People around the War
He was President of the US at the outbreak of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This act required citizens to assists in returning property back to Plantation Owners
The Fugitive Slave Act
This was the Capital of the Confederacy and when it fell, the war was pretty much over for the South
Richmond (Battle of Richmond)
1860 and 1864
This was system of helping slaves reach freedom in the North
He was President of the Confederacy during the War
Jefferson Davis
This was an agreement in which slavery was a big topic and how states could decide if they wanted to have slavery as new states in the US
The Compromise of 1850
Considered the Largest Battle of the War, stretching for over 3 days in Pennsylvania leaving about 50,000 dead
Battle of Gettysburg
The Executive Order given by the President to in essence end slavery
The Emancipation Proclamation
He became President after Lincoln was shot and killed
Andrew Johnson
He was a former slave who spoke in favor of abolition slavery and helped former slaves find their freedom
Frederick Douglass
The Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe showing favor to ending Slavery by writing about the horrors of it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This battle had one of the deadliest days in all of the war, amounting to about 23,000 dead in one day
Battle of Antietam
The place of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, located in Washington, DC
Ford's Theater
Lincoln traveled to one of the battlefields of the War and gave this famous speech at the sight of thousands of dead soldiers
The Gettysburg Address
General of the Confederacy, he surrendered at the end of the War
Robert E. Lee
A famous speech given by Frederick Douglass on one of America's most famous holidays
The 4th of July to the Slave
There were two battles fought here, one of them was considered the first of the War and the North thought they would end the war quickly
Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Bull Run
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man, who was an actor at the time
John Wilkes Booth
This was the former slave who sued the state of Missouri over his Freedom
Dred Scott
General of the Union Army... he would later become President of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
The compromise of 1820 was named after this state, prohibiting states from having slavery north of the state itself
Missouri
Where the full unconditional surrender occurred, and the Union won the war
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
The era after the Civil War is referred to as this
The Reconstruction Era
If you add up which President Lincoln was, with Johnson, and Grant, you get this number
51 (Lincoln 16, Johnson 17, Grant 18)
16+17+18= 51