Causes of the War
This system of forced labor was a major cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
The first major battle of the Civil War, also called First Bull Run.
What is the Battle of Manassas?
President of the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These people provided medical care to soldiers.
Who are nurses?
The Union victory preserved this.
What is the United States (the Union)?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Shortages in the South were caused by this Union strategy.
What is the blockade?
This amendment ended slavery in the U.S
What is the 13th Amendment?
This idea argued that states had the right to govern themselves.
What are states’ rights?
This turning point battle in Pennsylvania stopped Lee’s invasion of the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This group fought bravely despite discrimination in the Union Army.
Who are African American soldiers?
This period focused on rebuilding the South.
What is Reconstruction?
This election of 1860 triggered Southern secession.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Union general who later became president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Women often took over these roles while men were at war.
What are jobs/farm work?
This amendment granted citizenship to former slaves.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This document declared that enslaved people in Confederate states were free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Sherman’s campaign destroyed much of this Southern state.
What is Georgia?
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
This method of warfare involved attacking supply lines and using surprise tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?