Causes
This issue divided the North and South more than any other.
Slavery
He was the president of the United States during most of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This was the first major battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Bull Run
This law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
This event started the Civil War in 1861.
The attack on Fort Sumter
He was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This 1863 battle was a turning point in favor of the Union.
This invention improved communication between armies.
The telegraph
This amendment granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment
This 1854 law allowed territories to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Union General later became president after the war
Ulysses S. Grant
This 1863 speech redefined the war as a fight for freedom and unity.
This system helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
These laws were passed after the war to protect the rights of freedpeople.
Reconstruction Acts
This violent period in Kansas was caused by conflicts over slavery.
This Confederate general led the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
This Union strategy aimed to wrap around and suffocate the Confederacy on all sides.
Anaconda Plan
Soldiers often suffered from this disease due to poor conditions.
Gangrene
These laws in the South limited the rights of freed African Americans.
Black Codes
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citiznes.
Dred Scott decision
This Union general marched through Georgia, destroying railroads, burning farms, and more.
William T. Sherman
This woman was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad and spy for the Union.
This group used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction.