Dates
The date of the Battle of Fort Sumter.
What is April 12th, 1861?
The anti-slavery novel that was published in 1852.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
The side of the civil war with more supplies, more people, railroads, factories, powerful navy and Abraham Lincoln
What is the Northern Advantages in the Civil War?
In Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated
The time span of the Civil War era
1857 Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were not citizens
What was the Dred Scott vs. Sanford case?
Leader of the Union Troops; Lincoln's most valuable General
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The side of the Civil War with better military leaders, they were fighting on their own terrain/land (knowledge of the land)
What is the Southern Advantages in the Civil War?
Abolition of slavery with the exception of punishment for a crime
What is the 13th Amendment?
The time span of the Reconstruction era in Texas.
What is 1865-1874?
He planned to end slavery by massacring slave owners and freeing their slaves. He was captured and executed.
Who is John Brown?
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The Union's plan to defeat the South
What was the Anaconda Plan?
The rights for citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and the Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
What is the 15th amendment?
The date the Civil War ended.
His election pledged to stop slavery's further expansion.
What is Lincoln's election in 1860?
Commander of the Confederate Army
The Confederate's plan to defeat the North.
What was hold on to all slave states and defend territory?
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
What is the 14th amendment?
The holiday that is celebrated as emancipation day in Texas
When is June 19th?
Person who refused to sign oath to Confederate States of America resulted in being replaced and Texas seceding from the Union anyway.
Who is Sam Houston?
19th Governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
Who is Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross?
This speech stated 1. secession was illegal
2. he wouldn't interfere with slavery where it already existed
3. If war started, it would be the South that would be responsible
What was Abraham Lincoln's 1st inauguration address?
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
What are black codes?