Famous People
Abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry
John Brown
1862 Deadliest single day in US history. Won by Union's McClellan
Antietam
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Amendment that made former slaves citizens
14th amendment
Freedmen's Bureau
helped newly freed African Americans
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Event that signals the beginning of the Civil War,
Fort Sumter
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Amendment that said one can't be denied the right to vote based on race
15 Amendment
Organization that prevented African American's from holding office
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
General of the Union (North)
Ulysses S. Grant
Final Battle, April 1865
General Lee surrendered to Grant
Appomattox
Popular Sovereignty
the people vote/rule
Literacy tests
Way of preventing black people from voting ( had to be able to read)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
states get admitted in pairs, one slave state and one free state
Led forces through the south, destroying everything in his path
General William Tecumseh Sherman
July 1861, First Major Land Battle. Confederacy wins
Battle of Bull Run
Dred Scott
Sued for freedom, Supreme Court ruled that slaves were NOT citizens
Poll tax
had to pay money ( a tax) to vote. If you couldn't pay you cannot vote
Kansas Nebraska Act
divided up territories - popular sovereignty
General of the Confederacy (South)
Robert E. Lee
July 1863, 40,000 + casualties. Won by Union, major turning point of the war
Gettysburg
Grandfather Clause
If your grandfather voted in the last election then you have the right to vote ( way of preventing former slaves from voting)
Amendment that banned slavery
13th Amendment
Sectionalism
loyalty to a state or region rahter than the country