Causes
Person who led escaped slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first major battle of the Civil War; also known as the Battle of Manassas
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln to honor the soldiers who died on the battlefield and to encourage the North to continue the fight and win the war
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The region of the US that received the most physical damage from the Civil War
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to show the evils of slavery which was highly read before the Civil War
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The bloodiest single day battle in American history which ended in a tie
What is the Battle of Antietam?
A document in which Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves in Confederate states free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is the South?
The belief that the people in a territory should be allowed to decide for themselves whether slavery should or should not exist there.
What is popular sovereignty?
Head commander of the Union army during the Civil War
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not US citizens and thus could not be protected by the law
The time period after the Civil War when the nation was rebuilding physically, socially, economically, and politically
What is Reconstruction?
A piece of legislation in which Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine as a free state before the Civil War.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
An abolitionist who led a raid on Harper's Ferry in order to put weapons in the hands of slaves and others who opposed slavery
Who is John Brown?
A battle in which the Confederacy was driven out of the state of TN for two years
A military strategy in which the North blockaded Southern ports and the MS River in order to stop trade and reinforcements in the South
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Uprisings led by southern women due to extreme food shortages, soaring prices, and famine
A series of violent fights in the Kansas/Nebraska territory over whether slavery should be allowed in that area.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Who is PGT Beauregard?
Battle fought right down the road from us during the Civil War
What is the surrender at Appomattox?
The president after Abraham Lincoln who assumed the position after Lincoln was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson?