Battles
What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
What was one main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who helped many slaves escape through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
Where did the first shots of the Civil War take place?
Fort Sumter
What term means that states could choose whether to allow slavery?
Popular sovereignty
Who led the Union Army to victory and later became president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” and later founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1863
What was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
What 1854 law led to violent conflict in Kansas?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
True or False: Women served as nurses and spies during the Civil War.
True
What famous speech begins with “Four score and seven years ago…”?
Gettysburg Address
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the horrors of slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who was the general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
This woman delivered powerful speeches to end slavery and fight for women’s rights.
Sojourner Truth
What was the main message of the Gettysburg Address?
To honor fallen soldiers and unite the country
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
What event caused southern states to begin seceding?
Lincoln’s election in 1860
Name two African American abolitionists who helped fight against slavery.
Sojourner Truth & Harriet Tubman
What was one major way women helped during the Civil War?
They worked as nurses, spies, ran farms, etc.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the purpose of the war?
It made ending slavery a goal of the Union war effort