Events and Acts
What decision ruled slaves were property, not citizens?
→ Dred Scott Decision
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the secret escape network for enslaved people?
Underground Railroad
What was the turning point battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What was one major cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What was the Missouri Compromise meant to maintain?
Balance of free and slave states
What do we call someone who wanted to end slavery?
Abolitionist
What were the Northern states called?
The Union
Where did General Lee surrender to end the war?
Appomattox Court House
What speech honored fallen soldiers and focused on unity?
Gettysburg Address
What law allowed territories to vote on slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
What is the term for leaving the Union?
Secession
What strategy was used to destroy the South’s ability to fight?
Total War
What document freed slaves in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
What event officially began the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Who surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
General Robert E. Lee
What do we call the Southern states that seceded?
The Confederacy
What was the bloodiest single-day battle of the war?
Battle of Antietam
What happened to the South’s economy after the war?
It was severely damaged
What was the Fugitive Slave Act a part of?
Compromise of 1850
Who used "total war" to destroy Southern resources?
General William Tecumseh Sherman
What is “popular sovereignty”?
Letting people vote on issues like slavery
What battle led to the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
What did the Civil War prove about the federal government?
It was stronger than individual states