Vocabulary
This type of war involves opposing groups of citizens within the same nation.
What is a Civil War? (#12)
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the harsh realities of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? (#5)
Lincoln’s cabinet members used this adjective to describe the act of abolishing slavery.
What is risky? (#21)
This three-day battle was fought in Pennsylvania and resulted in a pivotal Union victory during the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg? (#23)
At the start of the Civil War, this side's biggest weakness was its military leadership.
What is the Union? (North) (#13)
To withdraw formally from a group or country.
What is secede? (#1)
This Supreme Court decision declared that no African American could be a U.S. citizen.
What is the Dred Scott Decision? (#6)
This proclamation, issued by President Lincoln, aimed to abolish slavery and aid the Union's war effort.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation? (#22)
This battle early in the war shocked onlookers with its brutal display of Civil War combat.
What is the Battle of Bull Run? (#16)
The South lacked this transportation network, crucial for moving troops and supplies, during the Civil War.
What are railroads? (#14)
This was the name of the government formed by the seceding Southern states in 1861.
What is the Confederate States of America? (or the Confederacy) (#9)
This president's election in 1860 led South Carolina to be the first state to secede.
Who is Abraham Lincoln? (#7)
This Amendment forever banned slavery in America.
What is the 13th Amendment? (#2)
This battle holds the grim distinction of being the single bloodiest day in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam? (#20)
This Union General believed that the most important thing in war was to keep moving forward.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant? (#17)
During the Civil War, the states which remained loyal to the federal government were called this.
What is the Union? (#10)
Following this attack, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas seceded from the Union.
What is Fort Sumter? (#8)
This short speech, delivered during the Civil War, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
General Grant had General Lee surrounded, and Lee finally surrendered at this location.
What is Appomattox? (#25)
This General led the Confederate Army from 1862 to 1865.
Who was Robert E. Lee? (#19)
This word means lasting or continuing forever.
What is perpetual?
This 1850 agreement admitted California as a free state and allowed popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah.
What is the Compromise of 1850? (#4)
This compromise (written in 1820) aimed to maintain the balance of free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise? (#3)
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s this location.
What is Ford's Theater? (#26)
This Union General marched to Savannah with his 100,000 troops.
Who is General Sherman? (#24)