Harriet Beacher Stowe
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Who captured Vicksburg, and Captured Atlanta, GA?
William T. Sherman
Battle of Palmito Ranch
In 1860
True or False
Secession was a cause of the Civil War.
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who was the Confederate President?
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion.
True or False?
Abraham Lincoln was against slavery.
620,000 soldiers died
When did Georgia secede from the Union?
January 19, 1861
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
It depicted the evils of slavery
50,000 to 100,000 slaves escaped with the underground railroad
Who took command of the Union Army after McClellan was fired?
Ulysses S. Grant
The Northern armies were victorious, and the rebellious states returned to the Union.
May 13, 1865
The Confederates bombarded Union soldiers.
How did the slaves react to the war, did they fight also or did they stay and work on the plantations?
Who was a Brigadier General for the Confederates?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Gettysburg with 51,000 casualties
April 12, 1861