Vocabulary
A movement that wanted to end slavery
Abolition
The name for the bloodshed was due to the use of popular sovereignty to determine if the state would be free or slave.
Bleeding Kansas
First battle of the War. Takes place in Charleston Harbor, SC. The Confederates fired on a Federal fort.
Ft. Sumter
President of the Union during the Civil War. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and worked hard to get the 13th Amendment passed. Was assassinated
Lincoln
This document did not free all the slaves. It did, however, free all the slaves who were living in states in rebellion against the United States.
Emanicipation Proclamation
A person, typically an abolitionist, who led those who were trying to escape slavery to freedom
Conductor
This individual brought a court case to the Supreme Court as he sued for his freedom
Dred Scott
Battle in Manassa, VA. People came out to picnic and watch the battle. It ended up being very bloody and chaotic. It was a Confederate Victory.
Bull Run
General of the South. At the start of the war, he was viewed as the best general, but after Gettysburg, his confidence was a little shaken. He will surrender the Southern army at Appomattox Courthouse.
Robert E Lee
This was a speech that dedicated a portion of a battlefield as a cemetery. It reminded listeners not to let the soldiers' deaths be for nothing and to continue to fight to save the Union and for the new birth of freedom.
Gettysburg Address
This word refers to the southern states leaving the Union
Seccession
A novel that exposed the evils of Slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Turning point of the Civil War. Three-day battle in PA. Lee withdraws after losing thousands of men in Pickett's charge on Cemetery Hill. The South gives up all hope of getting aid from Europe.
Gettysburg
General of the Confederacy. He was given the nickname Stonewall because of how hard it was to move him and his troops.
Jackson
According to a quote from Lincoln's Debate speech,
"A house divided can not stand." What issue is Lincoln referring to in this quote?
Slavery
A secret network of escape routes and safe houses (stations) that were used by enslaved people seeking freedom
Underground Railroad
A failed attempt led by John Brown to steal guns from a federal armory to arm the slaves for a rebellion.
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Confederate victory in South Carolina against the 54th Massachusetts which was an African American regiment. It does inspire the North to continue to fight, and it is the first time the contribution of African American Soldiers are recognized.
Ft. Wagner
Union General who was successful at the battle of Gettysburg
Meade
In Lincoln's Inaugural speech, he made it clear that the United States would not attack, and if there was to be a war, this group would be the assailants.
The Southern States
A measurement of time equal to 20 years
score
In 1860, this event led to South Carolina leaving the Union, as they feared that the new political party in power would end their state's right to have slaves.
Election of Lincoln
This event was the movement of Union troops across Georgia. The Union army destroyed anything that would be of use to the Confederates. They used an approach known as Total War. They made Georgia "Howl".
Sherman's March to the Sea
Union General that was successful in the West. His victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi as well as boost their confidence
Grant
In the Gettysburg Address, this document is alluded to when it refers to our nation being conceived in Liberty and the Idea that all men are created Equal.
Declaration of Independence.
Slave states that stayed with the Union
Border States
This agreement between slave and free states allowed Maine and Missouri to join the union and forbid slavery in territories north of 36 degrees 30 minutes.
Missouri Compromise
This battle was a major victory won by Grant when he surrounded and starved the Confederate army into surrender. It won the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
Most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. She never lost a passenger or ran her train off the track
Harriet Tubman
In this speech, Lincoln gives meaning to the death of the Brave soldiers who died by saying that they died so that that nation (The one conceived in Liberty and dedicated to Equality) might live.
Gettysburg Address