Political leaders
Who won the presidential election in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Where was the first battle of Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What is a abolitionist?
Someone who wanted to end slavery.
Which amendment made slavery illegal?
13
Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?
Robert E Lee
Who was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Describe what secession is?
The South leaves the Union after Lincoln is elected
What is civil disobedience?
a refusal to follow the accepted societal rules
What did Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education do?
it was declared unconstitutional to segregate schools
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
Commanding general for the Union Army and 18th president.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran for president against?
Stephen Douglas
What was the Battle of Bull Run?
the first battle with hand-to-hand combat in which civilians came to watch.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln frees all of the slaves
What did the 15th Amendment do?
African Americans were given the right to vote
He led the all African American troops of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Colonel Shaw
Who became president once Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas became a slave state and Nebraska was free
What is the Three-Fifths Clause?
For every 5 slaves, 3 would count as one citizen
What were the consequences of the Dred Scott Decision at the Supreme Court ruling?
Slavery was legal in all states
American civil rights activist and and prominent leader of civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr
Who ran against Lincoln in Election of 1864?
George B. McClellan
What battle lasted 3 days and with Robert E Lee retreating at the end?
Battle of Gettysburg
What are the Black Codes?
Restrictions placed on African Americans after the war
Who was John Brown?
He was a white abolitionist who plotted an uprising at Harpers Ferry
The early leader of the Army of the Potomac was?
George B. McClellan