People
His election in 1860 led 7 Southern States to secede from the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Anti-slavery novel that revealed what many Northerners did not know about slavery in the South
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This battle is considered the turning point in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
They faced poverty and hunger home during the War
Women
This abolished slavery in the United States
The 13th Amendment
He did not believe in seceding, but left with Virginia because he was more loyal to his state than the Union.
Robert E. Lee
Radical abolitionist, John Brown, led a raid on this federal arsenal, increasing Southerner's fears that slavery will be abolished
Harper's Ferry (VA)
Where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
She created the American Red Cross to help wounded soldiers during the Civil War
Clara Barton
This group placed the South under military occupation and granted civil rights to freed slaves
The Radical Republicans
His "March to the Sea" destroyed Southern transportation networks and farms in Georgia
William Sherman
Allowed Kansas to have popular sovereignty, led to violence in the state and Congress.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Four more Southern states seceded the Union after this battle
Fort Sumter
This was the main cause of death on both sides during he Civil War
Disease
This gave African Americans the right to vote
The 15th Amendment
Democratic President, impeached due to conflict with the "Radical Republicans"
Andrew Johnson
Abolitionists were angered when he was denied citizenship and his freedom.
Dred Scott
What did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?
Freed slaves in "Rebelling states"
These two southern cities were in ruins at the end of the war
Richmond, Va and Atlanta, GA
These two area became strong industrial centers after the Civil War
North and Midwest
His cotton gin invention increased the demand for slavery in the South, prior to the Civil War
Eli Whitney
This federal law regarding slaves was largely ignored by the Northern states.
Fugitive Slave Act
Union's plan to cut off Confederate supply lines and win the war
Anaconda Plan
This warned European nations NOT to get involved in the war
The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's plan to bring the Southern states back into the Union
10 Percent Plan