Causes
This term refers to the moral and economic system of forced labor that was the central cause of the war.
What is Slavery
The location where the very first shots of the Civil War were fired
What is Fort Sumter?
The 16th President of the United States who fought to "preserve the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was the belief that a state’s laws were more important than the federal government's laws.
What are States’ Rights?)
Often called the "Turning Point," this 3-day battle was the bloodiest of the entire war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army who famously led the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This event was the "final straw" for the South, leading to the secession of South Carolina.
What was the Election of 1860?
This 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day in American history and led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This former enslaved man became a leading abolitionist and advisor to President Lincoln.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This term describes the growing cultural and economic gap between the North and the South.
What is Sectionalism?
After this Union victory, the North gained total control over the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This woman was nicknamed "The Moses of her people" for leading others to freedom and serving as a Union spy.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights in court.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
The site where General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Appomattox Court House?
He served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis