Important Names
Who was an abolitionist and the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What happened at Ford's Theatre?
Abraham Lincoln was shot as he was watching the play.
What was the name of the 11 states that withdrew from the Union to form their own country?
Confederate States of America
Who was the first Republican president?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was commander of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
What was the name of the Confederate Army's ironclad ship?
the Merrimack
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter (in South Carolina)
What was the document declaring that all slaves were free in states that had left the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the early commander of the Union Army of the Potomac?
George McClellan
What word means "to withdraw from" or "leave the Union"?
Secede
Battle of Antietam
What was the final capital of the Confederate States of America?
What was the Union's ironclad ship?
the Monitor
What was the battle that gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in half?
Battle of Vicksburg
Who was a Confederate general and the most remembered soldier at the First Battle of Bull Run?
Stonewall Jackson
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
What agreement attempted to balance power in the Senate between free and slave states?
Compromise of 1850
What constitutional amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?
Thirteenth Amendment
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who led a march to the sea and destroyed Southern towns, leading to the end of the Civil War?
General William T. Sherman
Where was the first major Civil War battle won by the South?
First Battle of Bull Run
What law required people in free Northern states to return runaway slaves to the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
Who was commander of all the Union armies?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were secret routes leading to free Northern states and Canada?
the Underground Railroad