Civil War 1
Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
What was the Underground Railroad?
A series of secret passages in which runaway slaves were led through in order to gain freedom in the North
Most black voters joined Abraham Lincoln's political party, which was the
Republican Party
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
Someone who leads groups of runaway slaves to the North.
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to people born or naturalized in the United States?
U.S. citizenship
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting the people vote on certain government actions.
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
The act that restricted aiding runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
Which was the first of the Southern States to secede?
South Carolina
Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
According to the Fourteenth Amendment, what must states guarantee to all individuals?
equal protection of the laws
What happened in the Dred Scott vs Sanford case?
The supreme court decided that all black people were unable to be US citizens.
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
After which state joined the union did the Fugitive Slave Act get passed?
California.
What is Frederick Douglass known for?
Writing an autobiography about his time as a slave.
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
His Vice President, Andrew Johnson
Due process means
government must act reasonably and fairly in accordance with established laws
Who was Abraham Lincolns opponent in the election of 1830
Stephen Douglas
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
How did Frederick Douglass learn to read and write?
The wife of his owner taught him.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describing the cruelties of slavery.
What was the reason the Southern States seceded?
slavery
Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who won the battle of Bull Run?
The confederacy.
Juneteenth celebrates...
the arrival of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas
What is the Mason-Dixon line?
The border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, a marker of the free states of the North versus the Southern slave states.
Where did the Confederate Army Surrender?
Appomattox Court House
At What place was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater
What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
After the Civil War, enslaved people became free when slavery was abolished by the
13th amendment
The unions strategy of forcing a surrender by cutting off supply lines to the South.
Plessy v. Ferguson established the legal principle of...
separate but equal