The Causes of the civil war
These were used to plant and harvest cotton in the south.
Slaves
To break away from.
secede
During the war Lincoln freed slaves in the Confederate States signing this proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War was the first U.S. war to be largely documented through...
Photographs
What did the 13th amendment do?
Freed the Slaves
Cotton damaged the soil, so farmers moved _________to grow the plant
west
Southern lawmakers warned that if this man was elected, then southern states would secede, withdraw from the Union (U.S.)
President Lincoln
This day celebrates the day Texas slaves learned they had been freed over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued and two months after the end of the war
Juneteenth
What is another name for the North?
Union
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Protected their rights
refers to the different political, economic, and social values held between the North and South
sectionalism
Lincoln and Republicans took a stand against this practice to spread into new territories
slavery
Lincoln wrote this speech to honor soldiers killed during the battle, and remind people the war was about saving the Union, freedom, and equality
Gettysburg Address
What is another name for the South
Confederates
This amendment gave black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
This Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and forbid slavery in any new states north of Missouri’s southern border
Missouri Compromise
How many states formed the Confederate States of America?
What is 11.
At the end of war, Lincoln did not want to punish the _______, but instead have them rejoin the Union as quickly as possible
south
The war ended in April of 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General, Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House
Even though slavery was now illegal, Southern states passed laws called __________to limit the freedoms of African Americans
black codes
These states wanted the right to decide major issues for themselves (states’ rights)
Southern states
On April 12, 1861, this battle in South Carolina took place, and the Civil War had begun
the Battle of Fort Sumter
Who shot Lincoln in 1865 at Fords Theatre?
John Wilks Booth
How many Americans died during the Civil War.
over 600,000
What is a poll tax
fee for black men to pay to vote