Amendments
This amendment declared slavery illegal in the United States.
13th Amendment
To be occupied by a task.
Engaged
President of the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
Known as the turning point of the Civil War.
Gettysburg and/or Vicksburg
California was added to the Union as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
Compromise of 1850
Another word for legislation.
Laws
Without real significance or value.
Vain
President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe convincing many that slavery was wrong and evil.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This amendment declared that the right to vote can not be denied to any citizen based on race.
15th Amendment
To pass away or disappear.
Perish
Union General
Ulysses S. Grant
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
Battle of Antietam
U.S. Supreme Court declares Black Americans are not citizens. ( __________vs. _________)
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Sentenced to a crime through a fair and legal trial.
Duly Convicted/Due Process
To draw away or divert attention.
Detract
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee
Known as the first battle of the Civil War even though there were zero casualties.
Battle of Fort Sumter.
This man raided Harper's Ferry in an effort to get local slaves to rise up against the south.
John Brown
This amendment states that all citizens of the United States must be treated equally.
14th Amendment
To make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate.
Consecrate
This Election of 1860 candidate was the winner of only one state.......Missouri.
Stephen A Douglas
William Tecumseh Sherman led his men on a destructive path through Georgia with an "anything goes" mentality.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Conflict between Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery settlers that turned violent.
Bleeding Kansas