Causes of the Civil War
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
He was President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
What is Fort Sumter?
This 1863 document freed slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This general’s brutal campaign through Georgia weakened the South's will to fight. (Full name.)
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
He led the Union Army to victory and later became President.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle is considered the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln hesitated to free enslaved people early in the war for fear of losing support from these border states. (You need BOTH.)
What are Kentucky and Maryland?
Wealthy Southerners could avoid the draft through this type of exemption.
What is owning a large number of enslaved people?
Violence erupted in this territory over the issue of slavery.
What is "Bleeding Kansas"? or What is Kansas?
This abolitionist led murderous attacks during "Bleeding Kansas".
Who is John Brown?
This Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
The Confederacy used enslaved people mostly in these types of support roles.
What is physical labor?
What are fortifications?
What is cooking?
After the war, Lincoln was assassinated at this Washington, D.C. theater.
What is Ford’s Theatre?
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe increased anti-slavery support in the North.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
He was the Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Lincoln delivered this famous speech at a battlefield cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln waited for this Union victory before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This Southern city, captured by Sherman in 1864, was a key transportation hub.
What is Atlanta?
This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This escaped slave became a powerful speaker and writer for abolition.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Union march destroyed much of Georgia in 1864.
What is Sherman’s March to the Sea?
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This aspect of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox showed Grant’s desire for reconciliation/togetherness rather than punishment.
What is allowing Confederate soldiers to return home with their horses and personal weapons?