Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
What is secede?
The Confederate States of America was formed in this year by Southern states that seceded from the United States.
What is 1861?
This has been referred to as “the most crucial battle in American history.”
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the main issue between the North and South.
What is slavery?
They were very happy with the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who are abolitionists?