People
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
It was known as the period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
John Brown tried to take the Federal Arsenal so that he could arm these people.
Who are the slaves
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort?
What is Fort Sumter
This side had more people and more states.
What is the North
He was the commanding general of the Southern Army?
Who is Robert E. Lee
These were laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans
What are Black Codes
This act allowed southerners to come into northern states to capture runaway slaves
What is Fugitive Slave Act
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and the turning point of the war
What is Gettysburg
This side had more money and railroads
North
He was the commanding General of the Northern Army
Who is Ulysses S Grant
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln in memory of soldiers who died on the battlefield in the name of freedom
Gettysburg Address
This compromise allowed California to be a free state and allowed people in other Mexican Session territories to vote either free or slave
Compromise of 1850
The South had 2 main strategies for the Civil War
What is fight defensively and wear down the North
What were the 2 main nicknames for the North and South
Yankees and Rebels
She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which was a story about the cruelty of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
This organization was set up to help all the slaves at the end of the war.
Freedman's Bureau
This happened in the South immediately after the election of Lincoln
7 states seceded from the Union
What two ironclad ships fought for the first time and how was their battle significant?
Monitor and Merrimac and made wooden war ships obsolete
A former Conderate officer started this terrorist group in the South
KKK
He was the Chief Supreme Court Justice who ruled that Dred Scott was still a slave.
Who is Roger B Taney
An accused person has a right to appear in court so a judge can determine fair imprisonment
What is Habeas Corpus
These were the 3 main causes of the Civil War.
Slavery, States' Rights, Sectionalism
What were the 3 main strategies for the north in the Civil War?
Naval Blockade, Take Mississippi River, Take Richmond
What was the name of the Prison Camp in the South where Union POW's suffered from disease, starvation and death.
Andersonville