Causes & Events
This place was where the first Confederate cannon shots were fired and later had a celebration after the war ended.
Fort Sumter
This person gave speeches about freedom and encouraged Black men to join the Union army.
Frederick Douglass
The Southern economy relied mostly on this kind of work on large farms.
Farming (especially on plantations; or "farming/plantations")
This island town was the first self-governed town for freed people on Hilton Head Island.
Mitchelville (on Hilton Head Island)
This 1854 law let people in new territories decide whether to allow slavery or not.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
He became the first African American to command a U.S. naval ship. (First and last name)
Robert Smalls
The Confederate leaders hoped demand for this crop in Europe would bring foreign help.
Cotton
This holiday remembers the end of slavery hardships and celebrates African American achievements.
Juneteenth
Name the 1856 attack in Congress that showed how violent tensions over slavery had become.
The caning of Charles Sumner (attack by Preston Brooks)
This Union general marched to Columbia and caused millions of dollars of damage to Southern property.
William T. Sherman
The Confederate states wrote this document to say they were no longer part of the United States. (Name the document)
The Ordinance of Secession (or South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession)
This experimental submarine sank twice in Charleston Harbor. (Name)
The Hunley
This court case decided that Black people could not be U.S. citizens.
Dred Scott decision (Supreme Court ruled Black people could not be citizens)
This violent abolitionist led a raid and is known for his actions in Kansas and at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
This military plan by General Winfield Scott aimed to block Southern ports and split the Confederacy.
The Anaconda Plan
The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in states that were rebelling against the Union. Who issued it? (Full name)
President Abraham Lincoln
Which Amendment ended slavery across the United States?
It abolished slavery across the country — the 13th Amendment
This woman spent weeks caring for wounded soldiers in the U.S. Capitol and later traveled from battle to battle helping them.
Clara Barton
The practice of forcing people to join the army is called what?
Conscription
Explain in 1–2 sentences how “occupy” and “strategy” could be connected during the Civil War.
“An army might occupy a town to control it, and the army would use a strategy (a plan) to decide how to take and hold the town.”