Causes of the Civil War
This issue divided the North and South most before the civil war.
What is Slavery
The South depended on this labor system for cotton farming.
What is slave labor?
President elected in 1860 whose victory led Southern state to secede.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
First battle of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
Union general who accepted Lee's surrender.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This compromise in 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The North had less need for slaves because of this type of economy.
What is industry/manufacturing?
Abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
Famous Union victory in Pennsylvania in 1863.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Confederate General who surrendered at Appomattox.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraka Act?
Citizens voting on slavery in a territory was called this.
What is popular Sovereignty?
Escaped slave and powerful speaker for abolition.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Amendment that ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1850 law required escaped slaves to be returned.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Kansas became known by this nickname because of violence.
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
Escaped slave who led many to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Lincoln issued this to free the slave in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Period after the Civil War rebuilding the South.
What is reconstruction?
This event began when southern state left the Union.
What is Secession?
This secret system helped slaves escape to the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Confederate President.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Sherman's military campaign to Savannah was called this.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
This side won the Civil War.
What is the North/Union?