People
This famous African American woman convinced President Lincoln to let black men serve in the Civil War
Sojourner Truth
This line is the boundary between Free states and Slave states prior to the Civil War, and is the traditional division between the American ‘North’ and ‘South’
Mason-Dixon Line
This event, happening in November of 1860, convinced Southerners that the US Government could not be trusted and would try to abolish slavery, triggering secession.
Election of President Lincoln
This law divided the Louisiana Purchase, allowing slavery only in the southern portion, and admitting one free state and one slave state to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states in congress.
Missouri Compromise
The idea or belief that slavery is wrong and should be ended by any means, as soon as possible. Also, the movement to end slavery prior to the Civil War
Abolition
This man was the only president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, the slave-holding states that remained in the Union during the Civil War
Border States
A 2 day attack on this US installation in Southern territory is considered the first battle of the American Civil War
Fort Sumter
A terrible Supreme Court case in which a slave sued his master for freedom. The decision stated that not only should the slave remain property, but also that the Missouri Compromise was invalid and that no black Americans had citizenship rights
Dred Scott V Sanford
The idea or belief that women should enjoy equal rights to men, including the right to work, to vote, and to own property. Also, the movement to advance women’s rights
Suffrage
This man was the General in command of all Confederate forces during the Civil War
Robert E Lee
Rebellious Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own country to fight for state’s rights and the preservation of slavery
The Confederacy
This Southern city fell to Union forces after a long siege, completing the second stage of the Union Anaconda plan.
Battle of Vicksburg
A law allowing all new states to determine for themselves through a vote whether to allow slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Differences in lifestyle, social structure, and political values between the American North and South
Sectionalism
This man was the General in command of all Union forces during the Civil War
Ulysses S Grant
Loyal Northern states that remained a part of the United States of America during the Civil War
The Union
Remembered as the single bloodiest battle of the war, this was the turning point after which a Union victory seemed likely
Battle of Gettysburg
Several laws passed in 1793 and again in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850, forcing all states to aid in the return of escaped slaves even if slavery was outlawed within the state
Fugitive Slave Laws
The act of withdrawing or separating from a larger group, specifically the rebellion of Southern states causing the American Civil War
Secession
This African American man was a famous abolitionist and suffragist who escaped slavery and educated himself, becoming an orator and author and even running for vice president.
Frederick Douglas
General Lee of the Confederacy surrendered to General Grant of the Union at this location on April 9, 1865
Appomattox Court House
Occurring at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC following the end of the civil war, this was the first event of it’s kind in American history and disrupted the Union plans for Reconstruction.
Assassination of President Lincoln
Mistakenly believe to be the law that freed all slaves, this law actually only freed slaves in rebel states as a war measure, while allowing slavery to continue in loyal slave holding states
Emancipation Proclamation
A period of time following the American Civil War in which the Southern States were rebuilt physically and legally. This was intended to produce equality between the races, but instead resulted in segregation and inequality.
Reconstruction