Causes of the War
What was the main issue that caused conflict between the North and South?
Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First Battle of Bull Run
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
What were the northern states called during the Civil War?
The Union
What was the name for the idea that states should have the power to make their decisions?
States' rights
Who was the Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What 1863 battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states in 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
What were the southern states that left the Union called?
The Confederacy
What 1820 agreement kept the balance between free states and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Who was the Union general who later became president after winning many major battles?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Siege of Vicksburg
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially ended slavery? In what year did this happen?
1865; 13th Amendment
What state was first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What 1854 law allowed people in territories to vote on whether slavery would be allowed?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What battle in 1862 is known as the bloodiest single day in American history?
Battle of Antietam
What speech did Lincoln give to honor soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Gettysburg Address
What Union general led the famous “March to the Sea,” destroying Southern supplies?
William Tecumseh Sherman
What Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What famous abolitionist helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad and later helped the Union army?
Harriet Tubman
What battle ended when General Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865?
Appomattox Court House surrender
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
What was the name of the ironclad battle between two armored ships in 1862?
Battle of Hampton Roads