Important People
The 16th President of the United States during the Civil War, And Emancipated the slaves.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
South Carolina, April 1861; Official start of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
A compromise line to divide free and slave territories after Missouri is admitted as a slave state and Maine is admitted as a free state.
What was the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)?
Supported the Compromise of 1850, Felt it was the only hope to keep the United States together.
Who was Daniel Webster?
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people; Stephen Douglas' idea that States should choose to be free or allow slavery... not the federal government.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The 18th President of the United States, And Union General during Civil War.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Virginia, July 1861; first major land battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Bull Run?
Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories; Tried to keep slave and free states even.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Escaped slavery, And an abolitionist who fought to end slavery through political actions.
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
Pro-slavery Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas' election to make it a pro-slavery government.
What were Border Ruffians?
Commander of Confederate Army, Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House to end the war.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Maryland, September 1862; Bloodiest single day in American Military History.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
Passed in 1854, created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing states to determine weather slavery would be allowed in new territories; led to many conflicts between the states.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
First African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Who was William Carney?
First state to secede from the union after Lincoln is elected in 1860 leading to the Confederate States of America.
What is South Carolina?
President of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Pennsylvania, July 1863; Bloodiest Battle of the entire Civil War.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Issued by Lincoln in 1862; it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Prominent black american born into slavery, Who wrote a book Up From Slavery and believed racism would end when blacks proved their economic value to society.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States.
What was the Confederate States of America?
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, led troops at the first battle (Battle of Bull Run).
Who was Stonewall Jackson?
Mississippi, 1863; Union gains control of Mississippi River, Confederacy split in two, total war begins.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
Supreme court ruling that declared that slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property; expanded slavery to free territory.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Person who killed Abraham Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
(1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which hr praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights.
What was the Gettysburg Address?