Political/Military Leaders
Leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Deadliest single day battle in U.S. history.
Antietam
Device used by Lincoln to communicate to his commander in the battlefield. Would later become the go to form of long distance communication for civilians.
Telegraph/Telegram
Born into slavery, he would later gain his freedom and become one of the most well known abolitionists leading up to the Civil War. His famous speech "What to the Slave is the 4th of July" pointed out the hypocrisy of America's Independence Day.
Frederick Douglass
Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 midterm election and the 1860 presidential election. Would argue for popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery.
Stephen Douglas
President of the United States during the Civil War. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Form of transportation more available in the Northern States that was used to quickly and efficiently carry a large number of people and supplies across the country.
Railroads
Former slave, who would be instrumental in BOTH the Abolition Movement and the Women's Rights Movement.
Sojourner Truth
Among other things, it included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, established borders of Texas, and the admission of California as a free state
The Compromise of 1850
Leader of the Union army and would also become president years after the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
3 day battle that would become the lead to the most deaths of any battle during the Civil War. Would also become the site of the first national cemetery.
Gettysburg
One of the first female nurses on the battlefield that provided innovative care to soldiers. Would later found the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a best-selling book that exposed Northerners to the conditions of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The word most often used to describe the North's economy prior to the Civil War. It focuses on the manufacturing finished goods.
Industrial/Industrialized
Representative from Mississippi before the outbreak of the Civil War and eventual president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
Location in which Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces.
Appomattox Courthouse
The chemical used during the Civil War to kill the bacteria that would lead to gangrene.
Bromine
Former slave, who is arguably the most famous "Conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
These 3 amendments during Reconstruction ended slavery, gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., and gave all citizens the right to vote.
13th, 14th, & 15th
Early leader of the Union Army who was replaced as a result of his lack of decisive action. Would also run against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election.
George McClellan
First full-scale battle of the Civil War in which the Confederate forces were able to gain an early victory in the war.
Bull Run
This bullet's improved accuracy, range, and deadliness would be a contributing factor as to why the Civil War was one of the bloodiest Wars in American history.
Minie-ball
Abolitionist who fought during Bleeding Kansas and attempted to lead an armed rebellion at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
This event is considered to be the end of Reconstruction.
Election of 1876