Acts and Laws
document issued by President Lincoln that declared all slaves were free in states that had left the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the US territories
Republican Party
fort in Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
to withdraw or leave the Union
secede
divided a section of western land into Kansas (a slave state) and Nebraska (a free state)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
actor who shot President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
11 states that withdrew from the Union to form their own country
Confederate States of America
first capital of the Confederate States of America
Richmond, VA
Supreme Court decision that allowed slavery in the US Territories.
Dred Scott Decision
law which required Northern states to return escaped slaves to the South; part of the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
his nickname was “Unconditional Surrender”
Ulysses S. Grant
a speech by President Lincoln that honored fallen soldiers of the war
Gettysburg Address
deadliest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Antiem
constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
law that ended the act of bringing enslaved people to America to be sold
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
secret routes leading to free Northern states and Canada
Underground Railroad
location of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Ford's Theatre
abolitionist who wrote the book entitled Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
agreement that attempted to balance power in the Senate between free and slave sates
Compromise of 1850
nicknamed "Stonewall"
Thomas Jackson
Confederate ironclad ship
Merrimack
location of Lee’s surrender to Grant to end the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg