People
People
Events
North/South
Vocabulary
100
The person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
100
This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
100

The major Union victory known as the turning point of the war was ________________.

Gettysburg

100
This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.
South
100

This movement sought to officially end slavery. 

Abolition

200
This person was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
200
This person, known for his strength, led the Confederates during the First Battle of Bull Run.
"Stonewall" Jackson
200
How did the Civil War begin?
when the Southerners attacked the Union at Fort Sumter in SC
200
This area had more people and factories and most of the people opposed slavery.
North
200

A settlement of differences by making mutual concessions on both sides.

Compromise

300
This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
300

This senator from Kentucky was know as the Great Compromiser leading up to the Civil War. He is responsible for the Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.

Henry Clay

300

This battle is known as the bloodiest day in military history to this day; 23,000 men were either killed or wounded.

The Battle of Antietam

300

_____________ with the land was the South's biggest advantage.

Familiarity 

300

The practice of forcing people into labor without pay or mutual benefits.

Slavery

400
This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
400
Which abolitionist led an attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
400
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?
in a home in the town of Appomattox Court House
400

These states remained neutral in the war. Many of them wanted to retain their slaves, but did not believe it was worth leaving the Union.

Border States

400

The process of allowing people to decide on issues that directly affect them, like slavery.

Popular Sovereignty 

500
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
500

This senator from Illinois ran against Abraham Lincoln for a senate seat and is responsible for the Kansas - Nebraska Act.

Stephen Douglas

500

What was cause of the Civil War?

The south's belief that it was their right to hold slaves.

500

Access to __________ and superior military _______________ led to the North's ultimate win. 

technology; strategy

500

The idea that one holds more loyalty to a regional area than their country. 

Sectionalism

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