Causes of the war
What was the name of the movement to end slavery? It had the most support in the North.
Abolition
The President of the U.S. during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The region of the country where most of the war’s fighting happened. Many people’s homes, farms, and towns were destroyed.
The south
The first violent conflict of the Civil War was _____.
the attack on Fort Sumpter
The act of leaving a country. The southern states did this during the Civil War.
secede
He was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
This group of people was eventually allowed to fight for the North
African Americans
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at __________.
The Battle of Appomattox Court House
The event that pushed southern states to form their own country.
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Many soldiers were left with permanent disabilities after the war as a result of this kind of combat.
hand to hand combat
The bloodiest day in American History occurred at this battle, leaving 23,000 dead. (this is how many students there are in all of RPS!)
Battle of Antietam
The law put in place with the purpose of returning escaped slaves back to the South
Fugitive Slave Law
This person pushed Abraham Lincoln to have African Americans fight for the North during the war
Frederick Douglass
What is one kind of primary source that historians could use to figure out what life was like for common folks during the Civil War?
diaries, letters, newspaper articles
The Battle of Gettysburg, otherwise known as the turning point of the Civil War, was fought in which state?
Pennsylvania
The compromise that established Republicans as the anti-slavery party
Kansas Nebraska Act
He is the youngest known person to have fought in the Civil War
Johnny Clem
75% of all medical operations during the Civil War were _________.
amputations
What was the total number of casualties in the Civil War?
620,000