Battles
The site of the first Confederate attack on a Union base in South Carolina
What is the Fort Sumter?
The president of the Union during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The term that means the extremely opposite views on a subject
What is polarization?
A previously enslaved person who has been released from slavery
What is a freedperson?
The period after the Civil War where the country was trying to come back together
What is the Reconstruction Era?
This side that won the battle of Gettysburg
What is the Union?
Who was the first woman to lead a military exhibition?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This fictional story was about the harsh conditions for enslaved people
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
When a large group of enslaved people are granted freedom, as by the government
What is Emancipation?
In 1865, a convention made up of freedmen came together to demand this right for their children
What is the right to education?
This battle was the turning point in the CW
What is the battle of Gettsyburg?
He was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The percentage of the popular vote that Lincoln got in 1860
What is 40%?
The slang word the Confederates use to describe those in the North/Union
What is Yankee?
These laws kept African Americans in a state of almost slavery in the South
What are black codes?
A Confederate spy named Rose Greenhow affected the outcome of this battle
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
The general who led the Union and was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
This person got beaten with a cane
Who is Charles Sumner?
Granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," also known as birthright citizenship
What is the 14th amendment?
Gave a speech to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society called "What the Black Man Wants".
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The number of people who died in the Civil War
What is about 600,000?
A Civil War nurse who stood up for mental health patients. Also goes by, " The Dragon"
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This enslaved person sued for his freedom, arguing that he should be free because he lived in the free state of Wisconsin
Who is Dred Scott?
When the enslaver grants freedom to a slave
What is Manumission?
This outlawed slavery in the entire United States except as a punishment for a crime
What is the 13th amendment?