Important People
He was a former slave who wrote an autobiography about his time as a slave
Who is Frederick Douglass?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This was the Union general who was too reluctant to attack the enemy
Who is General McClellan?
This was the secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
This word means someone who opposes slavery
What is abolitionist?
She was a former slave and was known by "Moses"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was a Confederate general who was famous for his ability to move and attack quickly, though his nickname suggests otherwise
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
This Union general's strategy was to fight and wear down the enemy
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This word is the act of setting someone or something free
What is emancipation?
What is the Gettysburg Address?
He led an attack on the U.S. government arsenal at Harper's Ferry in the hope of giving guns to slaves
Who is John Brown?
This word means to formally withdraw membership, which 11 southern slave states did from the USA after Lincoln was elected President
What is secede?
Grant's victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control over this major American river
What is the Mississippi River?
This document written by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These are the rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and its amendments
What are Civil Rights?
Who is Clara Barton?
This was the battle that started the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
General Sherman was famous for doing this, which was essentially enacting "total war" on the South
What is his march to the sea?
This was the government organization that was set up to assist former slaves
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This is the period of rebuilding after the Civil War in the United States
What is Reconstruction?
He assassinated Abraham Lincoln 5 days after the Civil War ended
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Prior to the Civil War, this compromise created a line with free states north of it and slave states to the south
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This was the Union strategy that kept Confederates from selling cotton and buying supplies
What is a naval blockade?
In THIS case about a slave suing his master, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, and Congress could not take away a person's right to his property.
What is Dred Scott?
During Congressional Reconstruction, the US government refused to let Confederate leaders back into Congress, ratified amendments that secured black Southerners the right to vote, and threw out state governments that had passed THESE, which limited the freedom of the newly freed black Southerners
What are Black Codes?