important figures
the president of the union and whose presidency lasted from 1861-1865
who was abraham Lincoln
a person who wants to stop slavery
what is a abolishinest
african people held in bondage to work on cash crops
what are enslaved people
a plan made by wind field Scott to blockade the confederate ports and docks
what is the anaconda plan
the border spliting the slave and free states
what is the mason Dixon line
a confederate general and lees right hand man
who was general stone wall Jackson
a nick name for the south
what is a dixie
the act of a state or province leaving a nation
what is secession
a railway spanning from east coast and going all the way to the west coast
what is trans-continental rail road
a act that gave 160 acres of land to settlers to grow crops out west
what is the homestead act
a female doctor during the civil war and founded the american red cross
who was Clara barton
a northerner who moved south to become rich
what is a carpetbagger
the president of the confederacy
who was Jefferson Davis
a country devoting all its resources to war
what is total war
a amendment that promised black people the right to vote
what is the 15th ammendment
a abolishinest who tried to start a slave up rising in the south
who was john brown
a person who supports the union/north
what is a federal
the smaller territory consisting of Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, South Carolina, north Carolina ETC.
what is the confederate states
commenced by john wilks booth which killed the president
what is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
a supreme court decision that said that slavery wont be outlawed
what was the Dred Scott decision
a union general who captured most of Georgia and torched most of the state on his way
who was general william sherman
the collection of northern states
what is the union
a law passed that escaped slaves had to be returned to the south
what was the fugitive slave act
a term used for the US during the civil war
what is antebellum
a proclamation that said that all slaves will be free signed by president Lincoln
what is the emancipation proclamation