A Divided Nation
The secession of Alabama and 10 other Southern states would lead to the___.
Civil War
Many officers and soldiers resigned from the ____ Army to join the Confederate Army.
Union
Anticipating a possible war, Governor Moore ordered militiamen to take Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines at _____ _____.
Mobile Bay
___ wrote the emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln
A ______ ______ means that citizens within a country are fighting against each other.
civil war
In 1820 the 22 states of the counties were evenly divided between prohibiting or permitting _______.
Slavery
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie were Union locations in the harbor in _____,___ ___.
Charleston, South Carolina
On April 12, 1861, Confederates fired on _______ _____ and a series of events followed.
Fort Sumter
It was the ___ Amendment to the Constitution that granted freedom to enslaved people.
13th
The newspapers of _____ were an important communication tool for people in the states.
Alabama
The _______ ________ admitted the Missouri territory as a “slave state,” meaning it permitted slavery.
Missouri Compromise
Anderson quietly moved 80 men in his command at night to __ _____ on Dec. 20,1861.
Fort Sumter
Many consider the battle of ________ to be a turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The ____ ______ did not give freedom to anyone enslaved at that time.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Union Army also set up ___, which meant that Union ships wouldn’t let any trade ships come or go.
blockades
What does repeal mean?
cancel
_____ opened cannon fire on the island fort on April 12, 1861.
Beauregard
Little Round Top was a key location for _____.
victory
The _____ _______ was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Address
Thousands of men who would have worked on plantations were forced to help with ___ ____ effort.
Civil War
The Missouri compromise admitted the _____ territory as a “slave state,” meaning it permitted slavery.
Missouri
On April15,1861, the ____ flag was lowered and the Union troops at Fort Sumter left.
American
One of the most significant battles fought in Alabama was the Battle of ______ _______ .
Mobile Bay
The Gettysburg address is considered to be on of the most powerful speeches in _________ history.
America’s
Thousands of them took their chance to escape and join the ___ ___.
Union Army