The election of 1860
This Republican candidate won the Election of 1860 without winning most Southern states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This attack in April 1861 officially started the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War in 1861.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This 1863 document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This famous Black Union regiment attacked Fort Wagner.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
This Northern Democrat believed slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
This Confederate president led the South during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This bloody 1862 battle allowed Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This short speech by Lincoln honored soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Over 180,000 African American soldiers served in this army.
What is the Union Army?
This Constitutional Union candidate tried to avoid the slavery issue and preserve the Union.
Who is John Bell?
This Union president led the North during the war.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1863 battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the war goal to include ending this system.
What is slavery?
These troops fought bravely in the Battle of Nashville.
What are the 13th U.S. Colored Troops?
This Southern Democrat supported slavery and represented many Southern states in 1860.
Who is John Breckinridge?
This Southern fort in South Carolina was fired upon to begin the war.
What is Fort Sumter?
This Union general captured Vicksburg and later became president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This speech emphasized that the nation was dedicated to this idea: "all men are created equal."
What is equality?
African American soldiers faced discrimination such as lower pay and dangerous duties like this.
What are frontline combat or dangerous labor duties?
The election showed deep division between these two regions of the country.
What are the North and South?
One major advantage the North had over the South was stronger factories and this type of economy.
What is industrial economy / manufacturing?
This Confederate general led Southern forces and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The Gettysburg Address helped redefine the Civil War as a fight for this type of government to survive.
What is democracy / self-government?
Despite discrimination, African American soldiers proved their bravery and helped the Union move closer to ending this institution.
What is slavery?