Civil War People
President of the US during the Civil War
Abraham Lincon
Located in South Carolina and Began The Civil War
Fort Sumter
What was the Underground Railroad?
Large land deal between the United States and France
Louisiana Purchase
The purpose of the 13th Amendment was this
To abolish slavery in the United States
Escaped slave who became an Abolitionist in the North
Frederick Douglass
Located in Northern Virginia and It was the first major battle.
First Battle of Bull Run
What does secede mean?
To break away from or remove
President who purchased Louisiana territory from France
Thomas Jefferson
The 14th Amendment
I was a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret trails in Pennsylvania and Maryland, who am I?
Harriett Tubman
A march through Georgia burning plantations and cities, hoping to destroy the Southern economy.
Sherman's March
What is the Emancipation Proclamation ?
A document made by president Lincoln saying that slavery would be abolished in the Southern States
The battle that made Andrew Jackson become famous
The Battle of New Orleans
This person took over the Presidency after Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Andrew Johnson
This abolitionist attacked a U.S army base in Virginia
John Brown
This battle is know as the turning point of the war. It was located in Southern Pennsylvania.
Battle of Gettysburg
Compromise that allowed slavery to exist South of Missouri, but outlawed it north of Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise
Which President began the Trail of Tears, forcing many Native tribes off their land?
Andrew Jackson
This event ended Reconstruction
The Election of 1876 (Compromise of 1877)
William Lloyd Garrison
The battle that allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River
The Battle of Vicksburg
What term refers to the increased division between Northern and Southern States before the Civil War?
Sectionalism
Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole, Chickasaw
This former Union General and Radical Republican became President after Andrew Johnson.
Ulysses S. Grant