Civil War Potpourri
He shot Abraham Lincoln in 1865
Who is John Wilkes Booth
First shots of the civil war are fired here.
What is Fort Sumter
President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Another name for conscription
What is a draft
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment
This compromise called for a line to be drawn along the 36 degree line separating free states and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise
First battle of the Civil War where there is bloodshed
What is the battle of Bull Run
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis
Lincoln passed this on January 1st 1863 which freed the slaves in the confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation
This amendment gave african american men the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment
Was a system of escape routes for runaway slaves leading from the south to the north
What is the Underground Railroad
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War
What is Antietam
The supreme commander of the Confederate army during the civil war
Who is Robert E. Lee
The most widely used method of removing a bullet from a persons extremity
What is amputation
This supreme court case in 1857 ruled that slaves were property
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act
This battle is the turning point of the Civil War
What is Gettysburg
Was a Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross
This was put on a persons salary in the North to raise revenue to help pay for the war.
What is an income tax
This amendment made all exslaves citizens of the US
What is the 14th amendment
Who is Andrew Johnson
William T. Sherman marched his army to this city after leaving Atlanta
What is Savannah
Wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
The right of a person to vote for or against slavery
What is Popular Sovereignty
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln suspended this right guaranteed in the constitution
What is habeas corpus