Causes
The election of this man was a chief motivator in the first states seceding from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
He was the leader of the Union Army
Ulysses S Grant
One of the only battles fought in the North, this battle is considered by many to be a major turning point in the war and the most famous battle
Gettysburg
Supporters and soldier of the Northern Army were called
The Union
Abraham Lincoln was the ___ th President of the United States
16th
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe shattered the more appealing image of slavery and exposed the true horrors of bondage.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
He was the leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E Lee
The Confederate's attack here is considered by many to be the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumner
Supporters of the seceded states and rebels were called
The Confederacy
This man shot and killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown's raid here was an attempt to steal weaponry which would be used to start a slave revolt
Harper's Ferry
He was the President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
This battle led to the surrender of Robert E Lee and is considered by many to be the end of the war
Battle at the Appomattox Courthouse
The first all-Black army regiment that fought and died at the Battle of Fort Wagner
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
The speech Lincoln gave following one of the bloodiest battles of the war. In it Lincoln called for "A new nation"
The Gettysburg Address
This legal act repealed the Compromise of 1850 and allowed new states to vote on if they wanted to be a free or slave state
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Union commander who burned Atlanta as part of his "total war" and "March to the Sea"
William T Sherman
Bloody battle which motivated Lincoln to draft the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
Political party that replaced the Whigs and was founded as the "abolition party"
Republicans
Abraham Lincoln was a member of this political party
The Republican Party
This state was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20th, 1860
South Carolina
Confederate commander who led the assault at the First Battle of Bull Run
Stonewall Jackson
While not a battle, this conflict over conscription caused Lincoln to send in the men who had just fought in Gettysburg to keep the peace
The New York City Draft Riot
Anti-Lincoln political group who believed the war was unconstitutional and wanted a peace agreement reached between the Union and the Confederates
The Copperheads
Lincoln suspended this which allowed people to be jailed without evidence and suspended the 1st Amendment
Habeas Corpus