Causes of the Civil War
What issue caused the most disagreement between the North and South?
Slavery
Who helped enslaved people escape using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What were the Northern states called?
The Union
Who was president of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states
The Emancipation Proclamation
What act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What book helped many Northerners see the cruelty of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What were the Southern states called?
The Confederacy
Which Union general eventually accepted Lee's surrender?
Ulysses S. Grant.
What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the name of the violent conflict in Kansas over slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln.
What battle officially started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee.
What victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Siege of Vicksburg
What Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property and not citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What is secession
Leaving the Union
What was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
Which abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
What military strategy did William Tecumseh Sherman use to weaken the Confederacy by destroying railroads, crops, and supplies?
Sherman's March to the Sea.
What event convinced many Southerners that slavery was under attack and increased fears of rebellion?
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Which state was the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which African American abolitionist escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer?
Frederick Douglass
Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment.