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This law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people to their owners
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
He was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This agency helped formerly enslaved people by providing food, education, and medical care.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This idea allowed states to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
This Union general later became the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This 1863 battle was the turning point of the war and had the most casualties
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
These were laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
This 1852 novel increased support for the abolitionist movement.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
She was a former enslaved person who helped hundreds escape via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This term describes when a state was ruled by the military during Reconstruction.
What is military reconstruction?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This Confederate general surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This Union victory in 1862 allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This amendment guaranteed equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This president was impeached for opposing Reconstruction policies.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This violent event in Kansas was a result of conflict over the expansion of slavery
What is Bleeding Kansas?
He was an abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
General Sherman captured this city during his famous “March to the Sea.”
What is Atlanta?
This is the name for the three amendments passed during and after the Civil War to expand civil rights.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
These secret groups used violence to prevent African Americans from voting
What is the Ku Klux Klan?